Here's Why You Should Squat and not Leg Presses

If we want to have a beautiful body and strong, we must not forget the lower body. If a strong lower body, then the body will be strong entirely.

There are so many exercises that can be done so that the lower body stronger. And the good news, you can do so on the sidelines of everyday activities.

The usual way by the people is by leg presses. There are two ways to do it, the first one is leg presses and the second is squats. If it can't do both, you can do one of them and the most appropriate is to choose a squat.

Squat / pic via fr.123rf.com

Here's why you should choose squats:

1. Optimal Fat Burning

   If you want to lose fat, you can fill squat in your activities. Squat is the best way to lose fat. This is because the muscle activity is greater than leg presses or other exercise. Fat burning can occur throughout the day and increase muscle mass.

2. Strengthens the Core

   The core strength and stability are the most important things of the body strong and fit. The inner core of your body providing support for the spine when you do any type of physical activity, from walking to wrestling, poor posture, lower back pain, and injury will occur.

3. Maximum Muscle Activation

   Squat involve the whole body to work together in order to achieve the complex coordination of the various joints, muscles, and ligaments. If the body is strong, all the muscles will be activated by means of the most effective and work in synergy, with serious muscle growth through squatting.

4. Improves Muscular Balances

   Leg presses emphasis on the quadriceps and glutes when lifting eliminate. This is bad news for athletes lift weights, because they already have a stronger quadriceps. Thus, when pressing the foot, between the quadriceps and glutes will be painful and can even cause back pain and knee. 

Squads is simple, but give us great benefits.