Finally I can squat 3 plates!!

[Livewire]

personnally i think it's great you reached that point in your traning...but remember that you are a bodybuilder not a powerlifter,by that i mean a bodybuilder has to train under a schedule and if you get hurt doing 1rm then you're not in the gym where you're supposed to be..right!

My trainer won the canadian champs in the beginning of the 90's and he never uses more than 185 on the freebar.Get those reps in there and get the blood flowing.Point is it's not how much you lift but how big you're tree trunks are!!

Still, congrats on the achievement!
the fruit of your efforts is paying of.

 

[Athernigy]

Congrats, a new record is a new record ...

And only you get to decide if you are ready to juice, not some internet tough guy.

-sk

 

[TommyGunns]

Way to go. It's you against the iron.

 

[SuKY_GeNeTiCs]

holy crap I thought my thread would be long gone by now but it is out of control! I ran out of karma to give at about page 2 lol but don't worry my grey stuff ain't worth spit anyway. So all I can do is say thanks again for the motivation.

By the way, I agree with some of you here that most people don't squat correctly. It is my feeling that you should go slowly down all the way until you just can't go any lower, pause at the bottom then exhale as you power yourself up. In the last few months at my gym, I have seen only a couple other people squatting and they went down maybe a foot at the most lol!

SuKY

 

[Lumberg]

holy crap I thought my thread would be long gone by now but it is out of control! I ran out of karma to give at about page 2 lol but don't worry my grey stuff ain't worth spit anyway. So all I can do is say thanks again for the motivation.

By the way, I agree with some of you here that most people don't squat correctly. It is my feeling that you should go slowly down all the way until you just can't go any lower, pause at the bottom then exhale as you power yourself up. In the last few months at my gym, I have seen only a couple other people squatting and they went down maybe a foot at the most lol!

SuKY

I know exactly what you mean! I remember I was visiting my local Y and I saw a guy at the squat rack racking up 315. I was like, yeah, a hevy squatter! So I watched him squat and it was literally 1/3 squats he was doing.

At another gym I was working out at just for one day I saw a guy squatting while I was DLing. Warms up with 135, ATF. Puts 225 on there, goes parallel. Puts 275 on there, slightly above parallel. Puts 315 on there, does like 1/2 squats. Even goes so far as to put like 335 on there and does 1/4 squats. I was like, WTF? He was probably exerting the exact same amount of effort on each set from 225 on, just with more weight and less range of motion.

Those two people are jackasses. You are already within the elite .001% of the general population and about 1% of regular gym goers. Keep it up.

JC

 

[JKD]

Good Job - Keep at it. Don't worry about all the criticism - some people have strong upper bodies and weak legs and vice versa. I have a friend that can squat 500lbs but cant get 225 flat bench for 10lb. Sounds like your making good progress.

 

[Thomps9]

Congrats bro!!!
Its a great felling when you can get another plate loaded on. I just love that feeling. I'm always pushing to throw that extra plate on each size. Again, congrats, keep up the good work.


Thomps

 

[jc21]

Jc21 ..the whole thing is bro...it's an unnecessary post to brag to people who do this shit day in and day out...my .02 cents

i respect your opinion...but i dont mind taking a second to check out someones personal record.

 

[mrdraco]

Congrats Man!!! It always feels great to break on thru

And don't compare yourself to anyone else. Just keep movin that iron.

 

[PatBateman]

Congratulations bro,

First of all all the people who flamed and made fun of this bro in my oppinoin are stupid idiots who will never go anywhere. Your the type of people in my gym that squat 4" down 6 plates and then run around thinking your beter than anyone with your chicken legs. I chalange most of you who comented negatively to do 8-10 reps using 3 plateson each side free weight all the way down slowly from top to ass to floor and without locking out on top without using a weight belt. Realy you should try it sometime.
Second everyone has their own strenght / body composition. He made an achievement and thats what matters plus im willing to bet he looks 2x better than most of you comenting negatively. This is just a hunch. Just last cycle i had this idiot who put on 5 plates on the squat bar on smith and went down 2" for 2 reps with a training partner. He was walking around stoked and i could see it in his eyes how he looke down uppon me deep inside lol for only doing 4 plates all the way down myself to floor without belt for 10 reps solid for a few sets without a spot. I just eventualy burst out laughing in his face couldnt help it.

Congratulations bro dont listen to these iamture fools anyone who is fairly big will tell u the same.

although you tried to flame me on the E post, I will give you karma for this, good post. Most people love to swagger and think of how much weight they put up. But their form sucks, when you swing the weights or do 1/4 squats it makes it a little easier for all the ILS types.