There are many types of leg training, most of which can be done at home. Deep squats and wall squats are two of them. There seems to be little difference between these two squatting methods, and many people confuse the two. But there is a difference. So what do you think is the difference between deep squats and wall squats? Let’s go take a look below!
Muscles trained by squats
Squats mainly involve extending the hips and knees, which means the gluteus maximus, quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscles are exerted, especially the quadriceps, which are stimulated the most. During the process of squatting and standing up, because the load remains unchanged, the muscle length changes, more like an isotonic contraction. Of course, increasing the weight can effectively stimulate muscle strengthening, and different load training results will be different.
Wall Squat Training
The wall squat is an action for leg strength training. Many people use it to strengthen knee joint stability. You can achieve fat loss while trying to avoid repeated friction and damage to articular cartilage. Because of the fulcrum of the wall, the quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscles exert more force during silent squats against the wall. Moreover, the stimulation ratio of the medial and lateral heads of the quadriceps changes with the different angles of knee flexion. The smaller the knee flexion angle is, the greater the stimulation of the vastus medialis is. As the squat deepens, it gradually balances out. When the knee flexion reaches 90°, the medial and lateral heads are more balanced.
The difference between deep squats and wall squats
The movement of deep squats is different from squatting quietly against the wall.The difference is that the squat action is a compound action, which means that it requires the whole body to work together to complete a training action, and it consumes more energy during the training process than squatting against the wall. The time will be relatively short.
Squatting against the wall is mostly a static muscle exercise, while squatting is mostly dynamic. However, the advantage of squatting against the wall is that it can be very helpful in the process of squatting against the wall. We strengthen The muscles around the knee can play a certain protective role in the knee, so it avoids obvious knee pain during training. The squat movement is mostly dynamic, mainly for energy consumption and cardiopulmonary improvement. This is the main purpose, so if the movements are not standard during training, knee pain may occur.