Jay Masters tears both Quads at 600 Pounds Squat Attempt

[TheShape.]

Squats are fine if you’re not attempting 1 rep maxes. It’s definitely my worst lift but I’d rather play it safe like a pussy.

[Dave D]

Meh, that question was posed to basically kids/young adults. It's a little different if you're 50. And more so if you have a family to take care of etc. When you're young the idea of being alive at 50 doesn't even compute, so of course they're going to give perspectives and answers that are only beneficial in the short-term.

Feel bad for the guy though. Tunnel vision is a bitch. Getting old sucks, physically and psychologically.

LOL have you ever heard this dude talk? Is his mindset that of a 50 year old?

You guys on here are hilarious. Acting like this Jay Masters has the mental maturity of a 50 year old.

Does this dude even have a family?

Classic internet arguing with your comment.

[BILL ANVIL]

He has no business squatting 600 pounds.

Unless you're a competitive powerlifter or WSM competitor, there is zero sense in squatting.

It's really a waste of time for the every day lifter.

This.

Although it helps you maintain size even if you arent a competitive lifter. Dont have to go super heavy either.

This guy whoever he is does not look the part to be attempting that kind of weight.

[That_Dude]

The video is tough to watch. Guy has pressed some crazy weight, hope he recovers.  620lbs is alot of weight surprised he was not even wearing a belt not that it would have saved his quads but 620lbs raw like that would have been a hell of a lift had he pulled it off. Goes to show not Everybody can be a Brad Castleberry or strength cartels big boy.

[JAGO]

He’s an alcoholic. He was probably still drunk from the day before. He has no business doing roids and lifting heavy.

Exactly.

J

[oldtimer1]

The older you get the more you are gambling with doing singles.  You can get more for you health and physique playing it safe doing higher reps in perfect form for a full range of motion. Just started a couple of months ago doing no weight squats at the end of my thigh routine. I do around 50 full range reps at a moderate cadence. I don't flop down like Cross fit guys trying to beat the clock to get their reps in. I just keep a good moderate cadence up and down. What a pump. Made everything from my knees to my back feel better. It's a great finisher to a thigh workout.

I remember Wilf Sylvester the short Mr. Universe winner in 1975 wrote he only used no weight body weight only squats prior to his win. He got 400 reps. Whether that was in sets or one set is unclear. He also used leg extensions and leg curls. Here's a top of the food chain bodybuilder who use to use barbell squats and hack machines who made the switch from the conventional to unconventional and made improvement to his thighs.

[myt1]

Some old busted 242 pounder hitting 500 X 10. Strong SOB. Handsome too.

No homo? Or is that you?

Love the plates too!  We had the silver Ivanko spider web plates like that at one of our out of state gyms.  Love the look, how easy they are to handle, and how skinny they are for doing leg presses.

[Matt]

Ah yes, jean pierre. I bench 500lbs, I can kick anyone's ass.

Yes, bench press equals fighting ability.  

 

Haha, a friend of mine told me about how Jean Pierre felt that way too.  Funny stuff.    I'm assuming that fighting normal people, there would be an advantage in being strong?  Although I also assume most bodybuilders would be relatively immobile...Kevin Levrone once wrote in Muscular Development that the average person could beat up a bodybuilder on contest day.  That gave me perspective I never had before.

Being fit and strong at a low body weight, I have never felt intimidated by bodybuilders, as I assume they would gas out too quickly.  Not all though.  Mike Matarazzo was apparently pretty tough, and had a competitive boxing background.

A friend of mine is a huge UFC fan, and makes money betting professionally on it - although he bet that Bisping would beat St-Pierre and also bet that McGregor would beat Nurmagomedov, both of which, I thought the opposite would happen, and was right.

Nevertheless, he is a good UFC/MMA gambler.

I asked him how a fight between Georges St-Pierre versus 8x Canada's Strongest Man [+ 2x 5th place @ World's Strongest Man] Jean-Francois Caron would go down.

He said the fight would last 20 seconds - then said maybe 60-90 seconds [I can't recall - but he upped the time].  He said Georges would punch him in the face with two well-planted punches, and the fight would be over.

Then I asked the top combat sportsman in Thunder Bay - Ronnie Bingham [amazing wrestler, who competes @250-lb, I believe], and he told me that JF Caron's mass could potentially give GSP some trouble.

As I see it...if JF could take GSP, it would need to happen in 90 seconds.  And for all we know, he can take a massive punch.  After 90 seconds, JF would not have the stamina to last much longer, and the fight would go to GSP no matter what.

I can't remember if I asked you about this hypothetical GSP vs. JFC fight before, Darren.

Do you think my friends have the right idea there?

Beats my 950-lb flip!  I narrowly missed the 1100-lb tire in 2014 - that's the biggest tire in Thunder Bay.  I feel like I would have flipped it had I been wearing a weight belt to rest the tire on + better shoes [more grip].  It blows my mind how strong these guys are, and the lifter in me wants to believe they would last in a fight...but I know better.  JF Caron is most likely the strongest Canadian in history - unless you believe the legend of Louis Cyr.  It's amazing how French Canadians have done so well in strongman...but Frenchmen from France have never performed at that level.  Could be a cultural thing...or maybe the strongest French people came here?

Love your MMA posts, Darren!  I mainly follow the welterweights since that is my weight category...but with age, I'm looking to train wrestling and striking, as strength alone is not going to help me win a fight.

[Mothballs]

Looks like a fat slob.

[Powerlift66]

This.

Although it helps you maintain size even if you arent a competitive lifter. Dont have to go super heavy either.

This guy whoever he is does not look the part to be attempting that kind of weight.

Plus he sits in a truck all day, he needs help getting up from the bench after doing a set, is very tight and not in any sort of flexible shape.
Takes years to properly build back up to that weight if he once did it before. Most tears are obviously caused by very tight and out of shape muscles, and over-loading them. (Which he did).
(And dehydration lends itself to tears as well).

Can Jay even touch his toe's (before this)? Look at Tommy's 500x10. IN shape, strong and proper lifting..

[Matt]

Plus he sits in a truck all day, he needs help getting up from the bench after doing a set, is very tight and not in any sort of flexible shape.
Takes years to properly build back up to that weight if he once did it before. Most tears are obviously caused by very tight and out of shape muscles, and over-loading them. (Which he did).
(And dehydration lends itself to tears as well).

Can Jay even touch his toe's (before this)? Look at Tommy's 500x10. IN shape, strong and proper lifting..

Tommy's lift blew my mind personally.  I guess for him, 500-lb is such light weight that it wasn't a risk for him.

Makes me wonder if he was squatting over 700-lb in his prime.

It also reminds me of Layne Norton...who I believe squats and deadlifts around 700-lb, and bench presses 400-lb.  Layne takes his share of flak online, but he is a strong dude.  And he was something like 202-lb when hitting that ~1800-lb total.  Very impressive.

[MAXX]

Should have done deca and growth for his ligaments sake.  

Also i think he was on ketodiet to try drop weight.
Having no glycogen in the muscles and trying to break 1rm pl records is not a good combination...

[milone79]

He has no business squatting 600 pounds.

Unless you're a competitive powerlifter or WSM competitor, there is zero sense in squatting.

It's really a waste of time for the every day lifter.

lmao zero sense in squatting now?? Please kill yourself today!!

[myt1]

Saw this on Yahoo News b4 I went to bed when I set my alarms on my phone.  Jay's got nothin on this poor girl.  Hope she heels up, and is able to walk normal for the rest of her life.  Announcer makes probably the dumbest comment, and observation ever.....

[MAXX]

Saw this on Yahoo News b4 I went to bed when I set my alarms on my phone.  Jay's got nothin on this poor girl.  Hope she heels up, and is able to walk normal for the rest of her life.  Announcer makes probably the dumbest comment, and observation ever.....

Bone fractures are 100x better than muscle tears. Bones will fuse together stronger where as muscles will never have the same strength/flexibility again.

[Humble Narcissist]

Ouch!

[myt1]

Bone fractures are 100x better than muscle tears. Bones will fuse together stronger where as muscles will never have the same strength/flexibility again.

Can't dispute what you're saying here, but it sure as fuck made me cringe a lot more than the vid of Jay.

I'm still baffled by the announcer in that clip "looks like something went wrong with her ankle"

[tommywishbone]

No homo? Or is that you?

Love the plates too!  We had the silver Ivanko spider web plates like that at one of our out of state gyms.  Love the look, how easy they are to handle, and how skinny they are for doing leg presses.

Yes sir, it's me.

[The True Adonis]

Tommy's lift blew my mind personally.  I guess for him, 500-lb is such light weight that it wasn't a risk for him.

Makes me wonder if he was squatting over 700-lb in his prime.

It also reminds me of Layne Norton...who I believe squats and deadlifts around 700-lb, and bench presses 400-lb.  Layne takes his share of flak online, but he is a strong dude.  And he was something like 202-lb when hitting that ~1800-lb total.  Very impressive.

Did you forget how many times he has been injured?  A few serious ones.  Only a matter of time before it happens again and it will go bad.....

[myt1]

Yes sir, it's me.

That's awesome dude!  I hope you realize I was joking when I said I was not impressed. The part I added elaborating why was a joke, and  a nod to "the strongest getbigger thread"

Keep it up, but be careful!

What age do you plan to back it down?

[myt1]

Did you forget how many times he has been injured?  A few serious ones.  Only a matter of time before it happens again and it will go bad.....

Layne?  What injuries did he have?

I haven't paid attention to or seen anything I can think of his since the Mayhem days when he wrapped up and did a angry penguin walk across the gym to knock out some squats.  He is a strong fucker for sure....especially at that weight, and being a natty.

[Bevo]

Layne?  What injuries did he have?

I haven't paid attention to or seen anything I can think of his since the Mayhem days when he wrapped up and did a angry penguin walk across the gym to knock out some squats.  He is a strong fucker for sure....especially at that weight, and being a natty.

Angry penguin walk 🐧 

[AbrahamG]

Layne?  What injuries did he have?

I haven't paid attention to or seen anything I can think of his since the Mayhem days when he wrapped up and did a angry penguin walk across the gym to knock out some squats.  He is a strong fucker for sure....especially at that weight, and being a natty.

He sure is a douche bag though.  Not as bad as Knobliner, but still pretty bad.

[tommywishbone]

That's awesome dude!  I hope you realize I was joking when I said I was not impressed. The part I added elaborating why was a joke, and  a nod to "the strongest getbigger thread"

Keep it up, but be careful!

What age do you plan to back it down?

That's awesome dude!  I hope you realize I was joking when I said I was not impressed. The part I added elaborating why was a joke, and  a nod to "the strongest getbigger thread"

Keep it up, but be careful!

What age do you plan to back it down?

Appreciated sir.

When will I back it down?  Well... luckily the sport of powerlifting is pretty simple. Hell, its almost primordial. It will be easy to know when to say 'enough.' Once my total (squat + bench + deadlift) begins to slide and I can not stop the slide, I will stop. That day is close at hand. 

Right now I am able to increase my total at each big Meet each year. I only compete two times per year as anything more causes me to "break down." 

I would like to win five IPL Masters World Championships... right now I have three titles.  I would also like to hold three of the four possible Masters World Records.  Right now I have two of the four. The four possible world records are of course, the squat, the bench press, the deadlift AND the total. 

Again, I appreciate the nice words.  All the best, Tom.

[_bruce_]

Props to you for the 10 reps which where outstanding when taking the huge weight into account.

Will you "just" pump and cruise after you have retired? Any experience with the reverse hyper and stories?

Regarding Jay "Masters" - better injured than imgured.