I’ve been training S&C1 2-day lately, but next week I’m switching back to S&C2 3-day, and I’m in the process of choosing exercises.
Is there a special reason why there is an Exercise Category called “Unilateral Squat”, but there isn’t an Exercise Category called Unilateral Hinge, Press and Pull?
Is Unilateral Squat perhaps more important than other unilateral movements?
Or is it just a random choice of name?
Thank you very much for really good training programs!
Howdy! “Unilateral squat” not really a random name, as I want people to do a single leg squat variation in this program. I am satisfied with a single unilateral lower body exercise here, and I think that unilateral squat patterns produce better training outcomes for the lower body as compared to unilateral hinge movements. There are also more of them to choose from.
The main goals of the unilateral lower body exercise is to expose the individual to increased ROM, stability, and coordination demands (with a lower load) that they may not get with barbell or machine only movements. I don’t feel the same impetus to do so for the upper body, as there’s even more breadth for their exercise variation. That said, a unilateral upper body slot would be reasonable too.