What happens if you squat 20 times every day?

Squats are one of the basic exercises and the most natural body movements. The main load is on the gluteal and leg muscles, and many people start pumping them with this exercise.

Daily workouts in the fitness environment are treated differently: some believe that this mode increases efficiency, others necessarily take breaks between classes. What happens if you squat 20 times every day? Let’s find out together with World Class trainer Станислав Вахрушев.

Will such a small number of squats do any good?

In fact, everything is individual, and in training including. Of course, 20 squats daily is not much, and the effect will depend on the physical data of a particular person. For those who lead a sedentary lifestyle and do not train, the result will not wait. But regulars in the fitness room should not expect noticeable changes.

Stanislav: The point is that 20 squats a day will do good until the body adapts to the physical load. The time it can take is several weeks.

Even if muscle mass doesn’t increase, will it increase blood flow or endurance?
This also depends on your physical data, and also on your nutrition. You can increase muscle mass a little bit, but endurance is likely to increase only for those who have not done sports before and squats are their first regular activity.

Stanislav: If a person is in good physical shape, such a load – just 20 squats a day – will not have much effect.

What can be used to increase the effectiveness of squats?

After the body adapts to the load, you can add new elements and exercises, slightly change the approach – in general, experiment.

Stanislav: For greater efficiency of squats it is necessary to periodize the load, train with different sports equipment, increase the volume and intensity of exercises.

It is worth remembering that sooner or later the body adapts to any load. Therefore, in order to maintain progress, you will have to increase the intensity.