What are the nine benefits of squats?

I believe that many of my friends have the habit of squatting in their daily lives. It is a simple and quick way of exercise. Therefore, it has been widely recognized and loved by friends. Some health experts have also proposed that squats have nine great benefits, but there are very few friends who can fully understand and know these nine benefits. So today let me introduce to you what are the nine benefits of squats? In the next period of time, please join me in the following study.

1. The most effective exercise to improve whole body strength

People call squats the "king of strength training". It's very simple. Squats use the most large muscle groups. If you take the supporting function into consideration, almost all skeletal muscles are involved in exerting force. Scientists have measured the work done by many movements. Using the same weight, squats do the most work, nearly twice that of deadlifts and five times that of bench presses. The weight that can be used in squats exceeds that of deadlifts and much more than that of bench presses. Therefore, squats are much more effective in increasing whole-body strength than other movements.

2. The most effective exercise to increase whole body muscle

Squat is a two-joint compound movement, and the human body secretes the most growth hormone when squatting. Therefore, heavy squats can not only promote the growth of leg muscles, but also promote the growth of muscles throughout the body. In addition, compared with other movements, squats, which are high-power movements, not only increase muscle circumference, but also increase muscle density, which means that the muscles become stronger.

3. The most effective action to improve explosive power

Explosive power is the ability to exert as much force as possible in the shortest possible time. The key points of explosive power training are heavy weights, rapid force, coordinated use of as many muscles as possible, and good neural regulation ability. Heavy weight squats meet all four of the above conditions, especially the last one, which makes many practitioners feel that squat training is particularly tiring, but it is this feeling that exercises good neural regulation ability. Squats are the first choice for explosive power training.

4. The most effective action to improve jumping ability

There are many ways to train your jumping ability. It is feasible to practice jumping without using strength and just use bouncing to train your jumping ability within a certain stage. However, to achieve stronger jumping ability, you must practice squats well. Squats fully train the quadriceps, biceps, buttocks and calf strength required for jumping power, and are more efficient than pure jumping exercises. Therefore, they are a must-practice movement for professional track and field, basketball, and volleyball athletes.

5. Effective movements to strengthen cardiopulmonary function

Generally speaking, anaerobic training has little effect on cardiopulmonary function. But squats are recognized as a cardiotonic exercise. When practicing squats, you may experience shortness of breath, panting, and even dizziness, which you don't experience when doing deadlifts or bench presses. This is not a bad thing. With gradual exercise, cardiopulmonary function will also be strengthened. Of course, improving cardiopulmonary function mainly depends on aerobic exercise.

6. Effective actions to improve sexual function

Squats are recognized as the best auxiliary exercise in strength training. The reason is simple. It is most effective in promoting the secretion of male hormones. I believe many people have personal experience of this, so I won’t elaborate on it.

The above paragraphs summarize the nine benefits of squats very well. I believe that as long as friends read them carefully, they will have a clear understanding in their hearts. In fact, squats are an exercise that is very easy to do in our daily life, but squats also have their own movement standards, so I hope that friends can do it according to its standards, otherwise they will accidentally strain their knee joints.