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How much do you Squat?

How much do you Squat?

  • <200

    Votes: 52 14.9%

  • 200-300

    Votes: 85 24.3%

  • 301-400

    Votes: 104 29.7%

  • 401-500

    Votes: 63 18.0%

  • >500

    Votes: 44 12.6%
  • Total voters
    350
I've always neglected lower body... In fact, I just recently started doing squats! I always do a 10/8/6 pyramid (upping weight each time) on upper body, but since just starting legs I do 12/10/8 reps for 3 sets. I did legs today... squats: 150/160/175...

Don't laugh. I'm still new to legs, I wish I hadn't neglected them this long. I then moved on to the leg presses on the sled and did 325 12x.... so I'm not TOO weak on those.


Hey, at least I'm honest. I'm trying to get my legs up before I post a pic, coz I know if I just posted upper body, ya'd get pissed :)


later bros
 
415 ATF powerlifting squat
465 parallel powerlifting squat
315 for 12-15 (depending on the day)
335 for 6-8
365 for 3

now these are real squats lower than parallel I ephasize this because very few people ever squat as low as me (not tooting my own horn just being honest)
If I want to load the bar up with 500+lbs and do half squats I can but what is the point?
 
I go parallel but thats as far as I go. My legs get very sore so theres no need for me to go deeper. I end up with 405 for 6-8 reps. If I rap my knees I can go heavier.
 
Are there any tall guys -say 5'11' and over that squat real deep?
There was an interesting article about squatting that said that tall guys aren't worse squatters as is commonly maintained , but that they have to go much further just to hit parallel- ie a shorter guy might squat 14" and be going below parallel, while a real tall guy might not even hit paralllel with a 14" movement, so that tall guys arent' worse squatters, but they are longer squattters.
I think the same sort of thing applies to the bench press. for some reason I don't think it affects the deadlift as much......
 
I weigh 160lbs and I've just started to squad 4 plates (220lbs inc bar) for 12 reps, this is the most I've ever squatted and has come following my 1st cycle strangely enough.
 
I am 6'3" and do deep squats..my best is 495 for 2 sets of 5 reps. I try to go just past parallel. My squat is good...don't ask about my bench...pathetic:bawling:
 
485 at 162 lbs. is my best pound for pound. I did 505 at 190. Those wre both in contests. After my recent surgery and hormone problem, well I'd rather not say what I'm lifting right now, but it makes me feel like blowing my head off with a shotgun.
 
To be honest I am just barely hitting parallel with my heavy squats- last workout I did 495 for 8 after two sets of BFT leg extensions. I am 6'3 with a long torso, so although I'm strong, I have to be careful with heavy squats. Infact until about 4 months ago I was unable to full squat -ass to heels-even with just the bar-due to poor ankle and knee flexibility which I have been trying to improve gradually. I have been working on my form and can now do this, so I am working on my form and squat depth, but prefer not to force it, but to let it come as it will.
 
blaster220 said:
I'm trying to get my legs up before I post a pic, coz I know if I just posted upper body, ya'd get pissed :)


later bros [/B]
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I wouldn't I would think you were spending more time on your upper body to impress chicks more since nobody can ever see your legs anyway unless you where those gay speedo shorts and you ain't get any chicks with those on no matter how big you are. :D
 
I havn't been squating as much to date as I have simply gotten to strong for saftey reasons. I can easily step under 500+ for a ass to my heels but I am choosing to focus on extremely heavy leg presses right now and deadlifts. The deadlifts mimic the squat close enough to compensate when done correctly. I average 1490 for 10-15 reps for several sets. This is 26/ 45lb plates and a partner on top....
 
I know there are some big squatters here but I'll chime in for us normal people ;)

I've only started squatting 2 1/2 months ago when I got back into weightlifting after 2 years off. Before I was only doing legs presses and leg extentions so it was totally new to me. My first time I maxed at about 120 lbs for 6 reps @ 160 lbs. Today I did 215 lbs for 6 reps getting just bellow parallel at a body weight of 175 lbs and 5'11".

I may not be pushing the same weight as most here but I'm very happy with my progress so far. Hopefully in 6 months I can hit 300lbs for reps.
 
MaGilicuti - A good amount of weight to sqaut for a 160 lb guy is anything more than you did in your last leg workout. Just focus on proper form and progress and don't get caught up in comparing numbers with other guys in the gym. Just my advice...take it for what you will. V3
 
Good advice Veni!

I am 6'3" also.

I squat to parallel cause anything deeper is more ham and glute work.

I find that by going to parallel i can go heavier. Heavier squats = more growth.

I do squats primarily for quads also - i do more direct ham and calf work too.

I do sometimes drop the weight a bit and do a set or two of deep squats though - but only cause i spent so long increasing my flexibility to do so. It would seem like such a waste if i didn't...


By the way, I am just telling people what i do and I'm not preaching that others necessarily do the same. Do what works best for YOU.
 
Robboe said:


I find that by going to parallel i can go heavier. Heavier squats = more growth.
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*** I understand this is your way of thinking but do you realize that this is like saying doing partial bench presses is better since you can lift more weight?

It is the full range of motion which will determine ultimately along with other variables how much stimulation the muscle/s will recieve.
 
I understand what you mean mac, but i do squats for quads just as i do benches for chest [and not triceps.]

For hams i do more direct work, as well as leg presses.

I do also do full squats Mac, as i said.
 
Robboe said:
I understand what you mean mac, but i do squats for quads just as i do benches for chest [and not triceps.]

For hams i do more direct work, as well as leg presses.

I do also do full squats Mac, as i said.
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*** I was not talking about the muscles being targetted. I was pointing out that you were insinuating that a heavier weight is a prime prerequisite for muscular growth which it is , but not by itself.
 
Veni-Vidi-Vici said:
MaGilicuti - A good amount of weight to sqaut for a 160 lb guy is anything more than you did in your last leg workout. Just focus on proper form and progress and don't get caught up in comparing numbers with other guys in the gym. Just my advice...take it for what you will. V3
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Definately words to live by. People are more friendly on this board than on the anabolic board or chat board.
 
6'3''
190 lbs

335lbs twice last week

full squats, all the way down.

pretty good for me.

Haven't been working out that long.

I'm very pleased however
 
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ironpipes47 said:
im 15 i wieigh 160 and i squat 385 for my sets
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Uh? NO you don't... well ok let me rephrase: if you do grow up and be worlds strongest man. but telling me that you do 385lb full rep squats (in working sets no less?!?) at 15 years old and 160lbs is the most assinine load of crap I've heard on this board in quite a while.

I want pics.
 
I've squated 600 below parrallel, but have never tried anymore than that. Hannibal on here is gettin close to a 700lb squat.
 
I've done 222x20 (100 kilos), though at 16 years of age, I'm still rather wary of the spinal compression that going heavier then that can entail. So, I squat rather lightly, and work on form...
 
I agree with Valdez. There is nothing worse than seeing some delb throw 500 on the bar and then proceed to do quarter squats with it. I go ATF. It is the only way to get huge, thick quads. (And a large ass, I might add)

Best Ever: 545
Best Lately: 495

Anyone ever heard of "Breathing Squats"? Demon introduced me to them last week. You basically pick a weight you know you can only do about 10 times on a good day. Then, you do 20 reps with it. You can take as long as you need, the only rule is you can't rack it. I did 365 for my 20 and I felt it for days!
 
Last week I did 365 for 7. Hope to get over 10 reps this week. Thighs parrallel to floor.
 
im 5'11 and i take my butt to the floor.... when my hams hit the calfs...... well that lets me know its time to go back up

i belive in partail movements..(at least half)....... and full range..... both have benifits and disadvantages

my suggestion.. use both......

i took 300 all the way down last week..... which i know is not a ton but for me and my pinched nerve in my lower back think its good enough

i go butt to the floor to include everything..... all of my quad,thigh,ham,and glute

but its hard for me to load up because of my back

for my quad strenght i do leg press as my 2nd exercise

were talking 800-900 lbs for full reps....... (im not bragging because i know that i am currently a little puppy on this board.... but to be 20 with 4 years working out thats pretty good i think)

this biggest problem with my back is that im 5"11 ..... from the waist up i have the body of a 6"2 man......... from the waist down i have the height of a 5"8 man

so my back cant squat very well..... which sucks...... because everyone reading this loves to get under a crap load of weight
 
The only squats I count are ATF. Anything else is bullshit and there are no excuses. Any moron can load up massive weight and do half squats. It takes some real strength to go past parrallel and blast your way back up. There needs to be some sort of sensor that measures the distance from your ass to the ground. It should beep when you are low enough so that you know you've went down far enough. Personally I go all the way down that my body will let me and get the full stretch.

Right now I'm doing 245 for 5 sets of 6. I can easily go higher but I'm slowly adding weight each week to make sure my tendons and knees are ready for it. I'm quite sure I can do 315 for at least 3-4 but I'll be patient. I'm 6' 206lbs right now btw. Which brings up another point. The heavier you are, the more you are squatting... Just like pullups, the lighter guys have the advantage because they are supporting less weight.
 
I've found that simply increasing the reps with decent weight is something much more easy to recover from, and the results come with greater safety and less likelihood of injury.

275x33-35

Works for me.
 
I'm throwing the BULL-SHIT FLAG on our 800lbs. squatter and our 15yr. old world's strongest man.
Thats the only problem with these polls, we never know who's bull shitting and who's not, but i'm gonna take a wild guess and say they are.
Anyways......

20yrs. old, 6' 260lbs, 19%bdf, 4 cycles, 635 for 1 good parralell, the second was decent, but i did get it up.
 
Tx_rugby, you are a large lad.

And welsh power house was joking. I'm not saying it was a GOOD joke, but it was a joke.

I internet squat 1033 pounds, by the way.
 
update

hey guys its me again

i just did 350lbs btf with a 2 second pause....

DANG THAT FELT GOOD!!!!!!!!!!
 
Here i'll be honest.

I am 17, 200 lbs, (cutting to 180) and I squat 225 for 4 reps. Sucks I know, I guess my max is 260ish. It's okay, by the time i'm 18 I should be squatting 3 wheels per side, hopefully! It still feels good to have 2 wheels each side on there even if its for a short number of reps.
 
Using Smith Machine with legs out front (good quad emphasis in this position) and HIT training (2/4 tempo), I could only get 10 x 165 for set 1, and 8 x 155 for set 2....I was toast after that...couldn't breathe and thought my quads were going to explode....I go just a little below parallel....for those of you going ATF...aren't you worried about blowing out your knees? I've never had knee problems before, and I don't want to start...just seems like going that low puts a ton of strain on the connective tissue in your knees....

Thinking about super-setting my smith squats with leg press this week...and then do some extensions and leg curls later after calves....anyone else do a squat/leg press superset?
 
try and get away from the smith machine if you are going to squat...you'll never get the full benefits of squatting if you have mr smith machine helping you out.

5'10" 191lbs natty
yesterday's squats (parallel)
135x10
225x10
265x8
275x7
290x4
235x10
 
I'm confused about your comment supersize.....why do you say that smiths are "helping"? I guess to a certain extent, I agree with what you are saying...they help me keep better form and balance, and take emphasis off of my lower back, but I still get one helluva workout for my quads, hams and glutes....if anything, they help me target those areas more specifically then straight squats...I know most of the bro's on the boards do straight squats, but I just feel like I do so much better with Smiths...and I've done both for several years, so I'm not someone who has never tried regular squats....I just happen to prefer smiths...If I wanna work lower back, I'll do deads or hyper extensions...when I wanna work legs, I want to focus as much as I can on them without having to worry about my back giving out or my form sucking the harder the set gets.....with smiths, I can go to failure without fear of snapping my back or straining something when my form starts to break down....

I'm not as big or strong as most of the bro's on this site, so I can't exactly come out and dazzle you with my experience and testify that smith squats are the way to go...I only know what feels best to me and what allows me to target my legs best....Try doing smiths, legs out front, not directly under the bar, with 2/4 tempo (concentric/eccentric) and see if you aren't smoked after 10 reps...only thing is, you gotta seriously check your ego at the door when you do 'em that way, cuz you'll probably only be able to do about 1/2 to 2/3 the weight you usually do...I was squatting around 250-275 for 4-6 reps when I was doing them 1/1 tempo, but slowing down to 2/4 is killer...
 
I did 6X 20kg plates each side on an Olympic heavy bar ATF for 3 reps a few years ago. Right now my max is about 5 though. I will do it again and this time I'll get a photo!
 
Just did a 470 at a powerlifting meet, missed 500. My HARDEST set however was 225 for 34 continuous reps with a close stance, ass to the floor. Going to try and beat it soon...

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Hey heavywear, nice job...

I was wondering...why do they not use squat racks at powerlifting meets....or power racks for that matter. Can't they just set the failure bars really low that way incase you can't finish the rep you don't get killed?? Its not like it would be cheating as long as the bar didnt touch the failure bars.
 
Good question actually Garza. I have wondered it myself over the years as I have seen some horrible things happen during the squats. Your life is in the hands of the spotters for the day if you fail. Much easier to just bottom out in the rack if you can't get it. But it will never go over, too much ego and manliness to squat in the racks I think. Will make a good debate...

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Edu said:
I do with 110 kg, but I don't know how much it means in lb.
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Does everyone else do way less with just a bar (no smith machine) I can't do as much cuz I am working out at home and just use a barbell (good cast iron weights though) and my squat is not as high as I could do at the gym. This is because I have use a lot of energy and strength to get the bar over my head and then procede with the squat and then lift the bar back over my head. By the time I am done my last set I am so exhausted it's pretty damn hard to get the bar back over. I want to let it just drop behind me but I am afraid it will go through the floor! :D
 
Maybe some people find it restricting. I always seem to end up banging the uprights as I walkout.....that could really throw you in competition.

Just a thought....


heavywear said:
Good question actually Garza. I have wondered it myself over the years as I have seen some horrible things happen during the squats. Your life is in the hands of the spotters for the day if you fail. Much easier to just bottom out in the rack if you can't get it. But it will never go over, too much ego and manliness to squat in the racks I think. Will make a good debate...

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My HARDEST set however was 225 for 34 continuous reps with a close stance, ass to the floor. Going to try and beat it soon...
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Oi, breathing squats more or less. Always make me want to puke. :D
 
Here's a friend and former workout partner squatting 680lbs in a Powerlifting meet.

From his email:

From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:25 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Giessen Powerlifting Open 2000


Just got me another victory, which still leaves me #1 over here in Europe. This time I ended up with a 680 lb squat, 660 lb deadlift, and a 480 lb bench press.
 
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I'm 5'11" and weigh 100kg.

Front Squat 195kg.
Back Squat 240kg.
Back Pause Squat 227.5kg.
Back Militarty Squat 227.5kg.

Military squat is heels together and toes pointed out.
All squats are full (ATF).
 
got back to 365 today for 3. felt pretty solid. that was after a few sets of 185 front squats. not a bad day. 315 was an easy 6.

5 9 165 9% if i fattened up i might be a bit more stable. hehe. :p
 
military squat??? how high do your heels come off the ground on that one??? atf? unless you have detachable ankles i can see a knee surgery in your future........
 
I added 3/8" to the heel on my adidas weightlifting shoes.
They have a wooden sole which is about 1" high.
And yes they're full.
 
I am 15 i weigh 165 and i only worked out on legs for a month and i squatted 190 for one rep. My legs are very skinny and weak.
 
what is the diffrence between
ATF powerlifting squat
powerlifting squat, or ne other variation of judging.

do u need to have ur feet at a certian with for powerlifting???

i keep my feet very wide and pionted outward so i can get my ass down , thats how we are tuaght to squat for football.
 
Here's a picture of me doing 605 reeel deep. I followed with 630, and I am training to break the CA state record of 715 in my weight class (220lbs). I could do it this year if I stay healthy and actually come in at 220. At the pictured meet I only weighed in at 211 in shorts, and a t-shirt. Gotta get eating. Good Luck,

Joe
 
I started squatting a month and a half ago. I do 155x10, 175x10, and 210x8. I´ve been adding 10lbs every 2nd week so far and leg size is 24-25inches.
 
Drifter said:
Today I did 215 lbs for 6 reps getting just bellow parallel at a body weight of 175 lbs and 5'11".
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I'm only pushing my bodyweight right now. 175lbs. I'm more concerned about progress than weight. I've added 1.5" to my legs in the last month. If I can continue that rate for a while I'll be all smiles. :D
 
315lbs @ 120lbs, 5'

I should expect doing 315 lbs at my next powerlifting comp.
BTW, I'm 5' , 120lbs
Little Girl
 
kingsquat said:
I agree with Valdez. There is nothing worse than seeing some delb throw 500 on the bar and then proceed to do quarter squats with it. I go ATF. It is the only way to get huge, thick quads. (And a large ass, I might add)

Best Ever: 545
Best Lately: 495

Anyone ever heard of "Breathing Squats"? Demon introduced me to them last week. You basically pick a weight you know you can only do about 10 times on a good day. Then, you do 20 reps with it. You can take as long as you need, the only rule is you can't rack it. I did 365 for my 20 and I felt it for days!
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Those "breathing squats" are intriguing. I'll give them a try figuring a guy named kingsquat knows squat....or should I say knows his squats.
Squats are the best damned exercise in the gym in my book. Few people do them...they blow their time on the curls.:confused:
 
hey fellas just thought i would update you

squat is now up to 405 for 2 reps after only7 weeks

oh yeah im the man (well not really but at least let me say it just this once)
 
My all time best is 500 for 5 reps with no wraps or belt and thats ass to the floor. I was about 245lbs at the time I did that and that was after 315 for 20 reps and 405 for 8.

Right now I stay at 405 for reps, my knees have been hurting lately. Also I do legs twice a week. i do heavy quads and light hams on Saturday and Heavy hams and light quads on Wed.

On Saturday we start with extentions to warm up and then to 5 sets of squats, 3 sets of leg press and 2 sets of slow hacks then to hams, everything for hams is done for 20 reps.

On Wed. I hit hams first with 4 sets of lying curls, 3 sets of standing and 2 sets of stiff legged deads then on to 1 legged extentions for 20 reps 3 sets, lunges 3 sets of 20 and finish up with 3 sets of squats for 20 reps. My legs have hit a new level of growth training like this. i will do this for about 4 more weeks and then back to once a week for a while to give them a break.
 
Right now I do about 185-225 ech set is abou 20-24 range and I do about 4 sets. This is after sprinting 4-8 hundred yard sprints, yeah I know I'm outa of practice when squating.
 
305 for reps....max 405x2. I'd love to do more but a bad knee bothers me. I save the real brutal stuff for the leg press.
Bill
 
Fuck this is lame.

stroke your ego boys and girls.

This thread represents everything wrong with lifting weights.

I get enough of this stuff in real life. kids benching 3 times as much as me.........it gets a bit boring.

no offence heavydutyguy.......
 
kaotic.......good answer. Man there are some smart people on this board. i think you are one of them.


oh kaotic i will be competeing in march next year.....do you want me to send you photos? weak ass pussy........

what im talking about is people lying about how much they lift.

this thread is an open invitation for people to lie about how much they lift......make everyone think they are the best. It makes them out to be the next ed coan.......when they can only squat as much as bill gates.

Im sick of hearing how much people lift.

I have met a lot of people who lift weights and a handfull that dont lie about how much they lift.
When someone tells me how much they lift.......i ask them....why dont you come and train with me. NO ONE WILL SAY YES.
you know why? because they cant back up there words. people have told me that they bench 100kgs for reps.......they come to the gym with me and barely push up 40kgs for a double.

Do you understand what im saying kaotic or should i dumb it down a level or two.....jeez some people are immature


i never said i was strong anyway.
 
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Who here does box squats? Wouldn't that help to know exactly when you hit parallel? Not too mention it increases your explosiveness at the bottom of the lift.

Who here uses a large stance, btw? :)

Just curious.

I only squat 180, I"m 15 and only been at it for a few months, however. My goal is 250 by the end of the year :)

-Zulu
 
I saw some BS flags raised earlier and I wanted to offer my own personal story from when i was younger.

I was in 8th grade (so 13ish years old) before my accident that ruined my physique. I put 300 up 15 times ATF. So I'm not gonna call BS on the 15 yr old. Course I'd be curious how long he'd been lifting.. I know by then I had 3.5 yrs of work in my legs.

Damn what I wouldn't give to look like that again.

Oh now I can do about 500 on an incline leg press but have been nervouse about trying real squats again as A. I'm working alone (no spot) and B. my left knee is shit compared to what it used to be.

Anyone have a good technique to wrap a knee that likes to blow out sideways? I'd like to try to get back into real squats as nothing was as satisfying to me as seeing my legs after a nice set.
 
lately with my messed up lower back I have had to turn to Smith Machine Squats :bawling: Before I was doing 315+ to paralell with a semi wide stance. btw I'm 6'1" and 202 lbs
 
as a side note....

what rep tempo do most of you use on said squats?

2/2/0?
4/2/0?
4/2/2?
3/2/1?
1/1/0?

it makes a difference.

anyone using a 4 second negative has some balls of steel. that makes for a loooong intense set, especially if adding the 2 second isometric.

3/2/1 works well for most people going heavy though. nice control going down, a pause and a smooth slow lift up.
 
Very good point, bignate73. Cadence and rep range(TUL) make a huge difference in what kind of weights one puts up. I just checked out the tail end of this thread, and didn't really bother reading most of it, so I don't know what kind of weights people are saying they use. As for me, I agree with endpoint--at least to a degree. I'm really quite uninterested in what kind of poundages people use. I'm not a powerlifter. This is not the powerlifting forum. My squat is quite pathetic. Do I give a fuck? No. Recently I've dropped my poundages--a hundred and fifty pounds or so in the squat--and focused on form, which many people seem to neglect in the quest for ever heavier weights, and of which I myself have been guilty of late. As for cadence, I don't really like the 4 second eccentric. It doesn't "feel" right. I aim for about 2-3 seconds positive, and negative. Though the last few reps are probably around a 10-15 second concentric.
 
I just did my best ever weight of 410lbs for 3 reps.

I weigh about 180 right now.



These were done parallel as well, with very good form.
 
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I just did 495 for 7 in my last workout- have been building back up to that over the last two months. These weren't ass to floor, hell I can't do that with NO weight....lol. They were to parallel to the "hole', the point where glutes and hamstrings started to engage. Any deeper and I get too much back bend, even with no weight due to my height- 6'3".
 
My best ever was 5x5 with 605 at 245 lbs with no support gear, but thatw as before I blew my knee. Last workout, I finished with 3x3 with 545 at 240lbs and no support gear.
 
Blood&Iron said:
Very good point, bignate73. Cadence and rep range(TUL) make a huge difference in what kind of weights one puts up. I just checked out the tail end of this thread, and didn't really bother reading most of it, so I don't know what kind of weights people are saying they use. As for me, I agree with endpoint--at least to a degree. I'm really quite uninterested in what kind of poundages people use. I'm not a powerlifter. This is not the powerlifting forum. My squat is quite pathetic. Do I give a fuck? No. Recently I've dropped my poundages--a hundred and fifty pounds or so in the squat--and focused on form, which many people seem to neglect in the quest for ever heavier weights, and of which I myself have been guilty of late.
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Blah blah. you're just saying that because you've got a crappy squat.





Just f*cking with you man. I agree 100%
 
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