Whatcha Squatting These Days???

[BrotherIron]

Since Turbo made a thread asking what everyone benches I thought I'd make a thread and ask what everyone's squatting these days. I know a lot of us are focusing on our squat.

As well as posting your best squat also let us know the specifics like high bar/low bar, narrow/wide stance, wrap/sleeves/etc, belt, walked out of a rack or in a mono, etc...

So let hear's it what the best you've taken for a ride....

I'll start. My recent best is 600lbs walked out with wraps and belt. I've switched to a lower bar position and use a semi wide stance.

 

[Rottenrogue]

350x2 box squat. 225x2 front squat

 

[PillarofBalance]

Most of you know I tore my adductor in October so its been a slow crawl back. I hit 425 for a paused triple in the mono. Belt and no wraps. The squat has always been my lift. It feels natural to me and I love the fear of it and the challenge. So its been depressing working my way back up. But after that triple I feel like my mojo is back. I am still gonna go slow working it back up but its exciting to see it moving again.

The worst part about the injury was it was at a meet where I planned to break 1600. My squat attempts would have been 550, 600, 640. And I had that 640. I was conditioned, bloated, strong as I had ever been but I just didn't warm up enough. My own fault. I have always been shy in the warm up area. Not anymore. Get out of my way, this is my warm up bar will be my new attitude. Screw everyone else.

 

[Turbolag]

I'm glad you posted this BI ! I was actually getting ready to post this thread. Haha

My best squat is a 405 box squat with light band tension. The box was a little above parallel. Walked out. No gear or wraps. Just belt. Body weight was around 240.

 

[myosaurus]

495 x 10, 545 x 6, 585 x 3
this was on tuesday past week.
I also front squat cross arm 405 x 2

 

[BrotherIron]

Keep'm coming....

As for front squats, I've hit 445lbs easily several times. I front squat narrow stance, Oly style with just belt and knee sleeves. I don't wrap my knees when I front squat.

 

[Turbolag]

495 x 10, 545 x 6, 585 x 3
this was on tuesday past week.
I also front squat cross arm 405 x 2

Wow....

:-o

 

[porky little keg]

Geared, monolift - 1100 in the gym, 1008 in contest

Raw with belt and wraps - 720

might do a raw contest this year just for fun.

 

[BrotherIron]

Geared, monolift - 1100 in the gym, 1008 in contest

Raw with belt and wraps - 720

might do a raw contest this year just for fun.

That's a helluva raw squat.

 

[MuscleAddiction]

Raw/Belt/Wraps...405/10, 495/8, 545/6, 565/4

 

[jhotsauce7]

465x1 with belt only a few weeks ago, just got wraps and started learning to squat with them... Went up to 405x4 just to feel it out...@174lb

 

[HisAngriness]

pretty sure i started this thread by derailing the bench thread...
anyhow, my best squat as of late was 350x6 RAW (and by raw i mean no belt, no straps, no shirt, no pants; just my UnderArmour bloomers and a pair of Chucks. THATS HOW I ROLL) on a knee with patellar tendonitis that i tore an mcl on 3-4 years ago. no pussy girly squats either; ASS TO GRASS!
took me 3 years just to get back over 300 for fear of blowing out my knee again, and even then i overcompensated with my other leg on that first 300lb squat and it was sore as FUUUCK for like a week after.
so let that be a lesson to you kids; LIFT WITH YOUR BACK SO YOU DONT HURT YOUR KNEES!