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How much can you squat??

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dont know 1 rep max but 200kg (440lbs) for 10 reps
im 20 y/o 5.6ft and weigh just over 89kg (196lbs) bf not sure, not bad but not great
 
b fold the truth said:
Here are a few odds and ends pictures of me.

Me next to 308 lb Travis Ortmayer, 3x WSM competitor, top 10 in the World.
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You guys have got great backs, but what happened to your calves? For 300 lb plus guys they're really small. I would have thought that with the massive lifting and walking exercises strongman competitors do you would have built them up.
 
tropo said:
You guys have got great backs, but what happened to your calves? For 300 lb plus guys they're really small. I would have thought that with the massive lifting and walking exercises strongman competitors do you would have built them up.
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Been training calves again for about a month. Trying to train them in a way so that it will help my overhead press.

I've never had calves and most strongmen don't train them other than with the events. I believe that mine are 17.5" in that picture, about that size or a little bigger now.
 
As one who knows what real strength is, that's real strong !



b fold the truth said:
Been training calves again for about a month. Trying to train them in a way so that it will help my overhead press.

I've never had calves and most strongmen don't train them other than with the events. I believe that mine are 17.5" in that picture, about that size or a little bigger now.
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i bet he can do them like the guys at my gym, its deep if the bottom of your ass breaks parallel right?? :rolleyes:
 
i squat in chucks and deadlift in wrestling shoes.
 
DaveTSI said:
from my workout tonight


635 box squat
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VERY impressive man! Make sure to open those knees as you hit the hole and drive up! You have a lot more in you.
 
b fold the truth said:
VERY impressive man! Make sure to open those knees as you hit the hole and drive up! You have a lot more in you.
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thanks dude, and that is my #1 problem on squatting. If im missing a weight, its because my knees come in on me, i really need to practice more doing that.
 
DaveTSI said:
thanks dude, and that is my #1 problem on squatting. If im missing a weight, its because my knees come in on me, i really need to practice more doing that.
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There are a couple of new guys training with me now and they were learning to box squat today. One thing I had to yell at them while they were squatting was "knees out, knees out!!!" as loud as I could when they were doing there set. Could work...have a partner you trust yelling at you so that it sticks in your mind.

Does it only happen on HEAVY attempts?

Seriously...impressive!
 
yes only when im going heavy, when i do get it down and keep them out nice and wide i seriously can smoke some stupid weight. i just need to keep practicing. thanks bro
 
best i ever did was 525. no knee wraps, just a belt. all natural. i weighed about 232. that was about 4 years ago. now my life is so hectic i barely find time to train at all, much less focus on being strong and trying to make progress!
 
davetsi, how do you squat in pants? i have those adidas pants too but i'm afraid they'll rip at the seams when i squat! they feel so tight and uncomfortable they kind of ruin my concentration.
 
It shits me that my squats suck so much.

I can do 275 pounds (125 kg) (very deep squat), but that's the same as my bench.

What is up with that? I'm going to drastically cut the cardio and try to bulk, so I'm hoping that this will mean greater leg recouperation and i will be able to improve. I've completely plateued on squats, despite the fact that i really enjoy the exercise
 
Sim882 said:
It shits me that my squats suck so much.

I can do 275 pounds (125 kg) (very deep squat), but that's the same as my bench.

What is up with that? I'm going to drastically cut the cardio and try to bulk, so I'm hoping that this will mean greater leg recouperation and i will be able to improve. I've completely plateued on squats, despite the fact that i really enjoy the exercise
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Are you eating enough?

Where is your weakness?
 
Sim882 said:
It shits me that my squats suck so much.

I can do 275 pounds (125 kg) (very deep squat), but that's the same as my bench.

What is up with that? I'm going to drastically cut the cardio and try to bulk, so I'm hoping that this will mean greater leg recouperation and i will be able to improve. I've completely plateued on squats, despite the fact that i really enjoy the exercise
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are you sure that's all you can do, or is your mind freaking out and holding you back? the mind is the most important think when it comes to squatting imo. once you feel that weight across your shoulders and back your mind can easily say " oh shit that's a lot of weight, i dno't know if i can do this, it feels like a house, what if i don't make it up, my legs already hurt, oh shit..."
its' one of those things where it will always feel heavy, but if you keep adding weight, it seems to just keep going up (to a certain point).
you have to approach it where you are absolutley pissed off mad at the weight but still confident that you will kick it's ass.
of course your form has to be good and you have to be eating quite a bit to have the energy to be able to do it.
 
19psi said:
are you sure that's all you can do, or is your mind freaking out and holding you back? the mind is the most important think when it comes to squatting imo. once you feel that weight across your shoulders and back your mind can easily say " oh shit that's a lot of weight, i dno't know if i can do this, it feels like a house, what if i don't make it up, my legs already hurt, oh shit..."
its' one of those things where it will always feel heavy, but if you keep adding weight, it seems to just keep going up (to a certain point).
you have to approach it where you are absolutley pissed off mad at the weight but still confident that you will kick it's ass.
of course your form has to be good and you have to be eating quite a bit to have the energy to be able to do it.
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I think its all I can do (I'm estimating it though based on a 5 rep max of 115kg, same as bench). I don't think its pshychological because I do squats to failure on a squat rack, and most sets end with me not able to get the weight up.

It shits me how little progress I have made on it, given I haven't been training too long, don't use any sups, and IMO have made great progress on all other exercises (my bench seems better than my friends who have trained similar period and started from about 55-60, and I do 5 rep wide pulls ups with 25 kg, dips with 40, which I think is decent, given I weigh about 70).

I think the lack of improvement could be
- not eating enough, as pointed out, which i now completely rectifying. I get stomach cramps though when I go about 3500 cals, which I'm now experiencing.
- overtraining legs. I love the body part simply because its excruciating, so often I have done 2 leg sessions which are endless (4 sets of: back squat, front squats, deadlifts, SLDL, good morning: 6 sets of walking lunges in all directions; 4 sets of hack squats; 5 minutes of non-stop alternating between extensions/hyperextension machine). I also had been doing endless cardio (9km runs, sprint interval HIIT on oval etc, on all days except leg training days) because of comp tennis, which I'm now stopping

I'm going to now
- only doing cardio once or twice per 5 days (I enjoy it, so I will keep a bit, but this represents a much smaller load);
- weight train legs once per 5 days and do fewer sets.

Hopefully, with little cardio, I should see rapid improvement. I'm hoping I have reasonable genetics on this because my father was national judo player, and could squat and deadlift 3 times his body weight, and was stronger enough to do one arm chins
 
Sim882 said:
I weigh about 70

I think the lack of improvement could be
- not eating enough, as pointed out, which i now completely rectifying. I get stomach cramps though when I go about 3500 cals, which I'm now experiencing.
- overtraining legs. I love the body part simply because its excruciating, so often I have done 2 leg sessions which are endless (4 sets of: back squat, front squats, deadlifts, SLDL, good morning: 6 sets of walking lunges in all directions; 4 sets of hack squats; 5 minutes of non-stop alternating between extensions/hyperextension machine). I also had been doing endless cardio (9km runs, sprint interval HIIT on oval etc, on all days except leg training days) because of comp tennis, which I'm now stopping

I'm going to now
- only doing cardio once or twice per 5 days (I enjoy it, so I will keep a bit, but this represents a much smaller load);
- weight train legs once per 5 days and do fewer sets.
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Sounds like you are on the right path now big man. Never forget it takes time!

My first ever session in the gym I attempted to squat the 60 lb smith machine bar and got pinned at the bottom.
 
i think you're on the right track cutting back. i made my best strength gains for squats training them once every 7 days for 3-4 sets. that doesn't sound like much but i would be sore for 5 days following every week. this is after years of training too.
 
I hit 585x5 all below parallel on wednesday in my centurion, no knee wraps. weighed 206 that night
 
Sticking with 405 for now, I like my knees too much to risk a knee blow out especially having right knee scoped.
If I wana push it may be mid 400's with belt and wraps
 
DaveTSI said:
I hit 585x5 all below parallel on wednesday in my centurion, no knee wraps. weighed 206 that night
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Nice freaking job man!!!

I've got a pinched nerve or something that is keeping me from placing the bar on my back. Even the empty bar touching parts of my back kills me. Still working through the cortisone treatment side-effects.

I've set 2 deadlift PR's in 3 weeks though. 731 raw 2 weeks ago and then 750 raw this week...after light box squats.
 
b fold the truth said:
Nice freaking job man!!!

I've got a pinched nerve or something that is keeping me from placing the bar on my back. Even the empty bar touching parts of my back kills me. Still working through the cortisone treatment side-effects.

I've set 2 deadlift PR's in 3 weeks though. 731 raw 2 weeks ago and then 750 raw this week...after light box squats.
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oh that sucks it would kill me if i couldnt squat because of some bullshit like that. sick pr's on the deads though, is that with a belt? im assuming so.

ive got 1 week left to train then im taking one off for a USPF meet on the 16th, my training feels on point and i hope to break 1900, thats my goal anyhow. Im still up in the air as to what i should do about my weight, i could go 198 because im so close, but i really dont want to sacrifice any strength (if i did go down and missed 1900 by like 10lbs i would be so pissed at myself.)
 
DaveTSI said:
oh that sucks it would kill me if i couldnt squat because of some bullshit like that. sick pr's on the deads though, is that with a belt? im assuming so.

ive got 1 week left to train then im taking one off for a USPF meet on the 16th, my training feels on point and i hope to break 1900, thats my goal anyhow. Im still up in the air as to what i should do about my weight, i could go 198 because im so close, but i really dont want to sacrifice any strength (if i did go down and missed 1900 by like 10lbs i would be so pissed at myself.)
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No belt...I pull from the floor better raw basically.

Depends if you want the 1900 for yourself...or you want to compete for a trophy and a class place. If it were me...I'd just eat, drink, be merry, and let the cards fall where they may.

Gonna get the wife to cover my neck/spine/shoulder with DMSO and every hot cream I can find between now and Wednesday...so hopefully I can get a good squat session in. Been pushing deads too much too long, ya know?
 
b fold the truth said:
No belt...I pull from the floor better raw basically.

Depends if you want the 1900 for yourself...or you want to compete for a trophy and a class place. If it were me...I'd just eat, drink, be merry, and let the cards fall where they may.

Gonna get the wife to cover my neck/spine/shoulder with DMSO and every hot cream I can find between now and Wednesday...so hopefully I can get a good squat session in. Been pushing deads too much too long, ya know?
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yeah, i should just eat like a pig and enjoy it, it takes alot of fun out of it trying to make weight. And yeah i just want it for myself, i dont care about placing really, though if i do go 1900@220 im sure ill win anyhow :) lol

ive never had a pinched nerve so i have no clue what you could do about it, but im sure heat and massage would work somewhat. good luck and btw pulling that kind of weight without a belt is fuckin badass bro
 
DaveTSI said:
yeah, i should just eat like a pig and enjoy it, it takes alot of fun out of it trying to make weight. And yeah i just want it for myself, i dont care about placing really, though if i do go 1900@220 im sure ill win anyhow :) lol

ive never had a pinched nerve so i have no clue what you could do about it, but im sure heat and massage would work somewhat. good luck and btw pulling that kind of weight without a belt is fuckin badass bro
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Thanks man, I'll have the vid up soon...promise. My Russian training partner barely paid attention and just said "nice" and walked on. lol

I'm more impressed with your squats than my deadlifts...most should be.
 
Best i've done so far is 500 for 3 reps with knee wraps, belt and wrist wraps. Shooting for 520 tonight, will keep you updated. Never used a suite though but i've been told i could probably be squatting in the 6's with a suite.
 
20 yo and squating 200kg for 10 reps and you dont believe me..... fuck it what do i care about what a bunch of cocks at there computers think just because you couldnt at 20 and probably still cant.
4 weeks out from cycle and still hiting 200s less reps tho
jus set a pb on deads to day 210k 6reps each one from the floor at 4 weeks out(shoulda got that on my phone lol)
i tell you what when im back on a cycle and feel strong ill start a thread in the anabolics form maybe sooner if i feel like it and show you maybe fewer reps but still same weight then when im back on ill show you 10 reps plus. i was going to record it ages ago n start a thread but felt like a cock recording my self in the gym as every one should.
 
FriendlyCanadian said:
2800 lbs, for one.. wearing only a bench shirt..
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lol

thats decent, for a canadian
 
djeclipse said:
That's like 10lbs from the internet world record.... nice!
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hehe I just find this forum redundant, It's like asking how big is your cock on the an internet cock forum, though I'm sure probably 50% of the people are being straight up. =)
 
FriendlyCanadian said:
hehe I just find this forum redundant, It's like asking how big is your cock on the an internet cock forum, though I'm sure probably 50% of the people are being straight up. =)
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I hear ya, everyone on the internet is huge. I'd say 50% is being generous, I don't trust people that much.

That's why I post vids of my lifts instead of just talking about them.

If this forum is redundant, what forum do you frequent?
 
OMG you guys must be giant. I have touble squatting 190lb.(which is all the weight I own anyway) with only a 20lb bar. Everyone else here does like 5-700. Am I really that weak or does equipment really make that big a difference(or both?)?
 
My best was like 455, but that was many years ago when I had a good back. I rarely go over 275 now. My back cant take the pressure of all that weight. Thank god for the hack squat and leg press..
 
Oniw17 said:
OMG you guys must be giant. I have touble squatting 190lb.(which is all the weight I own anyway) with only a 20lb bar. Everyone else here does like 5-700. Am I really that weak or does equipment really make that big a difference(or both?)?
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It takes time, you don't wake up one day ands suddenly you're able to squat 2-3 times your BW. Add weight to the bar in small increments, over a years time it adds up.
 
I have'nt maxed in a while but I can do 385lbs about 5 times, Blah blah excuses blah blah blah bad knees blah blah bad back blah blah excuses blahblah.......
 
Don't really do 1 rep maxes, but on a 5x5 scheme, @ parallel last set is 255. ATF in a 3x10 scheme, last set is 195. I guess I'd estimate my 1 Rep Max to be about 275 - 300.
 
needtogetaas said:
I got enough dick to make up for it though.
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well sure...when you got no balls of course your dick looks bigger!!!!! :lol:
 
Almost out of the 600 bracket. Hit 565 last week and a raw (no belt or anything) 455 this week.
 
3 thats right 3 of the bigs ones on each side. I know thats not much. But it is for me. Take it all the way down and rep it out. It feels like Im working.
 
i can only hit about 315x3 now
need to squat more often again
well at least more than once a week
 
I'm willing to bet most of the people here don't squat full depth - rock bottom.. ;)
And bar position on the back makes big difference to how much weight you can handle. Low bar = more weight

And once a week is enough, it is for me
 
coolcolj said:
I'm willing to bet most of the people here don't squat full depth - rock bottom.. ;)
And bar position on the back makes big difference to how much weight you can handle. Low bar = more weight

And once a week is enough, it is for me
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I squat until my nuts slap the ground. As far as weight goes I am not entirely sure as I usually just have your mother stand in front of me with her tits out and I grip-em and squat those mofo's. All I know is, is that my legs are so blown out from 3 sets of just 1 rep each that I have to use an amigo afterward just to get around.
:lil k:
 
coolcolj said:
I'm willing to bet most of the people here don't squat full depth - rock bottom.. ;)
And bar position on the back makes big difference to how much weight you can handle. Low bar = more weight

And once a week is enough, it is for me
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So...what is the difference between your OLY Squat and your PL Squat?
 
as of yesterday

315kgs/694.5lbs @ 215lbs completely BURIED, looking back i should have gone 715-720ish but i seem to play it too safe sometimes


edit: heres the videos of my opener and 3rd
639 Opener

694 3rd
 
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b fold the truth said:
So...what is the difference between your OLY Squat and your PL Squat?
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I dunno, I don't squat low bar, but the closest I've come to a power squat is doing boxsquat with a high bar and it felt a lot easier to stand up with the barbell than a shoulder width stance olysquat :)

The wide stance reduces ROM a lot, I even had to move the safety pins on the power rack up 6 inches
 
Alan Barch Jr - the guy with the 47-49 inch standing vertical jump
has 740lb raw power squat and a 620lb beltless full oly squat at 5'9" 210lbs 6-8% bodyfat

So that should show the difference between the 2 lifts
 
DaveTSI said:
as of yesterday

315kgs/694.5lbs @ 215lbs completely BURIED, looking back i should have gone 715-720ish but i seem to play it too safe sometimes


edit: heres the videos of my opener and 3rd
639 Opener

694 3rd
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I can do 500 lbs, ass to ankles for 3 reps, dont know what the max is thou. Im guessing around 575 lbs. Im about 180 lbs now.
 
Powerbuilder333 said:
Nice. What federation?
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i rather not say. but its single ply, untested
 
Strongbow said:
I can do 500 lbs, ass to ankles for 3 reps, dont know what the max is thou. Im guessing around 575 lbs. Im about 180 lbs now.
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thats a great squat for 180lbs. id say more realistically your max is around 550, which is still over triple bodyweight, sick. with what, a belt and wraps? got a video of it?
 
DaveTSI said:
thats a great squat for 180lbs. id say more realistically your max is around 550, which is still over triple bodyweight, sick. with what, a belt and wraps? got a video of it?
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Just a belt, no wraps and I do have a video on my phone, but cant get the damn thing to go to my email. Il keep trying, I got several lifts on video, but there all on my damn phone. I have recently done 585 parallel to a bench for reps, but my knees aint in the best shape from my baseball days, have been reluctant to try to full squat that weight.
 
DaveTSI said:
as of yesterday

315kgs/694.5lbs @ 215lbs completely BURIED, looking back i should have gone 715-720ish but i seem to play it too safe sometimes


edit: heres the videos of my opener and 3rd
639 Opener

694 3rd
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Freaking nice and deep!!!!

Open those knees up big man...but I'm sure you know that. It was toy weight for you!
 
coolcolj said:
I dunno, I don't squat low bar, but the closest I've come to a power squat is doing boxsquat with a high bar and it felt a lot easier to stand up with the barbell than a shoulder width stance olysquat :)

The wide stance reduces ROM a lot, I even had to move the safety pins on the power rack up 6 inches
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I don't feel safe with a full OLY squat. And the heavier I go...the less depth I can get as it SEEMS my hams activate more and more.

Raw vs Raw...there isn't much of a difference between mine. Box, OLY, Pler squat...all fairly close (10% or less).
 
I'm making an attempt to squat low bar, but as low as I can go, shoulder width stance. See how it goes. So far it feems frigging hard to get the bar down there! It feels like it will fall off my back or something

But it does feel a lot easier with just 135lbs the last time i tried it, compared to high bar
 
so many different variations of squats .I can squat alot with legs pretty wide and weight shifted using my lower back and glutes to propell upwards basically a olyimpic squat. using pretty much the entire lower body

But for bodybuilding purposes , I keep legs shoulder width toes slightly out. back alighned weight on the back of my shoulder or sometimes infront on my upper chest with arms crossed around the bar and squat straight down below parell and up focusing on the quads and squeezing them on each rep , With like 225lbs for sets of 12-15.

To be honest I went the powerlifting route for awhile, heavy deads,bench press, squats.
Built decent bulk , but I am a redfiber guy I grow off reps in the 8-12 range and pumping blood into the muscle vs the 1-3 range just does not do it for me as well as the higher rep fiber stimulation.
Except forearms. I noticed doing heavy deads,squats and bp my forearms blow up using the heavier weight
 
coolcolj said:
I'm making an attempt to squat low bar, but as low as I can go, shoulder width stance. See how it goes. So far it feems frigging hard to get the bar down there! It feels like it will fall off my back or something

But it does feel a lot easier with just 135lbs the last time i tried it, compared to high bar
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My bar position is higher than it once was...just feels more comfortable "mid placement" compared to super low or super high.
 
b fold the truth said:
Freaking nice and deep!!!!

Open those knees up big man...but I'm sure you know that. It was toy weight for you!
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thanks b, it did feel great on my back, i had alot more in me though like you said. i know my knees look "in" for such a wide stance, but they were pushed out. not compared to the monolift double ply guys, but wide and out for me.
 
DaveTSI said:
thanks b, it did feel great on my back, i had alot more in me though like you said. i know my knees look "in" for such a wide stance, but they were pushed out. not compared to the monolift double ply guys, but wide and out for me.
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I've decided, I want to be like you.
 
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