While it will work your glutes and can lead to muscle growth, could it be necessary to increase a clients program? If your ONLY goal would be to develop a bigger butt, then the barbell squats are ok, but for every other goal, you can do without it. I’ll explain why!
Over time, placing a heavy strain on the spine isn’t healthy.
Even if you have perfect form 100% of the time, you will put pressure and stress on your discs/vertebrae. For kids, seniors, and non professional athletes, could it be worth the risk to hurt the 1 spine you’ve, simply to possess a bigger butt? I would refuse. A herniated disk, compressed disk, strained lower back, and hip problems can all stick with you for life. Unless squatting to get a bigger butt may be worth the potential risk to you, I’d avoid it out of your programming and replace it having a non spine loading alternative.? For sports performance, the information isn’t clear whether squatting actually translates to better performance for running speed, jump height,and other variables the culture assumes it does.
I’m not to imply the barbell squats are worthless
I am just saying that there are other safer exercises out there to offer the same goal for many of the population. Lunges, sprinting, step-ups, sled pushing, and cable machines are just a hardly any other ways to engage your glutes safely without loading the spine. Next time before loading hundreds on pounds in your spine, think twice about what your purpose are, and is it worthwhile.