How much can you squat??

[b fold the truth]

hot damn I suck I can only do 235 x 8. I really suck going heavy and low reps, I tend to go really unco and wobly

That could be from a lot of different things. From your stance to your core to your head. Any chance of getting a video clip? I'll do all I can to help.

 

[bigthrower]

I think most guys here are telling the truth, and I applaude anyone squatting to the floor with any weight, keep at it! good Luck.
PS I have seen huge squats from all types of individuals so I do believe most contributors are truthfull.

 

[cougar8]

675 my junior year of college football. Shit you not....Recorded and witnessed by strength coach. Now I am maintaining around 550-575.

 

[Tatyana]

Don't be ashamed. Keep paying your dues and squating deep with good form and the weight will come. On your body and on the bar.

Squatting with good form is soooooooo important, better to leave the ego at the door with these, and dead lifts, cause if you don't, they will be a very short lived part of your routine.

I am still on 100 kg/220 lb for sets of 8 reps now. Squats are getting deeper and the bar feels lighter.

The first time I put that weight on my back I could barely back it out of the rack.

I also had to stop after 3 as my form was rubbish and I was wobbling all over the place.

There is something about the mind-muscle connection that just clicks.

 

[al420]

What's a lot for someone who weighs 215 (me)? I didn't think 380 for 5 was all that much in the grand scheme of things (it is for my gym, but it's really the exception). I have no interest in going to a Powerlifting meet of any sort but I am a little curious how I'd stack up at a small regional thing.

As an aside, when you're having a bad week and your ego has taken a bit of a hit, my gym is where you want to be b/c I'm by a good stretch the strongest guy there so I get my ego stroked quite a bit. (Overall, I would prefer a gym with really big guys so I could learn something but that doesn't appear to be an option around here in T.O.)

380 x5 is great at 215 if the depth is there IMO.

I hear ya on the ego stroke. My commercial gym is full of cyclists, so a 600lb rack pull is a world record to them. (not that they know WTF I am doing, but still)

I think it's b/c your canadian - no one strong up there...

 

[thebadguy54]

I hate to call bullshit on some of your lifts but here are Rippetoe's squat standards for men:

Squat - Adult Men
Body Weight - Un-trained - Novice - Intermediate - Advanced - Elite
114 78 144 174 240 320
123 84 155 190 259 346
132 91 168 205 278 369
148 101 188 230 313 410
165 110 204 250 342 445
181 119 220 269 367 479
198 125 232 285 387 504
220 132 244 301 409 532
242 137 255 311 423 551
275 141 261 319 435 567
319 144 267 326 445 580
320+ 147 272 332 454 593

 

[drm]

I think it's b/c your canadian - no one strong up there...

With the exception of Quebec, of course. I don't know what they do in that province but if you catch any of the canadian strongmen challenges, 8 out of 10 are french canadian.

The more and more people talk about it, the more and more I really should videotape myself (the main problem being that a camera really isn't in the budget right now). I am almost positive the depth is there (below parallel), but I really would like to see it on video.

 

[DaveTSI]

I hate to call bullshit on some of your lifts but here are Rippetoe's squat standards for men:

Squat - Adult Men
Body Weight - Un-trained - Novice - Intermediate - Advanced - Elite
114 78 144 174 240 320
123 84 155 190 259 346
132 91 168 205 278 369
148 101 188 230 313 410
165 110 204 250 342 445
181 119 220 269 367 479
198 125 232 285 387 504
220 132 244 301 409 532
242 137 255 311 423 551
275 141 261 319 435 567
319 144 267 326 445 580
320+ 147 272 332 454 593

if i weighed 320 and could only squat 593 id be rethinking my hobbie, thats well under double bodyweight and that's "elite". maybe this was the case 20 years ago

 

[skullcrushin22]

if i weighed 320 and could only squat 593 id be rethinking my hobbie, thats well under double bodyweight and that's "elite". maybe this was the case 20 years ago

I would think height should be worked in there maybe. But I could be wrong.

 

[thebadguy54]

if i weighed 320 and could only squat 593 id be rethinking my hobbie, thats well under double bodyweight and that's "elite". maybe this was the case 20 years ago

I agree 593 should be simple for a 320 lb. athlete.

But take a look at the 200 lb. male athlete (an average size dude like me and many other guys on this site)... we have to squat more than 2.5 x BW to be in the "elite" catergory.

I'm just saying there are many guys on here making big claims...
if they are true, they should be PAID pro athletes... and not just gym rats (like most are).