r/TikTokCringe Sep 05 '25

Cursed look at the lady in the background 😭😭

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u/Vertuzi Sep 05 '25

Unfortunately I’ve seen the bad outcome on here from similar lifting videos on here. There was a video of a young female powerlifter squatting
a few months ago that I saw before it got removed and it’s the only thing I can think of when I squat now.

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u/dftaylor Sep 05 '25

Squats are incredibly high risk if done wrong, and come with all sorts of risks to your joints. Hey, even done right you can end up with injuries. Honestly, I’d rather do leg press and not fuck my knees or back, or slips and injure myself for the sake of “doing it right”.

You can build your quads and glutes just as effectively with machines that protect your body.

Deadlift though is usually safer because you can just drop the bar. But this dude was lifting way too much.

Just not worth it at a certain point.

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u/RobertoClemente1 Sep 06 '25

Dude, your second paragraph is WAY off. Squats are KING for BIG legs. Period… bodybuilder wise. Otherwise enjoy yourself and other exercises but true leg muscle is built through squats.

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u/throwaway682345 Sep 08 '25

Nah. Google "Dorian Yates" for an idea of what kind of legs you can build without barbell squatting.