For you Tom Platz fans

[pellius]

Tom Platz was a legend

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[Big Chiro Flex]

The golden eagle 

[The Scott]

Not many could hang with Tom Platz when it came to his leg workouts.  He squat workouts are legendary. 

During my prime, my intensity level was 80-90% of what Platz did.  I can remember feeling very nervous on leg day before my workouts.  I easily had the best legs in the gym.  My best weight/reps are as follows:

At 180lbs, all natural...

225 lbs = 60 reps (try this sometime... it's literally an "out of body" experience)
315 = 35 reps
405 = 18 reps
495 = 10 reps
575 = 5 reps

I never attempted a single.

Excellent, sir!  I salute you!

Some of mine:

SQUATS-

300 lbs. 50 reps.

225 lbs. 100 reps.

Four set session:

1st set 515 lbs. 20 reps.
2nd set 535 lbs. 20 reps.
3rd set 585 lbs. 5 reps.
4th set 515 lbs. 20 reps.

Inverted leg press (the best kind) 700 lbs. 50 reps.

Leg extensions (broke the machine) 750+ lbs. 10 reps.
Leg curls 350 lbs. 10 reps.

Bench press - Fuggetaboutit.  I sucked at bench and barely got 350 lbs. for one rep.   

Bodyweight for these was between 225 lbs. and 250 lbs. at a height of 6' 1" or so.  I never did a single on the squat but have had it estimated by a couple of coaches to have been at least 700 lbs.    Leg training was what made me big and strong.  Now I am just a regular guy.  Dammit! 

[pellius]

Excellent, sir!  I salute you!

Some of mine:

SQUATS-

300 lbs. 50 reps.

225 lbs. 100 reps.

Four set session:

1st set 515 lbs. 20 reps.
2nd set 535 lbs. 20 reps.
3rd set 585 lbs. 5 reps.
4th set 515 lbs. 20 reps.

Inverted leg press (the best kind) 700 lbs. 50 reps.

Leg extensions (broke the machine) 750+ lbs. 10 reps.
Leg curls 350 lbs. 10 reps.

Bench press - Fuggetaboutit.  I sucked at bench and barely got 350 lbs. for one rep.   

Bodyweight for these was between 225 lbs. and 250 lbs. at a height of 6' 1" or so.  I never did a single on the squat but have had it estimated by a couple of coaches to have been at least 700 lbs.    Leg training was what made me big and strong.  Now I am just a regular guy.  Dammit! 

20 reps with over 500 lbs! Is this all below parallel? What kind of quads have you developed? I couldn't even hold 500lbs on my shoulders without being crushed.

[mr.turbo]

tom platz only squatted twice a month

i guess the golden eagle was a more like a little chicken

bok bok!

[The Scott]

20 reps with over 500 lbs! Is this all below parallel? What kind of quads have you developed? I couldn't even hold 500lbs on my shoulders without being crushed.

All reps were done to parallel or just below or they didn't count.  My thighs were 28".   I had some powerlifting friends that convinced me that the squat (via tales of J.C. Hise) would turn me into a man.  It did.

This was done over 30 years ago.  Two or three years ago I was still capable of sets of 20 to 30 with up to 350 lbs (usually 320 lbs).  The leg extension on my home gym can only hold 225 lbs so I worked up to a single set of 100 reps with that weight. 

Per my doctors, those days are now gone.  I am going to be 57  years old soon.  I have to be more careful now.  I'm convinced the squat did make me shrink a bit faster height wise!  Dammit!

[Master Blaster]

Squatting will change your whole mind set. I remember squatting every week, and really trying to give it my best. Felt like I could walk through walls and take a bullet without stopping.

[Submissionfytr]

Platz was inspirational for sure, look up his "squat marathon" on YouTube, insane intensity!

My squat "war story" isn't about me (my best was only 225 for 15 ass to the floor, pause reps--I know not impressive to most guys here :-/ but in the college wrestling room at Lehigh University assistant coach Kerry McCoy (national champ, 2 time Olympian in freestyle wrestling--heavyweight) decided to show everyone they were slacking and not pushing their strength and conditioning to the limit.  He used the squat as his example, and did 50 reps with 405 lbs.  Never saw anyone come close to that, hell 50 reps with one plate (135 lbs) is impressive to me!  

I might post this in its own thread just cuz I've always been curious how many others have performed this or similar squat records.  Impressed the hell out our wrestling team for sure. ;-)

[crownshep]

When Tom talks about wearing weightlifting shoes,has anyone else worn these for squating,and if so,is there any difference compared to raising your heels up on a board.

[Man of Steel]

Not many could hang with Tom Platz when it came to his leg workouts.  He squat workouts are legendary. 

During my prime, my intensity level was 80-90% of what Platz did.  I can remember feeling very nervous on leg day before my workouts.   I easily had the best legs in the gym.  My best weight/reps are as follows:

At 180lbs, all natural...

225 lbs = 60 reps (try this sometime... it's literally an "out of body" experience)
315 = 35 reps
405 = 18 reps
495 = 10 reps
575 = 5 reps

I never attempted a single.

LOL, I only thought I got nervous before my leg workouts!!  When I knew of the pain, nauseau, aching pump, big weights and inability to walk afterwards I would get nervous.   Always did my leg workouts and built tree trunks, but always had some nerves each week.

Thought I was the only one LOL.   

[ProudVirgin69]

All reps were done to parallel or just below or they didn't count.  My thighs were 28".   I had some powerlifting friends that convinced me that the squat (via tales of J.C. Hise) would turn me into a man.  It did.

This was done over 30 years ago.  Two or three years ago I was still capable of sets of 20 to 30 with up to 350 lbs (usually 320 lbs).  The leg extension on my home gym can only hold 225 lbs so I worked up to a single set of 100 reps with that weight. 

Per my doctors, those days are now gone.  I am going to be 57  years old soon.  I have to be more careful now.  I'm convinced the squat did make me shrink a bit faster height wise!  Dammit!

So you, as a natural, did more than Tom Platz, a juiced bodybuilder who had some of the strongest legs ever?

Riiiiiight

[Van_Bilderass]

When someone says "below parallel" in 9 cases out of 10 it really means 5 inches above.
You really have to see it before you can judge the claim.

I can hardly even hit parallel due to poor flexibility, have to have a board under my heels to get below. I can sink it as low as I can get and would get red lighted at an IPF meet.

Most don't know what below parallel means.

[Mr Nobody]

He looked as shit, lucky to make top 5 Mr O, no symmetry.

[Big Chiro Flex]

When someone says "below parallel" in 9 cases out of 10 it really means 5 inches above.
You really have to see it before you can judge the claim.

I can hardly even hit parallel due to poor flexibility, really have to have a board under my heels to get below. I can sink it as low as I can get and would get red lighted at an IPF meet.

Most don't know what below parallel means.

Lol bro I was just gonna start a thread that said this. I've seen people's "parallel." True parallel is damn hard to do. Ass to grass is like 3" below true parallel. That's why I never get excited when I hear people's squat claims.  Manhandling 315 A2G slow and controlled is way way more impressive to me than a 5 or 6 plate half squat.

[Darren Avey]

Platz aint got nuthin on 405 for 50 rep squatting "Kerry McCoy" 

[Mawse]

That's nothing, at 155lbs Drug Free I would squat

315 x 8000

405 x 5000

675 x 2000

then 765 for 999 reps superset with leg presses with 20 plates a side

Sadly the batteries ran out on my camera before every session

[The Scott]

So you, as a natural, did more than Tom Platz, a juiced bodybuilder who had some of the strongest legs ever?

Riiiiiight

Not a problem.  I understand your disbelief all too well.  I noticed you and others didn't seem to have a "problem" with my wimpy bench press pronouncement.

But what I said I did, I actually did and again, I have no problem with you saying, "no way".  It's odd that outside power lifters no one ever asked me how much I could squat or deadlift, it's always been "how much can you bench?"   And I answered that honestly too.  I sucked at bench pressing.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Lee Priest bought up all Platz used trunks. Lee hangs them on the wall close to his bed in easy sniffing range...

[pellius]

Lee Priest bought up all Platz used trunks. Lee hangs them on the wall close to his bed in easy sniffing range...

Damn! So he's the one who horded them all.

Bitch!

[The Scott]

Damn! So he's the one who horded them all.

Bitch!

Yes, what chance do po' folks like us have of ever experiencing the nirvana of Golden Eagle Manties?