What Are We Squatting Here?

[Flynnn]

Currently at 80kg, plus bar which makes it 95kg or there abouts.

[dezz]

Was at 150x5x5 when I was squatting before the start of the footy season when I stopped...Will probably get back into it in about 5 weeks when the season is over.

[Birds]

Really need to start squatting myself...have neglected my legs bad over the last few years...although I do run, which helps a bit.

Used to do dumbell squats side by side. I liked these because you could go as deep as your ass on the ground, with relative ease. No need to screw around with the squat rack and a bar across the top of your back. They give your grip and and traps a good workout too.

[JKR-32]

150kg for 8 reps. I weigh 75kg

Have only been training legs for 3 months now. But have recently changed my entire program to do less intense leg work but hit them 4 days a week. I know.... To much or what ever, but this is my first week on it and I've read a lot of different stuff on the matter so I'll see how it goes.

[vspecIInur]

Too much controversy when it comes to squats and guys at my gym have stupid ego but zero form. I smash my legs twice a week at the gym with 1 day involving heavy lifting and the other day involving hypertrophy training. I can only squat 60kg + bar @ 10 reps but I sacrifice weight with perfect form and ensuring my arse is almost touching the ground. You can perform half squats which have shown to work other muscles of the legs. In time I will slowly ramp up the weight until I maintain form everytime I do my squats.'

Any leg training day by far is the most intense but also number 1 for best gains overall

[Birds]

+1 for technique. Squatting all the way to the ground also works muscles that half squatting doesn't.

[Flynnn]

Really need to start squatting myself...have neglected my legs bad over the last few years...although I do run, which helps a bit.

Used to do dumbell squats side by side. I liked these because you could go as deep as your ass on the ground, with relative ease. No need to screw around with the squat rack and a bar across the top of your back. They give your grip and and traps a good workout too.

I used to hate doing squats due to the upper back/neck pain pain associated with it, until the new gym i joined up has a Mantaray on their squat rack.. Squats have now become my favorite workout choice. Squats is the most effective and efficient workout method for legs bar none. Legs press/curls on machines is just a waste of time i reckon.

If they dont have a Mantaray at your gym just buy one, its relatively cheap

[NickR33]

you have to have good flexibility in your ankles/hips to go really low (otherwise you lose balance)... I can't touch my butt to my heels but I go as low as I can

Barbarian: the bar in the squat racks is usually 20kg, so that would put you at 100kg

JKR-32: 150kg is a good squat for someone who weighs 75kg, that's twice your body weight dude, nice!

I'm 85kg so haven't got to double my bodyweight yet... although I still have a few kilos to lose so my lean bodyweight is probably around 80kg

I'm doing 160kg for 6 but I don't go super deep, somewhere between a 'half squat' thighs parallel to the ground and a 'full squat' butt touching heels

if your leg strength is okay but your struggling to keep your back from rounding (your back should stay 100% locked in the same position) you need to do some more back work... rows, glute ham raises, deadlifts etc

[Birds]

I agree that it's the most efficient. I did get some good results from 45 degree leg presses a few years back though. It's essentially the same motion, just without the core stability. Twas my most noticeable increase in muscle out of my whole exercise routine, in fact, but that's most likely because leg exercises are.

I like the dumbells because you can do them anywhere and with little equipment.

[Flynnn]

Too much controversy when it comes to squats and guys at my gym have stupid ego but zero form. I smash my legs twice a week at the gym with 1 day involving heavy lifting and the other day involving hypertrophy training. I can only squat 60kg + bar @ 10 reps but I sacrifice weight with perfect form and ensuring my arse is almost touching the ground. You can perform half squats which have shown to work other muscles of the legs. In time I will slowly ramp up the weight until I maintain form everytime I do my squats.'

Any leg training day by far is the most intense but also number 1 for best gains overall

Word up.

If you want a good form and great physique, doing squats in a calm fashion is the way to do it. I do at min 10reps + 4 sets. By the time im finished my legs are throbbing and it feels great man.. haha

Another advantage of leg/squat workout is it also works on your core area. Its just been recently i've gotten back in to gym again and had a developed a little belly over the few months, a muffin top if you call it but after hitting the legs for the pass couple months my stomach is flat, showing some ab cuts underneath.

Doing cardio for a good 20 mins before leg workout also helps

[Husky33]

yeah if your going to compare squats they all have to be at the MINIMUM parallel otherwise keep pulling your dick

Also the bar is always included in the total weight so you don't have to say plus bar.

Squatted 120 for 20 atg last week, haven't done any 1rms for a few years now(best was 180 at 78)

[NickR33]

they have a padded roll at my gym that helps make it a bit less painful... the girls fold up a towel as well but those Mantaray things look really cool

if your traps are relatively well developed they help keep the bar off the vertebrae which is what's most uncomfortable about squatting IMHO

[NickR33]

got this guy at my gym who is always doing exercises with maybe 25% of the full range of motion... he was doing weighted pull ups and hardly moving up and down more than 20cm... same with the T Bar rows he was doing... maybe he knows something I don't but it looks ridiculous... he's one of those guys who's very lean, looks great but no mass and is always trying to lift way too much with hardly any range of motion

[Husky33]

I agree that it's the most efficient. I did get some good results from 45 degree leg presses a few years back though. It's essentially the same motion, just without the core stability. Twas my most noticeable increase in muscle out of my whole exercise routine, in fact, but that's most likely because leg exercises are.

I like the dumbells because you can do them anywhere and with little equipment.

But your limited to around 100kg which is nothing when it comes to squatting. Good as a supplementary exercise but it cannot

replace barbell squatting.

It only takes a couple heavy sessions for your traps to get used to the bar and then you can't feel it.

[Birds]

Another good leg strength exercise is the farmer's walk...just carrying a couple of dumbells by your side and walking with them. It's so simple yet effective...simulating the weight of a fat person without actually being fat = strong legs. And because you're not standing in a static position, ala squats, you create some really useful strength (athletics, sports etc.). Probably a good idea to use them in conjunction.

[Birds]

But your limited to around 100kg which is nothing when it comes to squatting. Good as a supplementary exercise but it cannot

replace barbell squatting.

It only takes a couple heavy sessions for your traps to get used to the bar and then you can't feel it.

120kg at my gymnasium. When you're doing full ass-to-ground squats with that, and your goal isn't to become a power lifter, that's plenty.

[Husky33]

120kg at my gymnasium. When you're doing full ass-to-ground squats with that, and your goal isn't to become a power lifter, that's plenty.

No it's not at all. The only reason everything thinks that is because no one trains legs as much as they should.

Most people are benching around 100kg, then struggle to squat 100kg. That is DISGUSTING!

If people actually trained like they should, 120 atg squats would still be warming up.

[dezz]

I go below parallel

[IOWNU]

For reps (8-10), around 160-170kg

1RM, about 205kgs or there abouts.

Why no deadlift love?

[Husky33]

1rm deadlift 245kg's at 78kg