oops sorry bro. i misunderstood your post.
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Can you squat 350lbs?
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oops sorry bro. i misunderstood your post.
Max right now is probably around 230-235lbs. I'll get there eventually.
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I agree...not to be a dick...just seems some of these claims are a bit much. I can squat basically PARALLEL ONLY at about 405, but to do ass to floor sets @ 315 for numerous sets and numerous reps, I couldn't do it I don;t think. My legs are fairly strong, or so I thought anyways. Hell, maybe I am a pussy @ 6'0 and 207 and benching almost 4 bills as well. I think I am out of whack maybe??!!
Let me see if I understand this correctly. You can bench press almost 400 pounds, but you can't do ATF squats with 400? Not sure I'd call my legs "fairly strong" with those numbers.
Not that I'm bragging about myself. The best I ever got was 405 for 8 going ATF. That was 10 years ago. Now, after knee surgery, I don't normally try to get more than about 315. (But I can do 350.)
Ya you understood it right...so??? Knee surgery...blah blah..ya my legs are fairly strong as is the rest of me...course I am minus excuses...cough cough.
I usually work out with 230lbs. I have not tried my max yet but I know it is not 350lbs. I figure within 4 or 5 months I may reach that, soccer helped me loads on getting nice big legs and they will get bigger I hope.
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Relax, I wasn't trying to get personal, just an observation. If your bench and your squat are the same, it means something is most definitely wrong. A healthy weight lifter should be able to squat at least 50% more weight than he can bench if he's working all body parts equally. Your numbers seem to indicate you're spending too much time working chest, not enough time working legs or a little of both. Again, just an observation of something you might want to take a closer look at.
Peace and good lifting to you.
lol figured that would come up. trial and error. still have trouble with calf raises but gettin stronger.
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Relax, I wasn't trying to get personal, just an observation. If your bench and your squat are the same, it means something is most definitely wrong.
No it doesn't. Right now I am squatting the same as I am benching and you would be hard pressed to find some one who thinks my leg program is not adequate. My goal isn't to squat 500lbs and have knee surgery in 4 years. .
Everyone is is gifted in different ways, and there is no right ratio of one lift to another.
Relax, I wasn't trying to get personal, just an observation. If your bench and your squat are the same, it means something is most definitely wrong. A healthy weight lifter should be able to squat at least 50% more weight than he can bench if he's working all body parts equally. Your numbers seem to indicate you're spending too much time working chest, not enough time working legs or a little of both. Again, just an observation of something you might want to take a closer look at.
Peace and good lifting to you.
Get a clue....look at some of the power lifters on here...like Kelju said, it depends on each individual. My workout program is on point, more so than yours, I would bet a fortune on that. There are guys,power lifters, on here that are raw benching(say Travis Bell, and these numbers are NOT his exact #'s, just hypothetical) say 600 lbs, I ASSURE you they are not squatting near 1000. You don't know what you are flapping about.
I can raw bench over 500 and my raw squat is a little over 600.
biggfly is right, each persons physiology will have a pretty big effect on their maxes as will genetics.
My program is focused around my benching. My raw squat hasn't really gone up or down for the last year or so. Mostly because I don't care. But my raw bench has gone up almost 70lbs.
ALBOB, I don't know where you came up with the idea that lifters should just naturally be able to squat 50% more than they bench but I've never heard of that before nor do I really think that it is an absolute for everyone.
biggfly is right, each persons physiology will have a pretty big effect on their maxes as will genetics.
My program is focused around my benching. My raw squat hasn't really gone up or down for the last year or so. Mostly because I don't care. But my raw bench has gone up almost 70lbs.
ALBOB, I don't know where you came up with the idea that lifters should just naturally be able to squat 50% more than they bench but I've never heard of that before nor do I really think that it is an absolute for everyone.
ya as for my squating had no idea i could safely squat till i tried. according to the doc that gave me my mmi i shouldnt be able to lift or carry over 25lbs without pain. well alot older now. only pain i get any more other than transitions in the ankle is from doing any thing with calves. so my calf raises are at a low wieght seated. standing not great either.
