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Episode #164: Exercise Variation

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Is There a Difference Between Quadruceps EMG and Strength?

There is a small amount of difference between the front squat and the high bar back squat when it comes to quadruceps e m g values. And then when you look at programms measuring quadruceps muscle cross sectional area after a number of weeks of high bar squatting or front squatting, there is almost no difference in whole muscle hypertrophy ad year. But that's the that's wat we were talking about when we say, like these surregate measures of surfice m g or functional mri,. Again, similar to strength. There can be some rational for selecting different exercises that kind of a provide a stimulus to muscles in different ways.

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