Quote Originally Posted by FireGuy1 View Post
Sorry if I sound just a tad cynical. I work out at 2 different gyms and watch people load up the weight with double the amount they could handle if they actually did a full range of motion. I watch people do "Curtsey Squats" Bench Presses and even rows that literally have a 6-8 inch range of motion. I was doing incline DB presses yesterday with a pair of 95's. Burying the DB's in my armpits on the way down with a pause. Some skinny kid next to me is using 90's and doing at most, the top 8 inches of the movement. I am sure he tells all his friends he inclines 90's for 10 reps. I would love to put a pair of 70's in his hand and had him try one FULL rep and watch him not being able to budge it. Of course he had ZERO chest development to go along with this as would be expected. SO when you tell me a 14 YO kid with 22 inch legs if FULL squatting 315 for 13 @ 140lbs? I gotta see it to believe it.
Yah I also do not believe this 14 Year old could even come close to it. I know I can go full range of motion for 10 AT MOST with 315lbs. Then When I throw another plate on I can go 6 full ROM. It is when I go above 405lbs. That it almost seems that 1lb. over this weight I can not go all the way down anymore, it is weird... almost as if my brain automatically says DON'T DO IT.. Only go this far, but I will go ahead and throw another plate on, and lower myself and pound myself back up... THEN YET ANOTHER PLATE AND MANAGE TO SQUEEZE OUT A REP... So hence... I call it my 1 rep max.. Obviously I know now that I CAN NOT COUNT that, as much as I would like to, REED has taught me that is not how it works. So yah...

Quote Originally Posted by Reed View Post
yup and btw the deuce admitted in a pm when we were discussing a few things that it is probably more like a quarter rep so i was right, i've been around the block enough to be able to call out bullshit, i have done it so many times here and take people to the gym that claim outrageous numbers and THEN they realize how heavy the weight is and what ROM is about

regardless of the look you still have to have muscle development

plus if you go watch most people that squat that kinda heavy weight that are powerlifters or football players they a have powerlifting suit, belt, and wraps so their squat is not considered raw.
REED... lol.. A PM is just that.. A PRIVATE MESSAGE.. but thanks for sharing hahahaha !! I don't really care, like I explained above, I got a lot of learning to do, and I am hoping that everyone around here is as willing to offer advice, critical or not, just like you have helped me.

I am gonna work on getting myself going through the FULL ROM on every exercise and accentuate it to the extreme just to check myself to make sure I AM doing it properly.. I guess with the fact of the matter as the gym has become part of my everyday life maybe I have forgotten the basics and fundamentals and that is why my growth has been stalled... so this week in the gym I will do what I can on seeing how well iI am doing each and every exercise in every routine in everyday that I attend the gym...