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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Goblet squats is a good one to do with DBs, work on form and depth and by holding the DB near your chest as you go down it will prevent your knees from caving in which is common when doing regular barbell squats which results in torque of the knees.

After that, practice using smith machine doing barbell squats, high bar or low bar placement.

Some people suck at squats and better at deadlifts or vice versa due to body structure, if someone has long legs it's harder for them to squat heavy properly.  I have short legs and can squat below parallel with ease, I can deadlift better in conventional stance, for the life of me I can't seem to sumo deadlift.

So you don't have to necessarily squat to see gains or meet your goals because there's so many other worthy leg exercises in the gym but I'm a traditionalist and think one should squat and deadlift as part of their training.  They don't call the squats the king of all exercises for nothing.  [/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for all the responses. I only have 60 pound DBs so the goblet squats were too easy.  The 120 lb suitcase carry squats were too easy as well. So I guess it's down to leg press, smith machine squats, or single leg lunge/squat exercises.  [/quote]

Try single leg squats or bulgarian split squats as an alternate, those will do the job.  Jumpsquats holding DBs, single leg jump squats for more advanced, lunges forward and reverse, smith squats and leg press.  I'm not a fan of Smiths or press since there's limited core action.  Leg press hurts my back for some reason, but they are better than nothing and would work for strength and muscle building if that's what's available to you.  [/quote]

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