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    What do you guys consider to be a strong squat?

    As title says, squat is considered the 'king' of exercises by most people.

    Wondering what people consider a strong squat to be. And what do you squat?

    i'm 21, so far all natural and i squat on the olympic bar

    308 in 3 sets of 10, that's going parallel if not abit more (and then realise oh sh@t i didnt meant to go this low)
    418 is the most i ever put up.

    Wondering what everyone is pushin, i personally consider squats one of the best exercises and im sore as f@ck from my session earlier, good stuff.
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    I agree squats are so important, form is far more important than weight but it sounds like your doing well..

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    how in the **** do you get whack ass numbers like 308 and 418?????.....u better not be using 2.5s.....i'll send the iron fairy after you...

    strong squat....anything above 550.....my bro has been able to do 585+ since high school. I'm not quite that strong in the leg dept....545 is the most i've ever done....did 2 though...felt at the time like i had some left.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RuhlFreak55 View Post
    how in the **** do you get whack ass numbers like 308 and 418?????.....u better not be using 2.5s.....i'll send the iron fairy after you...

    strong squat....anything above 550.....my bro has been able to do 585+ since high school. I'm not quite that strong in the leg dept....545 is the most i've ever done....did 2 though...felt at the time like i had some left.
    From the UK bud, so im converting the KG's to lbs

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    Double your body weight for 10 reps.

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    A strong squat has to be a good squat, body in the sitting position. Great numbers man, as long as you can build mass with those numbers, keep it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireGuy1 View Post
    Double your body weight for 10 reps.

    Thats an epic squat, but i agree with you i think that should be everyones goal for their squat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireGuy1 View Post
    Double your body weight for 10 reps.
    im almost there! To the op-Impressive wieght!

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    700+ baby!!!!

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    I use all the weights at my gym. Last time i had to have someone sit on the bar for more weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSM4Life View Post
    I use all the weights at my gym. Last time i had to have someone sit on the bar for more weight.
    And when you say "sit on the Bar" we know what you mean.
    Thats impressive wieght tho, about 1500 lbs or what?

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    numbers are not impressive.....Good form with progression is impressive

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    Quote Originally Posted by BritishColumbian View Post
    And when you say "sit on the Bar" we know what you mean.
    Thats impressive wieght tho, about 1500 lbs or what?
    1500 give or take a few lbs. I don't like to brag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IronReload04 View Post
    numbers are not impressive.....Good form with progression is impressive
    which is the number? if anyone is ****in claiming numbers achieved in half squats they need to die....as in powerlifting, you don't hit parallel it sure as hell doesn't even count as a lift

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    I just started suatting again since hurting my back in Dec. This week. it is brutal and I am keeping it light. I am going to ease back into it. Form is king fo shizzle.

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    walking down stairs the day after a really good squating workout is hard to do if your in a hurry, lol

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    I know so many weak nothings who claim to have squatted 500lbs+ in high school football...... 2 inch squats ftw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSM4Life View Post
    I use all the weights at my gym. Last time i had to have someone sit on the bar for more weight.
    Which bar we talking about??

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    I think 315 for 10 reps is a strong squat ( totally natural). I don't do one rep max.

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    I consider a strong squat to be the one you were sure that you couldn't drive out of the hole without damaging yourself.

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    Honestly, to me other people's numbers are irrelevant. I compare my lifts what I have recorded in my logbook. Of course, I'm coming up on 45 and am too old to play games with you young f@ckers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roserose View Post
    I think 315 for 10 reps is a strong squat ( totally natural). I don't do one rep max.
    Exactly. One rep max lifts are a great way for old farts to get hurt.

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    i sucked so bad a squating when i first started and it scared me lol but now hitting 600 for sets of 5, once you start getting stronger legs your abs and back start to be the weak point holding that much weight straight up and down and not leaning over forward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smokeyd View Post
    i sucked so bad a squating when i first started and it scared me lol but now hitting 600 for sets of 5, once you start getting stronger legs your abs and back start to be the weak point holding that much weight straight up and down and not leaning over forward.
    LOL, you sound like me performing front squats. I swear it seemed like I spent weeks with a dry bar just getting comfortable with the correct form.

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    lol humans arnt ment to have that much weight on there back, its stupid and i hated it so bad because it hurt and you have to set in a chair thats not there with this shit that i thought was going to kill me, well they said i would start to love it, and they were right haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by RuhlFreak55 View Post
    which is the number? if anyone is ****in claiming numbers achieved in half squats they need to die....as in powerlifting, you don't hit parallel it sure as hell doesn't even count as a lift
    Exactly, i know guy's that claim they can bench 400, i roll around laughing when i see them moving the bar up and down an inch each time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by almostgone View Post
    LOL, you sound like me performing front squats. I swear it seemed like I spent weeks with a dry bar just getting comfortable with the correct form.

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    i seriously suck at front squats

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    Quote Originally Posted by BIG_TRUCK View Post
    I know so many weak nothings who claim to have squatted 500lbs+ in high school football...... 2 inch squats ftw.
    I remember seeing this guy at the gym you would regularly put 480 on the bar, and then literally move 2 inchs.......and i bet he used to tell people he squatted that thing is he was obviously on the juice, he's put on something like 3 stone in 4-5 months and had more stretch marks then a pregnant anorexix chick but completely neglected his legs.

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    Id consider a comfortable 450lb double adequate, I think if you can do that, then you probably have some idea of what you are doing, and have put in time and effort. Im not a great fan of singles myself, seen too many people slip discs trying to show off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RuhlFreak55 View Post
    i seriously suck at front squats
    Yeah join the club, last time I tried fronts, there were kids pointing and laughing at me wobbling all over the show with a mammoth 220 on the bar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MastaAce View Post
    Yeah join the club, last time I tried fronts, there were kids pointing and laughing at me wobbling all over the show with a mammoth 220 on the bar.
    i just started doin front squats and i only do them on the smith machine... takes out the wobble. lol

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    I agree, say what you want about the Smith Machine but it's much better from front squats in my opinion.

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    I can feel more muscle tension in front squats, of course lighter weight than the regular one.

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    I was doing 680 (I'm a powerlifter, not a body builder) while on cycle, I got sloppy after my cycle and lost my form. So now I'm re-training my form and I'm doing 500 parallel for 2 reps. During my next cycle I'd love to get to 700. That's my goal.

    Anything about around 500 is a good squat. Most guys I see in the gym don't squat, and if they do, they can barely do 1 1/2x their own body weight. Sad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by almostgone View Post
    LOL, you sound like me performing front squats. I swear it seemed like I spent weeks with a dry bar just getting comfortable with the correct form.

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    That mental picture is amusing...HA!

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    Quote Originally Posted by B.E.N. View Post
    That mental picture is amusing...HA!
    It was a very humbling learning experience.


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    I hate squats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by almostgone View Post
    Exactly. One rep max lifts are a great way for old farts to get hurt.

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    ODD Haugen is a top strongman and is in his 50's. Dr. Squat, Fred Hatfield, squatted 1000lbs at over 50yrs of age. And Steve Goggins continues to squat 900+ in his mid to late 40's. That's just a cop out, IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by j-dogg View Post
    i hate squats.
    blasphemy!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BgMc31 View Post
    700+ baby!!!!
    that's falkin awesome

    I'm up to 425 x 10
    but I think you start to look respectable once you get 3 plates a side jmo
    it all depends what you weigh and how long you've been at it
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