I once tried to squat on a parcel of land but the owner started shooting at me with a couple hours left until it would have been mine and I had to run away.
Drakkon
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i used to train with hs football running back just for fun some afternoons...one day we were doing something around 250 and this dumbass stoner punk comes up behind me and tickles my sides while i was coming up. needless to say was unable to walk for about a week and ever since havent been able to do them properly.
i squat 135 x 10, 4 sets 
I just started doing squats and I think it's helped me in basketball since I play in the low post. I have a stronger base to back the defender down.
I thought a true test of strength is if you can pull your body weight up like doing pull ups. I bet most of those mammoth bodybuilders in the gym can't pull themselves up if their lives depended on it.
I just started doing squats and I think it's helped me in basketball since I play in the low post. I have a stronger base to back the defender down.
I thought a true test of strength is if you can pull your body weight up like doing pull ups. I bet most of those mammoth bodybuilders in the gym can't pull themselves up if their lives depended on it.
alright i can walk again
tomorrow i shall squat again
(with warmup + stretching and only goin parallel this time around)
had some optimum nutrition whey protein power stuck on the glass when
i was about to drink some schwepps ginger ale, ended up inhaling the powder
and sneezed like no tomorrow
tomorrow i shall squat again
(with warmup + stretching and only goin parallel this time around)
had some optimum nutrition whey protein power stuck on the glass when
i was about to drink some schwepps ginger ale, ended up inhaling the powder
and sneezed like no tomorrow
...more like the true measure of how much a man works on his squat
That said, I can't squat very much as my posture's bad enough to warrant me doing the leg press instead...and even then, I rarely ever work legs. I run between 40 and 50 miles a week so when I hit the gym at night, the last thing I want to work on is legs...
405 lbs @ 4-5 reps. This was prolly last year, but i think i last a majority of my strength to being lazy.
Its a decent number for someone with knees as bad as mine.
Its a decent number for someone with knees as bad as mine.
StageLeft
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They're a good gauge of _lower body strength_, but not upper, just as bench is the reverse. Deadlifts incorporate all, but really you can't use a single lift as a true measure. My bench is good but my squat is absolutely hideous. My deadlifts, when I used to do them properly, were really good. I had a friend I worked out with who had a great squat but could barely get his weight up on bench.
Dunno how much validity is to it, but most people recommend legs evenif you don't actually care about them - something about jacking up overall body testosterone levels or something. Basically the premise is you would not find a guy with an incredible bench and chicken legs, because the body won't allow itself to get that much out of whack. That said I once did see a guy with chicken legs and a huge upperbody. Only once, but it was weird.
I do squats, but I go light with high reps and never go all that hard on them. First of all they are a truly abhorant excercise. Some people like them but I don't. I find leg pain to be intolerable, probably on account of how large the muscle is; nobody has a problem going to failure with a bicep, but when you're doing it on a huge muscle it takes a lot out of you. Additionally, probably 99% due to bad posture, my knees and lower back are rarely interested in enduring large amounts of weight. I can almost picture my knees poppping out when I do squats. I've been working out for a long time and more times than not I don't even put 200lbs plus on squats, which is why pathetically they've not gone up in weight in a decade (I'm only 27!). I went so balls out when I was 16-18 that I've never had that motivation again, and I know I never will, so I'm satisfied really to keep what I managed to get all that time ago.
Bench I've been creeping up, because I find it more enjoyable, and did hit a new personal record last summer (which is more than my squat, and I know that's indicative of poor body balance, but I've always been able to bench more than I squat, though I can dead more than I bench if I care to go that hard).
I will stop rambling now.
Dunno how much validity is to it, but most people recommend legs evenif you don't actually care about them - something about jacking up overall body testosterone levels or something. Basically the premise is you would not find a guy with an incredible bench and chicken legs, because the body won't allow itself to get that much out of whack. That said I once did see a guy with chicken legs and a huge upperbody. Only once, but it was weird.
I do squats, but I go light with high reps and never go all that hard on them. First of all they are a truly abhorant excercise. Some people like them but I don't. I find leg pain to be intolerable, probably on account of how large the muscle is; nobody has a problem going to failure with a bicep, but when you're doing it on a huge muscle it takes a lot out of you. Additionally, probably 99% due to bad posture, my knees and lower back are rarely interested in enduring large amounts of weight. I can almost picture my knees poppping out when I do squats. I've been working out for a long time and more times than not I don't even put 200lbs plus on squats, which is why pathetically they've not gone up in weight in a decade (I'm only 27!). I went so balls out when I was 16-18 that I've never had that motivation again, and I know I never will, so I'm satisfied really to keep what I managed to get all that time ago.
Bench I've been creeping up, because I find it more enjoyable, and did hit a new personal record last summer (which is more than my squat, and I know that's indicative of poor body balance, but I've always been able to bench more than I squat, though I can dead more than I bench if I care to go that hard).
I will stop rambling now.
Ha ha. As bad as squats are they cannot measure up to walking lunges in the arena of suckiness. After changing my workout a few weeks back and doing walking lunges (double dipping, each rep you drop the trailing knee twice) with dumbbells I can swear that squats are much more fun.
I do enjoy leg workouts, for the most reason its that I happen to have genetically muscular legs, and they are one of my best features. I know that legs are difficult to grow for some guys, but mine grow quickly so I enjoy working them. What I do not like is how leg night leaves your whole body completely exhausted from the strain.
I have not done deadlifts, but we have been doing stiff-legged deadlifts. I have gotten up to about 275x8 on my final set of those.
I've noticed that when you workout the legs, the upper body comes easier.
I can't lift much though, I'm just a skinny kid.
I can't lift much though, I'm just a skinny kid.
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