As the title says, what’s the best way to do this? For me anything over 225 is too much for my upper body even though my legs can handle it. I train similar to DC, so i’m a one set guy. What i’m planning to do is start with 185 for 5 reps. Next week i do 195 for 5, the week after i do 205 for 5 and so on. Should this work? Hopefully my upper body should get used to front squatting after a few weeks (it can’t be that weak haha).
Also, should front squats be trained with mostly low reps? Doing more than 5 reps feels counter productive with this exercise as my upper back and lungs give out before my legs do. I’m thinking 1-5 reps is the sweet spot for this lift.
Sounds fine to me. I usually do 2-5 per set and leave allot in the tank while not resting too long between sets. Sort of like density training I guess.
I just started doing them and they have humbled me. Started at 135 and just ramped up to a set of 175 for 7 reps my third time out. For me, the grip is the hardest thing. I hadn’t thought of doing them for heavy weight as I always saw them as a higher rep exercise for quad growth.
Ask yourself why you want to do them. I think the value of FS as an assistance exercise for PLing is in hitting the abs/lower back/upper back hard, not the legs. Hence, great upright form + higher reps are very useful.
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
I prefer multiple sets on front squats especially if they are new for you. Reps I keep 5 or under except last set sometimes.[/quote]
Yea, I sometimes work up to a rep PR which may be more than 5 reps. Most weeks I’ll include a back off set with around 8-10 reps as well.
Great addition to back squats in my opinion. I normally do a couple of sets of 5 as a sort of back-off after working up to a heavy set of 5 back squats.