Thread: Replacing Squats with Riding a Bike

After reading everyone's replies I had an epiphone. I have been thinking about this incorrectly in my head. I wanted to use the bike to replace squats for my quads. If I keep my squat reps lower and weight higher i will have the strength part of growth covered, then use the bike as volume or high rep work for growth in my quads. I think if I use this approach and "attack it from both sides" I would have more than enough stimulus for growth with less weat and tear on my joints and back.

Originally Posted by JohnMcc

After reading everyone's replies I had an epiphone. I have been thinking about this incorrectly in my head. I wanted to use the bike to replace squats for my quads. If I keep my squat reps lower and weight higher i will have the strength part of growth covered, then use the bike as volume or high rep work for growth in my quads. I think if I use this approach and "attack it from both sides" I would have more than enough stimulus for growth with less weat and tear on my joints and back.

Makes perfect sense... Quality reps VS quantity my friend. Work smarter, not harder.


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Originally Posted by Primemuscle

Makes perfect sense... Quality reps VS quantity my friend. Work smarter, not harder.


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Yeah because when I thought about it heavy squat as my base and each bike ride is about the same as light weight high rep leg press so there the volume.