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I can do paralel squat 150kg(maybe around 300lbs) 12reps struggling and i am one of the strongest squaters in our gym beside Paco. Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
But,
Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
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Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
Probably, but that doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with that. A pair of homos at the gym is nothing to laugh at, on the contrary, I would encourage others to meet & greet your fellow homos at the gym and to take some time in possibly learning something from them.
"1"
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Probably, but that doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with that. A pair of homos at the gym is nothing to laugh at, on the contrary, I would encourage others to meet & greet your fellow homos at the gym and to take some time in possibly learning something from them."1"
New sexual intercourse position?
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Everyone is different. I haven't squatted more than 285 in years, and my quads outgrow me. But then, I do it for 15-20 reps.
No, not to parallel. Couple inches short of parallel. Not trying to work my glutes and hams all day.
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Everyone is different. I haven't squatted more than 285 in years, and my quads outgrow me. But then, I do it for 15-20 reps.
No, not to parallel. Couple inches short of parallel. Not trying to work my glutes and hams all day.
Yeah different. But do you often witness people who can do 150-200kg like nothing in your gym? Here in Getbig, Yes.
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my personal best at squats...
315 for 25
405 for 12
500 for 1 and .5 (didnt go so deep on the second)
all time natty
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I have no legs, and did a couple sets of 315 for 10 below parralell weighing about 165 or so...............405 for a max is my best one rep squat,also about 165 bodyweight........below parralell or it doesn`t count in my book.
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my personal best at squats...
315 for 25
405 for 12
500 for 1 and .5 (didnt go so deep on the second)
all time natty
NICE!!!!!!!!!
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I can do paralel squat 150kg(maybe around 300lbs) 12reps struggling and i am one of the strongest squaters in our gym beside Paco. Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
But,
Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
Because getbiggers are the most powerful humans on the planet they squat 400 lbs, weigh 300 pound and drive expensive luxury cars and fuck hot models everyday.
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my personal best at squats...
315 for 25
405 for 12
500 for 1 and .5 (didnt go so deep on the second)
all time natty
500.
How much do you weight?
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Because getbiggers are the most powerful humans on the planet they squat 400 lbs, weigh 300 pound and drive expensive luxury cars and fuck hot models everyday.
and MMA champs! ;)
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500.
How much do you weight?
at that time i was 265lbs, eating a ton of red meat and potatos and rice, took me a good 1.5 years of squatting every week to get that weight up....
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that shows you how lame powerlifting standards must be....when i was about my strongest i could do 2 reps or something at 200 kg...deep...and that was with kneewraps and a belt...not a suit though...even if my quads might be over standard it is not even close to pacos...always been good at deadlifts...could do 1 rm at 280 kg...1 rm at squats was not even close
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you guys still care what other people in your gym squat? come on now
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I suck at squatting just not built 4 it. can leg press a ton though
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See. I see good strong guys here and they dont look like lying to me.
And I havent seen those strong guys like you people FOR YEARS IN gyms!
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Getbiggers are all MMA cage fighting mega stars and also run their own multi million dollar earning businesses. Apart from me, i work in a fucking supermarket and altho i can box a bit i suck at MMA :-[
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When i take a good wide stance i can go 405 for like 8..
but the left knee hurts so i stay away from it
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your in spain bro, bunch of pussies over in spain. they only care about partying till dawn and shit.
;D
nah, seeing heavy squaters in the gym is a rarity, for sure. but theres a lot of guys who can load on the weight. the other day i saw this skinny dude, probably about 180, squat 455 for 8 reps. alebti they were bench squats and he was wearing a belt.
back in high school i had a buddy who as a sophmore squatted 5 plates ass to grass for a clean rep.
another guy i know from high school consistantly squats 405 for sets of 10.
theres something very psychological about squatting. bakc i the day id do leg press with 2000 pounds but couldnt squat 275 for more than 6 or 8.
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Watching the "Didn't go to the gym for a month" thread, seems I might be the only one on here who currently squats "2 plates for 10" :D
Everyone on GB squats 3 plates or more for reps. Thats amazing. :D
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I just did 180kg in a powerlifting comp weighing 91kg 8)
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180kg!!!!!!????? You must be a beast!!!!
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I rep 405 ass to the grass and I'm a natural twink. I guess you and paco are just weak girls. 8)
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180kg!!!!!!????? You must be a beast!!!!
What are your competition numbers "big guy".
I'd like to see your fat ass do a double body weight squat ;)
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5 reps with double bodyweight full range of motion squat
take that weaklings!
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Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
Well, it works this way. When Paco pokes the peepee into your pooper and you both go ahhhh....you're pretty much there. ;D
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5 reps with double bodyweight full range of motion squat
take that weaklings!
Actually a solid lift. :)
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My working sets are 350 for 8-10 reps atm
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I can do paralel squat 150kg(maybe around 300lbs) 12reps struggling and i am one of the strongest squaters in our gym beside Paco. Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
But,
Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
Paco all drugs - you very short SO GOOD FOR SQUAT and asians have strong femur bone from all the squating they do when weeing and pooping into the hole in the floor. Western toilets confuse many asains..
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Actually a solid lift. :)
i remember reading shit like this all the time when i just got started
For all those that want big arms.
To get big arms, get yourself on a basic program that focuses on the leg, hip and back structure without neglecting the arms themselves. As you improve your squatting ability, for reps and say 100lbs, your curling poundage should readily come up by 30lbs or so if you work hard enough on curls. This will add size to your biceps. While adding 100lbs to your squat, you should be able to add 50-70lbs to your bench press, for reps. This assumes you've put together a sound program and have worked hard on bench. That will add size to your triceps.
If your desperate to add a couple of inches to your upper arms you'll need to add 30lbs or more over your body, unless your arms are way behind the rest of you. Dont start thinking about 17inch arms or even 16inch arms so long as your bodyweight is 130, 140, 150, 160 or even 170lbs. Few people can get big arms without having a big body. Your unlikely to be one of the exceptions.
15 sets of arm flexor exercises and 15 sets of isolation tricep exercises with a few squats, deadlifts and bench presses thrown in as an afterthought will give you a great pump and attack the arms from all angles. However, it wont make your arms grow much, if at all, unless your already squating and benching big poundages, or are genetically gifted.
As your main structures come along in size and strenght (hip, thigh and back structure, and the pressing structure), the directly involved smaller body parts are brought along in size to. How can you bench press or dip impressive poundages without adding alot of size to your triceps? How can you deadlift the house and row big weights without having the arm flexors, not to mention the shoulders and the upper back to go with those lifts. How can you squat close to 2 times bodyweight, for plenty of reps without having alot of muscle all over your body.
The greater the development and strenght of the main muscular structures of the body, the greater the size and strenght potential of the smaller areas of the body. Think it through. Suppose you can only squat and deadlift 200lbs, and your arms measure 13inches. Your unlikely to add any more than half an in inch or so on them no matter how much arm specialization you put in.
However, put some real effort into the squat and deadlift, together with the bench press and a few other major basic movements. Build up the poundages by 50% or more, to the point where you can squat 300lbs for over 10 reps and pack on 30lbs of muscle . Then unless you have an unusual arm structure, you should be able to get your arms to around 17inches. If you want 18inch arms, plan on having to squat more than a few reps with around 2 times bodyweight.
All of this arm development would have been achieved without a single concentration curl, without a single pushdown and without a single preacher curl. This lesson in priorities proves that the shortest distance between you and big arms is not a straight line to a curl bar.
Good luck
now after having achieved that crap i feel scammed because my arms still aren't 16"
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"nzmusclemonster:
What are your competition numbers "big guy".
I'd like to see your fat ass do a double body weight squat ;) "
Hook me up with your cycle and even the playing field. ;)
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Depends on how you're squatting - if you're using bounce and don't care for your body a lot of weight is possible.
Full control squats are very hard... I would say big structure = big weight.
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When I was a kid at 130 pounds,I did 20 reps with 225 and a 315 max in the same workout....had never done either weight before for those reps...all natural,all below paralell.........it was a good day.
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LOL @ squats and milk to grow your arms.
I squatted 500 for 8 to parallel a few months back after seeing the Layme Nortard squat/good morning video... but since I'm going to need a hip replacement in the next few years I no longer squat very much :(
300-400 really is nothing.. I was doing that as a 180lb natural with horrible genetics.
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i remember reading shit like this all the time when i just got started
For all those that want big arms.
To get big arms, get yourself on a basic program that focuses on the leg, hip and back structure without neglecting the arms themselves. As you improve your squatting ability, for reps and say 100lbs, your curling poundage should readily come up by 30lbs or so if you work hard enough on curls. This will add size to your biceps. While adding 100lbs to your squat, you should be able to add 50-70lbs to your bench press, for reps. This assumes you've put together a sound program and have worked hard on bench. That will add size to your triceps.
If your desperate to add a couple of inches to your upper arms you'll need to add 30lbs or more over your body, unless your arms are way behind the rest of you. Dont start thinking about 17inch arms or even 16inch arms so long as your bodyweight is 130, 140, 150, 160 or even 170lbs. Few people can get big arms without having a big body. Your unlikely to be one of the exceptions.
15 sets of arm flexor exercises and 15 sets of isolation tricep exercises with a few squats, deadlifts and bench presses thrown in as an afterthought will give you a great pump and attack the arms from all angles. However, it wont make your arms grow much, if at all, unless your already squating and benching big poundages, or are genetically gifted.
As your main structures come along in size and strenght (hip, thigh and back structure, and the pressing structure), the directly involved smaller body parts are brought along in size to. How can you bench press or dip impressive poundages without adding alot of size to your triceps? How can you deadlift the house and row big weights without having the arm flexors, not to mention the shoulders and the upper back to go with those lifts. How can you squat close to 2 times bodyweight, for plenty of reps without having alot of muscle all over your body.
The greater the development and strenght of the main muscular structures of the body, the greater the size and strenght potential of the smaller areas of the body. Think it through. Suppose you can only squat and deadlift 200lbs, and your arms measure 13inches. Your unlikely to add any more than half an in inch or so on them no matter how much arm specialization you put in.
However, put some real effort into the squat and deadlift, together with the bench press and a few other major basic movements. Build up the poundages by 50% or more, to the point where you can squat 300lbs for over 10 reps and pack on 30lbs of muscle . Then unless you have an unusual arm structure, you should be able to get your arms to around 17inches. If you want 18inch arms, plan on having to squat more than a few reps with around 2 times bodyweight.
All of this arm development would have been achieved without a single concentration curl, without a single pushdown and without a single preacher curl. This lesson in priorities proves that the shortest distance between you and big arms is not a straight line to a curl bar.
Good luck
now after having achieved that crap i feel scammed because my arms still aren't 16"
I`ve read a million of these articles.....nothing beats direct arm training,when trying to develop bigger arms!
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squatting is for pussies
real men do leg extensions and 2-3 sets of leg curls
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I always see guys claiming decent lifts on the boards, but rarely see it happening in the gyms.. It's internet. srs business. ;)
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Because getbiggers are the most powerful humans on the planet they squat 400 lbs, weigh 300 pound and drive expensive luxury cars and fuck hot models everyday.
And take the helicopter from the yacht to the private island
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And take the helicopter from the yacht to the private island
But of course! :)
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Just follow the Joe Weider 3 blow jobs-a-day principle routine...
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3-400lbs isn't nothing, but it's not exactly mega wieghts out of the realms of normal guys. I've topped 400 myself at my strongest(before wrecking my progress and almost my knees with weekly games of soccer)
I wouldn't say i see it every day in the gym these days, but definitely every week.
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435x3
405 6/8 usually squat every leg workout.
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My best was 410x6 great reps. That was when I was young and strong, and could train 2x week. These days, the only squats i do are fronts, and I never go over 135. Ah well.
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My best is 1 plate per side for high reps.
I hate squats so i don't see those numbers creeping up.
I do squat dead last in the leg session, to ensure minimal weight use.
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I squatted my balls off for years.........my legs still suck!
I`ve gotten much more out of high rep leg presses,unilateral leg presses,db lunges,squat machine,and front squats
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This guy has crazy strength genetics
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Fucking idiot just collapsed into the bottom position and used a rebound to bounce out of the hole!!
I`d like to see his knees in about a year or two.
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I squatted my balls off for years.........my legs still suck!
I`ve gotten much more out of high rep leg presses,unilateral leg presses,db lunges,squat machine,and front squats
Because squats will only develop great leg size for those mechanically built for it.
High reps for legs are always a win. I do lots of leg press, lunges, extensions and some squats or hacksquats dead last and not every session.
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Fucking idiot just collapsed into the bottom position and used a rebound to bounce out of the hole!!
I`d like to see his knees in about a year or two.
His lower back/hip will give up soon enough.
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Because squats will only develop great leg size for those mechanically built for it.
High reps for legs are always a win. I do lots of leg press, lunges, extensions and some squats or hacksquats dead last and not every session.
His lower back/hip will give up soon enough.
I agree on both counts! :)
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I squatted my balls off for years.........my legs still suck!
I`ve gotten much more out of high rep leg presses,unilateral leg presses,db lunges,squat machine,and front squats
Agreed. Mainstay, and start of my every leg workout: 4 setsx20, then take a plate off, and 4x25. First set feels easy-ish...the it sets in. ;D
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Agreed. Mainstay, and start of my every leg workout: 4 setsx20, then take a plate off, and 4x25. First set feels easy-ish...the it sets in. ;D
Yup,and lately,all I`ve been doing is front squats also.
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Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
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No way...
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315 squat in my mind is nothing, I don't know why. 400+ for me is when I feel strong.
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I suck at squatting just not built 4 it. can leg press a ton though
Outed.
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I can do paralel squat 150kg(maybe around 300lbs) 12reps struggling and i am one of the strongest squaters in our gym beside Paco. Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
But,
Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
Probably cause there arn't a lot of monsters in your gym.
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Nasser Nights thread page 277 has recent pics of me squatting:
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=103123.6900 (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=103123.6900)
just sayin :)
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I last squatted 425x12 and leg pressed 1,125 15 times, but now I can't squat at all and I'm going to physical therapy for patella issues. Both knees are fucked from 10yrs of racing bmx when I was younger, then gaining 70lbs of muscle and a shit ton of strength in just 5yrs time when I finally decided to go "on." the pain has been there for 3yrs now and keeps getting worse, well its finally to the point where it literally feels like my knee cap is going to bust through my fuckin skin. So my dumbass finally decided maybe its time to stop doing heavy presses for a while.
After going to PT, it turns out my tear drop muscle overpowers my outer quads and pulls my knee cap in the opposite direction it is naturally supposed to go while pressing. Both knees also hyperextend, which is terrible for leg extensions, considering I've always fully extended them to get the best possible contraction and squeeze. So yea, I can squat and press decent weight, but now my knees are fucked and need PT. No need for surgery, because the problem can be fixed thank god, but still, it fuckin sucks!!!! My legs are slightly big compared to my upper body anyway though, so taking a little time off from quads will help even that out. I'm definitely still training hams and calves though. No pain with those exercises obviously.
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Agreed. Mainstay, and start of my every leg workout: 4 setsx20, then take a plate off, and 4x25. First set feels easy-ish...the it sets in. ;D
lemme guess, your first four sets your using two 25lb plates on each side, next four sets ur using one 25lb plate per side. ;D
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No way...
What are you squatting for sets of 10 nowadays Steve?
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Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
The people with average squats or weak squats don't go onto the squat threads and tell everyone what they lift; This skews the average.
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Front squatted 305x4 last training cycle ( actually posted a video of me doing 295x4 at the end of last year).
Now working on hitting a 405 back squat.
But have only seen less than a dozen people squat 3 plates or more properly in almost 10 years that I have been training.
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Front squatted 305x4 last training cycle ( actually posted a video of me doing 295x4 at the end of last year).
Now working on hitting a 405 back squat.
But have only seen less than a dozen people squat 3 plates or more properly in almost 10 years that I have been training.
l like fr squat very tough to get comfortable on it...
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Front squatted 305x4 last training cycle ( actually posted a video of me doing 295x4 at the end of last year).
Now working on hitting a 405 back squat.
But have only seen less than a dozen people squat 3 plates or more properly in almost 10 years that I have been training.
Any new badass cigar and vodak pics to add?
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i tried squatting one time, it was aight
i did the bar + 1 25 lb on each end :D
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I can do paralel squat 150kg(maybe around 300lbs) 12reps struggling and i am one of the strongest squaters in our gym beside Paco. Paco struggle to do 10 reps of 200kg squat and owns one of the biggest pair of wheels in the world.
But,
Getbiger can do 150kg or 200kg like nothing.
Are we just a pair of homos in the gym?
WTF?
Expain it.
You must be a homo because a 300 lb squat for 10 is a joke.
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Fucking idiot just collapsed into the bottom position and used a rebound to bounce out of the hole!!
I`d like to see his knees in about a year or two.
I've seen way worse.
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i wish i had a video of it but i did 405 for 20 at a bw of 285. i thought i was going to die though..and i will never be able to do it again ;D
i think its the connection u have with feeling the muscle work...and of course drugs. the pros do partial rep everything and grow like weeds. plus the gh causes awesome pumps i am told
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Any new badass cigar and vodak pics to add?
I dont think I ever posted pics like that, not a big cigar guy.
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i'm glad i can die saying i at least squatted 405 at one point
this was over christmas break, which is really bizarre since i hadnt done more than probably 20 reps TOTAL with 225 for the past six months... barely even worked legs at all, and i always sucked at squatting.
i don't know what it is, for some reason my legs just simply don't seem to work very well. but at least i still got 2x bodyweight :D
also did 315 for 10, years ago... that was probably my best. to be honest, kyomu, i haven't seen anyone squat over 405 in my gym in a loooong time. i know there are several who can, but it's been months since i've seen it.
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What are you squatting for sets of 10 nowadays Steve?
I don't want bigger legs... So by myself I was using 225-315 in 2011 and now.
Then I did a leg workout with Ben Pakulski...and he called me a bitch... ;D...so I did 10x405 and 8x455 is the last 2 sets. No knee wrap...only belt.
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I don't want bigger legs... So by myself I was using 225-315 in 2011 and now.
Then I did a leg workout with Ben Pakulski...and he called me a bitch... ;D...so I did 10x405 and 8x455 is the last 2 sets. No knee wrap...only belt.
Nothing like risking injury to protect your pride... :D
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No way...
Namat, its true.
He perform 210kg around 10 reps in 18:00
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Namat, its true.
He perform 210kg around 10 reps in 18:00
So you say Paco = All Drugs to Taka San ? :-\
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Well, it works this way. When Paco pokes the peepee into your pooper and you both go ahhhh....you're pretty much there. ;D
Well maybe i have the role of sneak my pee pee ;) ;D
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So you say Paco = All Drugs to Taka San ? :-\
Pacos personal record is 6 reps of 300kg.
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10 reps at 150 kg full squat (hamstring touching calves), with a 2 sec pause at the bottom, belt only.
thousand of +400 squat heroes on internet...but squat rack all over the world curiously stay empty...
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stronger pound for pound than pretty much every getbigger? ^^
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I did 9x185kg at 18 after 2 years natural training
10x210kg after 3.5 years natural training
But i was always strong on legs and back. Never on chest.
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lol,
when i was a natural, training under iron addict,
i trained very heavy
one time when i went into the gym for squats,
i was working next to these huge buff black guys squatting 135 for reps
and then i nonchalantly went over to the power rack right next to them, started warming up,
i eventually worked up to my warm up of 315 (mind you, a warm up, not my working set)
and one of the black guys looked at me and said in front of his friends, "that's a lot of weight buddy, isn't that 3 plates", and i said, "i'm still warming up", and i did a quick set of 6. he said it kind of laughingly and not really in a demeaning manner, but more of like a "that's a lot of weight man good job" kind of manner, i think, lol
anyway, when i was doing my set i noticed all of them were looking at me in disbelief, and one of those guys loaded up 225 and struggled with it and said that his back was bothering him, so they walked away
in hindsight, i still do 3-4 plates, but i always emphasized heavy weight since i was a severe ecto and that's all that made me grow when i was a natural
but i would have given up every ounce of strength i had to look like one of those buff and lean black dudes, and there i was at a staggering 165 squatting 385 for 6 that night, still looking like a natural twink
strength means almost nothing in the grand scheme of a bodybuilder. if i didn't have to lift heavy weights to pack on mass i wouldnt
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Because squats will only develop great leg size for those mechanically built for it.
High reps for legs are always a win. I do lots of leg press, lunges, extensions and some squats or hacksquats dead last and not every session.
i have long legs short torso proportions which is shit mechanic but squats built very decent quads
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Fucking idiot just collapsed into the bottom position and used a rebound to bounce out of the hole!!
I`d like to see his knees in about a year or two.
are you serious wes? a lot of world class weightlifters squat just like this, the vast majority of them in fact, past present and future
seeing the drawing on the wall and his shoes makes me thing this is a weightlifting gym
but for general strength training more control is a lot more beneficial i think
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are you serious wes? a lot of world class weightlifters squat just like this, the vast majority of them in fact, past present and future
seeing the drawing on the wall and his shoes makes me thing this is a weightlifting gym
but for general strength training more control is a lot more beneficial i think
I see your point as an Olympic lifter has to get up with the weight after he cleans it,but that is gonna` take its toll on his knees IMO.
A slow controlled descent,followed by an explosive positive movement out of the hole is much safer and a better indicator of pure power since momentum is taken out of the movement.
Go to any power meet,and the big squatters will squat just as I described above.
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I see your point as an Olympic lifter has to get up with the weight after he cleans it,but that is gonna` take its toll on his knees IMO.
A slow controlled descent,followed by an explosive positive movement out of the hole is much safer and a better indicator of pure power since momentum is taken out of the movement.
Go to any power meet,and the big squatters will squat just as I described above.
i know and i agree but i am saying 90% of world class lifters in past present and future bounce out of the hole
they deliberately do this because they believe this transfers to the clean where bouncing is essential
bar bend rebound timing etc
just sayin
but i saw a tape of some bulgarian professionals weightlifters and they did very slow descent, pause at bottom explode up squats, cant tell if that's what they always did but it seems more efficient and safe for pure strength
and powerlifters of course there is no benefit for them to bounce
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Everyone is different. I haven't squatted more than 285 in years, and my quads outgrow me. But then, I do it for 15-20 reps.
No, not to parallel. Couple inches short of parallel. Not trying to work my glutes and hams all day.
So when curling you also do half of the motion (or rather less than half) becouse the lower part is all forearms? Are you aware of the fact that you risk major injury by not going lower than parallel?
I did 152kgx3 ass to grass, olympic style @ 73kg in the morning.
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I totally agree my friend.
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well, call me an embarrasing fagg0ty ass bitch monkey, but my personal best has been 130kg deep for 10 with a belt last year weighing 75kg and under 10% bf and 140kg for... can't remember, few reps but also as deep.
I'm finally getting my gains back. Two days ago I squatted 120kg for 9 reps deep (2 hour night sleep, 7,5 hour work day) but with no belt, then 130kg for 3 no belt, and then 140kg for 1 with a belt... when I get 120 for 10+ reps I will start my next training session with a 130kg and progress with that the same way. This kind of program seems to work for me ??? , atleast for now. weight 75kg, maby 8-9bf
girly weights but atleast I'm progressing again, little by little.
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My PB at squats was 352lbs for a moderately easy 1, it is a clear memory because i remember feeling i could do 400 (which i probably couldnt have!). My knees arent what they once were due to ligament damage over the years so i dont squat anymore and i certainly dont train heavy (for me). Some people are just naturally strong at certain exercises, we should never judge others through our own limitations as we are not all designed from the same template.
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But i was always strong on legs and back. Never on chest.
I am exactly the same, if i posted my bench numbers on here i might as well hang myself off the side of a building but my legs and back have always been so much stronger. Not that im drawing any kind of comparison (because evidently i will NEVER approach anything he has set in terms of numbers or size) but i believe Mark Henry is also the same - outstanding squat and deadlift (900+) but relatively poor bench (i think its rumoured to be 550ish).
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My lower back`s a mess.......no more squats for me,plus they didn`t ever do much in the way of building my legs no matter which weight/rep scenario I used. :(
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I'll bet 'Paco' sucks a mean cock or ten
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The squat is just one of those lifts where everyone has a different opinion of what is deep enough. A guy can add 100lbs to a squat by doing a half squat. (most guys think a half squat is a full squat) Going just a little higher can add hundreds. Go to just about any gym and watch how delusional guys are about their squatting strength. If it's not an olympic squat you are not doing a squat but a partial.
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I see a lot of curtsey squats in my gym..................... freakin` newbs!! :(
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The squat is just one of those lifts where everyone has a different opinion of what is deep enough. A guy can add 100lbs to a squat by doing a half squat. (most guys think a half squat is a full squat) Going just a little higher can add hundreds. Go to just about any gym and watch how delusional guys are about their squatting strength. If it's not an olympic squat you are not doing a squat but a partial.
i agree
i was doing 5 sets of 5 with 160kilograms
and there was a noob doing quarter squats with 80kg 5x5 struggling like hell
he was boasting how he was only lifting for a short time and already up to half my level
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I see a lot of curtsey squats in my gym..................... freakin` newbs!! :(
Hahaha yes!
They now have a gayer version of the foam cylinder for the bar, it's like some big plastic thing that fits over your shoulders and keeps the bar from 'making your poor back sore!"
Lol I enjoy kicking it out the rack when I do legs ;D
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Hahaha yes!
They now have a gayer version of the foam cylinder for the bar, it's like some big plastic thing that fits over your shoulders and keeps the bar from 'making your poor back sore!"
Lol I enjoy kicking it out the rack when I do legs ;D
guy i train with needs it,,i told him you need bigger traps .i love squatting wide,close,feet pointed out a bit,its all mechanics ,leverage,height med to short bodytypes will have it easier.
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i agree
i was doing 5 sets of 5 with 160kilograms
and there was a noob doing quarter squats with 80kg 5x5 struggling like hell
he was boasting how he was only lifting for a short time and already up to half my level
lmao :D
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lmao :D
a lot of these guys read online about mark rippetoe and claim outrageous things like "if everything goes right i can squat 405 by summer"
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Hahaha yes!
They now have a gayer version of the foam cylinder for the bar, it's like some big plastic thing that fits over your shoulders and keeps the bar from 'making your poor back sore!"
Lol I enjoy kicking it out the rack when I do legs ;D
How gay !! ;D
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a lot of these guys read online about mark rippetoe and claim outrageous things like "if everything goes right i can squat 405 by summer"
Yeah,going down approximately one inch and calling it ass to the grass! :D
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How gay !! ;D
I am considering bringing a permanent marker next time and writing "Gay Support System" on it :D
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Anyway I agree with everything that's said in the topic except from the fact that I don't really find that mysterious.
I am pound for pound best squatter and deadlifter in my gym but on the internets I am average. Why? Let me explain that to you. Key is: numbers. There are maybe 100 members at my gym. Most of them are average Joes with no ambition to bo anything, they just don't wanna turn into fat blobs. Some of them are ambitious, but lack my natural talent for squatting. Many of them don't know how to train and obviously don't browse internet boards. I am one of the few that do that. That being said, in the internet there are hundreds of guys like me from every gym on the planet. Those who browse bodybuilding boards are most of the time most dedicated and passionate ones, so level of competition is quite high. Of course some of people here lie or do half squats (especially bodybuilders claiming insane numbers). But I estimate those to be about 30% and even if we take them out it doesn't change much.
Anyway one quick observation: I always go down with my bench once I go off. I am so weak on bench it's hillarious, my personal best is 110 for 4 weighting 73kg. Even though I was never really that consistent bencher becouse I hated the lift I can fucking improve my deadlift by not deadlifting and it never goes down. When I go off my deadlift actually sometimes go up becouse I load on creatine, lol. Same with squats. Drugs never really made me progress faster with squats or deads, it mainly improved my shoulder strength.
I think it pretty much explains why so many bodybuilders bench 200kg easily while struggling with 200kg on half rep squats...
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Doing a full range ATG squat requires a lot of flexibility. Very few people can actually do it properly
if u are building muscle there is no need to go ATG,if your into max rep for strenght or training for it that's another story.
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Since my mid twenties i changed to front squats, 2 plates each side for 15 or more reps, On juice i tried 3 plates but couldn't handle the bar in my shoulder.
A couple of years ago i started doing regular squats again (no belt no wraps no shoes no juice). i can use 3 plates each side for 4-5 reps bottom but i prefer higher reps.
A old friend of mine does 5 plates paralel for 8-10 reps (on a 500-700mg testoviron/laurabolin combo). He is 40.
But 4 plates each side lifts it's a common thing to see around here on guys with 12-15 years of training/juicing on their hands.
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my bests squats in a meet were 832@306 in single ply.......622@259 in knee wraps and a belt. I could probably do 500 or so for one at this point in my life.
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I hope to be close to that 500 in a month or 2. >:(
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The squat is just one of those lifts where everyone has a different opinion of what is deep enough. A guy can add 100lbs to a squat by doing a half squat. (most guys think a half squat is a full squat) Going just a little higher can add hundreds. Go to just about any gym and watch how delusional guys are about their squatting strength. If it's not an olympic squat you are not doing a squat but a partial.
This is so true, I remember back when I was struggling to get 315 for a single going all the way down, I tried squatting down to a bench that would put me right at parallel at the bottom, I put 315 on the bar and got 12 relatively easy reps. But I didnt even feel remotely close to the stimulation in my legs as going all the way down with lighter weight.
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lol,
when i was a natural, training under iron addict,
i trained very heavy
one time when i went into the gym for squats,
i was working next to these huge buff black guys squatting 135 for reps
and then i nonchalantly went over to the power rack right next to them, started warming up,
i eventually worked up to my warm up of 315 (mind you, a warm up, not my working set)
and one of the black guys looked at me and said in front of his friends, "that's a lot of weight buddy, isn't that 3 plates", and i said, "i'm still warming up", and i did a quick set of 6. he said it kind of laughingly and not really in a demeaning manner, but more of like a "that's a lot of weight man good job" kind of manner, i think, lol
anyway, when i was doing my set i noticed all of them were looking at me in disbelief, and one of those guys loaded up 225 and struggled with it and said that his back was bothering him, so they walked away
in hindsight, i still do 3-4 plates, but i always emphasized heavy weight since i was a severe ecto and that's all that made me grow when i was a natural
but i would have given up every ounce of strength i had to look like one of those buff and lean black dudes, and there i was at a staggering 165 squatting 385 for 6 that night, still looking like a natural twink
strength means almost nothing in the grand scheme of a bodybuilder. if i didn't have to lift heavy weights to pack on mass i wouldnt
I actually have a very similar story. I remember years ago there was a black dude that would go to my gym who was absolutely huge. Around 6'1 and probably 250lbs lean, he kinda looked like a smaller version of Ronnie, he would wear loose fitting t-shirts probaly like a xxl and his arms would be stretching the life out of the sleeves.
So one night were both doing bench next to each other. I am thinking that this guy is going to go up to like 405-455, we both start warming up 135, 185, 225 was as heavy as I wanted to go that night and I did two sets of 12 and 10. This guy gets to 225 and he is struggling to get 6. I was about 180lbs at that time at 5'9" thinking this is fucking weird, he's gotta have more than that. He does another set with 225 and barely gets 5. I really wanted to ask him how the hell did he get that big with absolutely no strength to show for it. And Im sure he was wondering how the fuck I can outlift at half his size.
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I don't want bigger legs... So by myself I was using 225-315 in 2011 and now.
Then I did a leg workout with Ben Pakulski...and he called me a bitch... ;D...so I did 10x405 and 8x455 is the last 2 sets. No knee wrap...only belt.
Glad you didnt get injured after not doing that type of weights for so long.
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my glutes got disgustingly huge from normal squats...now i have a girls ass..it wobbles when i walk....can't wear jeans without people laughing.....i only do front squats now, ass to the floor, high reps,low weight..... :-\
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my glutes got disgustingly huge from normal squats...now i have a girls ass..it wobbles when i walk....can't wear jeans without people laughing.....i only do front squats now, ass to the floor, high reps,low weight..... :-\
gayer than using the "bad knee/lower back issue" excuse... :D
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Probably, but that doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with that. A pair of homos at the gym is nothing to laugh at, on the contrary, I would encourage others to meet & greet your fellow homos at the gym and to take some time in possibly learning something from them.
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lol
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24x120kg = 265lbs
15x140kg = 308lbs
3x 180kg = 398lbs
Numbers are bit funny cause the '45s are 20kgs in Europe. 20kg is 44lbs.
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24x120kg = 265lbs
15x140kg = 308lbs
3x 180kg = 398lbs
Numbers are bit funny cause the '45s are 20kgs in Europe. 20kg is 44lbs.
correct, europeans traditionally use 25 kilogram plates when they stack the bar up to look badass
now with the weakenin influence of americana they all stack the bar with 20 kilograms
i laugh when i see this
shining up shit and calling it gold
look at me bro, 4 plates .....
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gayer than using the "bad knee/lower back issue" excuse... :D
haha! that made me lol. nothing wrong with having a big muscular ass, the girls like it, most people who claim their glutes get too big from squats are just lying to themselves.
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my glutes are so big from heavy squats that i only do front squats to concentrate on my quads instead of glutes....people stare at my ungodly wobbly ass ...makes me paranoid....i shrunk after taking a few cycles but my butt cheeks stayed the same.....people think i'm a homo because of my ridiculous glutes and match stick calves....sure girls may like it but that doesn't stop people having a chuckle when they see my backside wobbling past....especially in jeans...god help me!!!! i need liposuction or something... :'( :'( :'(
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Wobbling? ??? Mine doesn't wobble, lol, maybe you just have a fat ass. ;D
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correct, europeans traditionally use 25 kilogram plates when they stack the bar up to look badass
now with the weakenin influence of americana they all stack the bar with 20 kilograms
i laugh when i see this
shining up shit and calling it gold
look at me bro, 4 plates .....
Yes well, I included both numbers and an explanation in attempt to sound truthful.
And this being getbig...
Typical trick was to put 25kgs as first and last plate, with 2 or 3 of 10kgs in the middle. With rubbersided weightlifting plates 10kgs looked just like the 25kgs ;D