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First squats workout

Backlash

Backlash

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I just did my first squats this morning! It felt weird, but I'm pumped to finally be doing them, since I avoided them for years due to my bad lower back.

I just did the bar by itself for a couple sets to try to get used to it, then I figured I'd do a light weight while I try to get my form down. So I just used 95 lbs... after 5 more sets my legs were shaking on the way up. Crazy. You guys all say leg press doesn't transfer to squats, and that's damn right, cause I can do 5 plates on each side for leg press.

I did feel the squats in my lower back a bit, but I'm hoping it's just cause my lower back is a bit weak. I really concentrated on keeping my feet flat and my back straight and my knees behind my toes.
 
awesome man!! You'll scare yourself with how fast those 95s turn into 45s and how fast those 45s multiply on that bar brother!!!! its a beutiful thing
 
The kind of effect that squats do to your legs, no other exercise even comes close. I remmeber the first time I began doing squats. 95 lbs for 10 reps, barely to paralle. My legs were in excruciating pain, they were shaking, and I had a pumped up feeling whole week. They are a very tough exercise.
 
For me, my squat improves faster than any other excercise. When I first started, I added about 40 pounds to the bar each week! Beginners will make great gains!
 
i did real squats for the first time last week, and nothing carries over to them. i can do hack squats with 365, and i had to do 185 on real squats for 5x5. but man did it feel good.
 
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Good job!

I always had huge legs w/o doing much leg work (good genetics I guess) :p

when I started doing squats on a 5x5, I kept reading 'go parallel'.. I was pushing close to 260 but only going 3/4 parallel.. I order for me to go parallel I had to drop to 185. let me tell ya - it makes a world of difference.. my legs are growing fast.. you know how those jeans suddenly feel tight in the leg area? awwee yeah. Keep up the good work!!

T
 
Thanks, my legs are killing me today :). Did a good 5x5 chest workout today, so hopefully tomorrow my chest will be killing me...
 
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AGP said:
Good job!

I always had huge legs w/o doing much leg work (good genetics I guess) :p

when I started doing squats on a 5x5, I kept reading 'go parallel'.. I was pushing close to 260 but only going 3/4 parallel.. I order for me to go parallel I had to drop to 185. let me tell ya - it makes a world of difference.. my legs are growing fast.. you know how those jeans suddenly feel tight in the leg area? awwee yeah. Keep up the good work!!

T
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i hate how i cant fit into any jeans!
 
I remember my first squat day.

Did 3 sets of squats. I think I did 95 lbs for around 6 reps each. Then I did some leg extensions, and some lying leg curls and standing calf raises. I hobbled out of the gym that day, my legs were week.

For about 5 days after that, I had to pull myself out of my truck, roll off of the couch to get up, and grab the towel bar to get off the shitter.

It was very nice.
 
Lots of clean getaways? Damn, most people are lucky to have a few of those in a lifetime.

Backlash said:


Yeah, it's painful getting up. Hurts so good. Luckily I've been having lots of clean getaways lately...which is actually kind of spooky. :spin:
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When you finnish the N-Large don't buy it again...it is crap....try cyto gainer or some other weight gainer w/o the shitty carbs. Also you should buy a higher quality protein to go with it b/c the whey concentrate in gainers is crap...just telling you what I wish someone would have told me from the start
 
IronLion, what would you suggest? I tried Myoplex (regular formula) before this, and I heard a lot of people making good gains using N-large.

Basically, I need more calories and more protein. I don't have time to eat 3500 cals of regular food a day, so the other stuff fills in.
 
Cytosport-muscle milk&cytogainer

Dorian Approved protein, belive it or not
or any mix of casseinate, whey isolate, and or free aminos, micellular cassein

There are a lot of good brands out there it just sux b/c the good ones spend money on what goes in the bottle and the ones you hear about spend your money on what goes on the billboard
 
Oh yes.... squats

I remember my first time too, I could barley walk down the stiars at the gym, after that, the next day, I was stuck on the couch all day, next day I was .. still so very sore, barley able to walk, I kinda had to walk on my right heel and do some sort of hop limp thing, very wierd if you where to see it..

it took all in all about 4-5 days, almost a week, till all the pain had left. ...I should also mention my calves where stiff as hell too.
 
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