Follow-up Squat PR. First time maxing in over 20 years.

[C T J]

Pretty obvious flex was trolling lol

Big lifts! Insane shit right there. Awesome work.

 

[caveman]

Outstanding lifts! That 545 was below parallel in my book.

 

[Jacko0510]

Really well done mate. I would love to do half that weight

 

[ketsugo]

Bravo ! Never say die

 

[ketsugo]

You do fumble a lot with your feet. Like POB said it should be 2-3 steps total and than squat. Have you ever brought your hands in? That will help tighten everything and keep you less shaky.

Flex... you don't get extra points for burying a squat. Now it needs to be at depth but anything below that is not necessary. Hip crease below the top of the knee.

Bump good point

 

[IronCore]

I just wanted to see where I was because frankly, I really had no clue. I have not pushed myself because of a hip injury I suffered a while back with still bothers me. I have had to adapt to squatting fairly close to be able to do it without pain. I have gotten to where I am decently strong squatting like this, but had no clue where I really was.I just got tired of have to say "I know my squat is somewhere over 500". I have never gone over 500.I decided to change that today after a good showing on deads last week. (625 single)Here is my critique and observations. I can tell you this....I waste way too much effort on walking out. 495 felt really light and not a problem and I took a long walkout but it did not hurt me. When I jumped to 525, I struggled to get my feet right and you can see I look shaky. The lift felt good, but the walkout sucked.For the last one, I moved the stands further apart so I did not have to walkout so far. This helped a lot, but I still did not feel that comfortable with setting up my feet with that weight on there. I could not get my feet where I wanted them, but was getting tired, so I just sat back and squatted it before I wore myself out. I did not go as deep as I did on 525...but watching the vid, it looked decent. Jumping up 45lbs is a big jump (just the feeling on my back). I have singled 500 plenty of times and am accustomed to how it feels. 545 just felt plain heavy on me, but I was not scared of it dropping down.Nice to have a good deal of confidence in one's back. After the decent deads last week, I just wanted to go in today and see what my legs would push.I stopped at 545 (although I think there is more in the tank) If I plan on squatting heavy, I need to get more accustomed to having over 500 lbs on my back and walking out. Amazing how much heavier 545 feels vs 495. At least now I know where I am....and dont have to guess 495

525

545

HELLLLLL YEAH!!! nice work Mac....

 

[Casca]

Awesome, def more in the tank, yes it was the walk out that zapped ur strength, fix that and prepare to load plates!!!! Great job!

 

[macgyver]

Bravo ! Never say die

HELLLLLL YEAH!!! nice work Mac....

Awesome, def more in the tank, yes it was the walk out that zapped ur strength, fix that and prepare to load plates!!!! Great job!

Thanks guys. I hope at some point to put it all together for a good full power meet at least once in my life. With my other lifts, I could make a decent showing.

For now, I am dropping back to lighter work for a while. One of my biggest downfalls is pushing too hard all the time and I end up with overuse injuries. It has been what has prevented me from putting all three lifts together at this point. Seems I am always healing up or resting something. I am going to take a step back on everything for a while, and then when the time is right, start training properly for a meet.

Thanks for the support!

 

[Bullmuscle7]

You do fumble a lot with your feet. Like POB said it should be 2-3 steps total and than squat. Have you ever brought your hands in? That will help tighten everything and keep you less shaky.

Flex... you don't get extra points for burying a squat. Now it needs to be at depth but anything below that is not necessary. Hip crease below the top of the knee.

First Bro...That was incredible! Hugely inspirational. I too have a hip problem on my right side so I understand what you are talking about.
I thought your depth looked good. I just trained with a guy who really knows his stuff and he said parrallel is where I want to go not below that.
Your walk out though scares me a little. Those are rough. Im lucky cause we have a monolift. You would really soar with that as you dont waste all that psychological and physical energy trying to move and balance all that weight.

Bro. This was huge!