Squat Frequency: Front Squats vs. Back Squats

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 6:42 p.m.

Reducing the load of an exercise will allow you to train the exercise with higher frequency. You cannot load a front squat as heavy as you can a back squat, but the lighter weight needed for a front squat will still give you a good training stimulus. A heavy front squat will not tax your body quite like a heavy back squat will.