FT Questions....

[weightsandplates]

Scott,

I apologize in advance if you've answered this question many times in the past, but I'm wondering about the muscle groups written in your program.

Specifically, I'm wondering about the distinction between "thigh" exercises and "quad" exercises. In the past, many people believed that the squat was a great exercise for working the entire thigh, but recent EMG studies are suggesting that the squat is primarily a quad exercise with glute assistance and almost no hamstring involvement. As for exercises that actually do hit both the quads and hamstrings well, I can't really think of that much other than leg presses (using a high foot placement) and maybe sumo deadlifts.

The reason I'm asking is that if I choose squat variations as my thigh exercise and then isolate quads as well, it seems like I'll end up with a LOT more quad work than hamstring work on this program. For example, volume tier 2's loading day says to do two thigh exercises, one quad exercise, and one hamstring exercise. But with squat as your thigh movement, that ends up being more like 3 quad exercises and 1 hamstring exercise (or maybe 1.5 at best). What are your thoughts on this?

Maybe just using a hamstring dominant thigh movement like a deadlift in your exercise rotation would be enough to balance this?

Thanks,

Dan