Greatest barbell squat set of all-time

[MAXX]

I just went looking for this exact video ^^^ 

then another Irish man came to mind Lock Gannon, epic stuff;

that is nuts

what's his 1rep max?

[ProudVirgin69]

I'm pretty sure no one else ever has done a more impressive squat workout. Nothing on the net even comes close, not Platz, not anyone. Fortress said Platz' best was 315 for 50 but that workout with the 500+ sets is completely insane. Especially at 250? And steroid free? Nothing I've heard or seen comes close. Anyone else? There are humble freaks here and there but you must realise this sounds unbelievable.

I friend of mine said he saw WSM Magnus Samuellson miss a 440lbs squat and I saw him fail a 380lbs bench after 3 reps. WTF 

When I got on the net the first time I remember some fella did 97 reps with 2 plates and it was circulated widely.

Van is being nice but I’ll call that claim for what it is: bullshit

ONE of those sets would be legendary.  That elite strongman struggled to do 525 x 24 and he has 100lbs on “the Scott”.  But I’m sure Scott was able to crack off multiple sets of 20 with 500+ lbs.  as a natural no less.   

[Hulkotron]

Van is being nice but I’ll call that claim for what it is: bullshit

ONE of those sets would be legendary.  That elite strongman struggled to do 525 x 24 and he has 100lbs on “the Scott”.  But I’m sure Scott was able to crack off multiple sets of 20 with 500+ lbs.  as a natural no less.   

Maybe he misremembered the details a little bhanks-style

[The Scott]

Van is being nice but I’ll call that claim for what it is: bullshit

ONE of those sets would be legendary.  That elite strongman struggled to do 525 x 24 and he has 100lbs on “the Scott”.  But I’m sure Scott was able to crack off multiple sets of 20 with 500+ lbs.  as a natural no less.   

Yes. Yes I could and did.  I also used the vertical leg press to good advantage.  I never took a liking to those slanted ones as they felt "weird" to me.

As I have previously stated, the squat was my favorite exercise.  It took me about 10 years to reach  the 500lbs. + range.  I used my own modified version of Joseph C. Hise's "milk squats" program that some older powerlifter friends at the gym introduced to me.  It worked but as I said, it took about 10 years to get to that point.  I would drink up to 3 gallons of whole milk a day.  I also drank half & half and sometimes whipping cream.  I was manual laborer (I wasn't all that smart) in the daytime and a bouncer at night and needed the calories for the work I did.

If you do not believe me, that's fine.  I was 6' 1.5" tall and weighed 250lbs.  I could not bench press for sheit and my deadlift was only 505lbs.  Not a powerlifter.   

[The Scott]

Maybe he misremembered the details a little bhanks-style

Nope.     Thanks!

[Rambone]

“Greatest of all-time”

Strong endorsement here from Hulkotron

[Humble Narcissist]

Skinny legs for a squatter.   

[US MUSL]

Nice!

I've done 225lbs. for 100 reps and 300lbs. (it might've been 315lbs. but I am almost certain it was 300!) for 50 reps.   My last day in a gym I trained at I did 515 for 20, 535 for 20, 585 for 5 and then back down to 515 for 20.  I changed gyms and they didn't always have enough weight so I just did more reps.  Leg extensions were done with up to 750lbs.  Two coaches estimated my max squat to be at least 700lbs. but to be honest I never tried as I preferred lighter weights for high reps so that I wouldn't be injured.

Sounds like a Tom Platz wet dream.

[_bruce_]

True champion

[Hulkotron]

Not surprising there's at least one getbigger who's done a much more impressive workout than 800x5.

[Van_Bilderass]

Van is being nice but I’ll call that claim for what it is: bullshit

ONE of those sets would be legendary.  That elite strongman struggled to do 525 x 24 and he has 100lbs on “the Scott”.  But I’m sure Scott was able to crack off multiple sets of 20 with 500+ lbs.  as a natural no less.   

Any one of the freaks we've seen who have been able to do 500 for 20 are usually done after that feat. To do a warm-up of 20 with 515 and then to put on 535 for another 20 is inhuman! But then an additional 585 for 5 and to finish off with another 20 with 515 would put someone in the legend of legends category.

Here"s Joe Sullivan, who has a WR of 850lbs. 525 for 20.

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Joe could have rested for half an hour and probably could not have done even a single additional rep.

I'm curious about the leg extension. Was it some type of old school plate loaded leg extension? From what I've seen the heavy selectorized extensions go up to about 250lbs. How do you do extensions with 750lbs?

[ProudVirgin69]

Yes. Yes I could and did.  I also used the vertical leg press to good advantage.  I never took a liking to those slanted ones as they felt "weird" to me.

As I have previously stated, the squat was my favorite exercise.  It took me about 10 years to reach  the 500lbs. + range.  I used my own modified version of Joseph C. Hise's "milk squats" program that some older powerlifter friends at the gym introduced to me.  It worked but as I said, it took about 10 years to get to that point.  I would drink up to 3 gallons of whole milk a day.  I also drank half & half and sometimes whipping cream.  I was manual laborer (I wasn't all that smart) in the daytime and a bouncer at night and needed the calories for the work I did.

If you do not believe me, that's fine.  I was 6' 1.5" tall and weighed 250lbs.  I could not bench press for sheit and my deadlift was only 505lbs.  Not a powerlifter.

No.  No you could not, and you did not.  At least not with anything resembling proper form or depth.

Your own claims don’t make any sense .. you were able to rep out 535 for 20 reps and 585 for 8 reps but “only” do 315x50? 

Nobody else has ever been able to recreate this feat—or anything close to it.  This would mean you are the greatest squatter who ever lived, by far.  Must have been those 3 gallons of whole milk everyday, I guess.

What an honor to have the strongest squatter the world has ever seen, posting here among us on getbig.

[Hulkotron]

750-lb knee extensions is an impressive feat for sure.

[illuminati]

Any one of the freaks we've seen who have been able to do 500 for 20 are usually done after that feat. To do a warm-up of 20 with 515 and then to put on 535 for another 20 is inhuman! But then an additional 585 for 5 and to finish off with another 20 with 515 would put someone in the legend of legends category.

Here"s Joe Sullivan, who has a WR of 850lbs. 525 for 20.

i=Y8BcCcaUw2Nbn_Je

Joe could have rested for half an hour and probably could not have done even a single additional rep.

I'm curious about the leg extension. Was it some type of old school plate loaded leg extension? From what I've seen the heavy selectorized extensions go up to about 250lbs. How do you do extensions with 750lbs?

Good attempts though yet again neither anywhere near as deep as Tom
was squatting.  Goes to show how hard it is & what an achievement
it was.

[The Scott]

Any one of the freaks we've seen who have been able to do 500 for 20 are usually done after that feat. To do a warm-up of 20 with 515 and then to put on 535 for another 20 is inhuman! But then an additional 585 for 5 and to finish off with another 20 with 515 would put someone in the legend of legends category.

Here"s Joe Sullivan, who has a WR of 850lbs. 525 for 20.

i=Y8BcCcaUw2Nbn_Je

Joe could have rested for half an hour and probably could not have done even a single additional rep.

I'm curious about the leg extension. Was it some type of old school plate loaded leg extension? From what I've seen the heavy selectorized extensions go up to about 250lbs. How do you do extensions with 750lbs?

It was an approximate guess as I put the max on the machine which was (I think) 240lbs and then had a friend weighing 260lbs. get on it with weight strapped to him I did my set until the seat broke at 8 or 10 reps.    I realize that it is difficult to believe something like this and have no problem with those that think it cannot have been done.

[The Scott]

No.  No you could not, and you did not.  At least not with anything resembling proper form or depth.

Your own claims don’t make any sense .. you were able to rep out 535 for 20 reps and 585 for 8 reps but “only” do 315x50? 

Nobody else has ever been able to recreate this feat—or anything close to it.  This would mean you are the greatest squatter who ever lived, by far.  Must have been those 3 gallons of whole milk everyday, I guess.

What an honor to have the strongest squatter the world has ever seen, posting here among us on getbig.

Well, as I have said elsewhere I understand it is difficult to believe and have no problem that you or others here don't.   Why you attempt to belittle me with your childish "What an honor" statement is beyond me but keep it up as it can be funny! 

It took 10 years of the high rep squat routine for me to get there.  Also, I went parallel or just below, wore a single ACE bandage around each knee and a 4 inch belt.  I did not squat ass-to-grass like Platz.  I have done a "bottom position squat" with 505lbs. where you start at the bottom getting under the bar and lifting from there up.  It was very difficult. 

I have seen Platz squat and he is very impressive.  He is also much shorter than I and his legs far more massive. Mine at their largest were 28.5".   Look up J.C. Hise and his breathing/milk squats routine.  He was my inspiration and as I said, I discovered him and his method from some friends of mine at the gym I trained at.  Two of them were powerlifters and in their 60s  back then and knew that I had difficulty gaining weight and getting stronger and they told me about Hise and his routine. It worked for me. 

[Hulkotron]

It was an approximate guess as I put the max on the machine which was (I think) 240lbs and then had a friend weighing 260lbs. get on it with weight strapped to him I did my set until the seat broke at 8 or 10 reps.    I realize that it is difficult to believe something like this and have no problem with those that think it cannot have been done.

So the friend was holding ~ 250 lbs while this was going on?

[The Scott]

So the friend was holding ~ 250 lbs while this was going on?

Yes.  I didn't see him weigh in but he was a pretty big guy and looked like he weighed what he claimed.  All of us used to watch WSM and I recall them doing the leg extension or leg press with some girls and thought, "I can do that".    I was young and dumb (mom had me tested)! 

[Van_Bilderass]

Since talking about Platz's squat for the millionth time, isn't there a big asterix to that squat due to the connection McMahon? Stolen Valor in matters of the squat is serious business so we care.

[illuminati]

Yes.  I didn't see him weigh in but he was a pretty big guy and looked like he weighed what he claimed.  All of us used to watch WSM and I recall them doing the leg extension or leg press with some girls and thought, "I can do that".    I was young and dumb (mom had me tested)! 

They did a squat in a Smith machine with a platform above where the girls were sat. 😊  👍🏻

[Hulkotron]

Since talking about Platz's squat for the millionth time, isn't there a big asterix to that squat due to the connection McMahon? Stolen Valor in matters of the squat is serious business so we care.

Please speak on this.

[Hulkotron]

The Scott, are you sure you don't mean a 750-lb leg press?

This is a typical leg extensions machine, it is difficult to believe you added 500 lbs of person-holding-weights to one.

[BB]

Please speak on this.

I think it goes back to this -

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The rumor was McMahon had the plates mixed real and fake to make Platz look good because he was down with Icopro and the WBF. I've only really heard it from Kazmaier, but Kazmaier can be an asshole sometimes.

The only other thing on the Platz squat, is that he was wearing an old school squat suit during it. Some people make a big deal out of it, but they didn't give you much.

[illuminati]

I think it goes back to this -

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The rumor was McMahon had the plates mixed real and fake to make Platz look good because he was down with Icopro and the WBF. I've only really heard it from Kazmaier, but Kazmaier can be an asshole sometimes.

The only other thing on the Platz squat, is that he was wearing an old school squat suit during it. Some people make a big deal out of it, but they didn't give you much.

SO Did Fred Hatfield also use the Fake weights ?
For whatever reason I believe Kaz is talking nonsense about Tom & Fake weights.

[The Scott]

The Scott, are you sure you don't mean a 750-lb leg press?

This is a typical leg extensions machine, it is difficult to believe you added 500 lbs of person-holding-weights to one.

I thought it was added up correctly and my friends at the gym told me it was.  It was heavy and as I said, it ultimately broke the seat part of the machine.