Squattin

[NickR33]

[Dajae]

Coach T's voice. Man his accent freaks me out a little.. lol. Damn French Canadians. T-nation used to be so good for reading info... Now they just plug their products in just about everything.

Front squats are boss. I found my rowing strength increased once I included these, upper traps got a good stimulus too!

How are your numbers going Nick? I was just reading through the thread and a lot of the fella's in here have some good looking numbers. I'm assuming most of you train for PL comps?

[Dani Boi]

Up from 125kg - 145kg with two cycles of PPP @ 75-76kg

Almost 2xbw, which is what I'm after

Edited April 2, 2014 by Dani Boi

[r31slpr]

How much does front squat carry over to back squats?

[jangles]

directly. Dan Green gives them their own day he finds them so important.

[r31slpr]

That's handy then since I'm not back squatting at the moment

[Birds]

The importance of leg day became most apparent to me during basketball lastnight.

Opposition were all gym brahs, at least 90-95kg a pop and mostly lean...I'm still my sleight/tall 77kg and NONE of these guys could move me out of the way in defense; they simply bounced off me and in offense I was able to hip push them out of the way to take boards. There's a reason a tree trunk is thicker to the ground...

[L33SH]

  On 09/04/2014 at 9:32 AM, Birds said:

The importance of leg day became most apparent to me during basketball lastnight.

Opposition were all gym brahs, at least 90-95kg a pop and mostly lean...I'm still my sleight/tall 77kg and NONE of these guys could move me out of the way in defense; they simply bounced off me and in offense I was able to hip push them out of the way to take boards. There's a reason a tree trunk is thicker to the ground...

All in the roots, brah

Edited April 9, 2014 by L33SH

[jangles]

did 162.5x5 tuesday night, blood nose and all.

[r31slpr]

Any of you had problems with butt wink? Think thats what im getting. What was the fix?

[The Bogan]

http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2014/02/06/bottom-position-squat-defining-characteristic-human-existence/

[r31slpr]

Thanks, that second video pretty much explained the problems I've been having with my hips

Edited May 31, 2014 by r31slpr

[jangles]

New rep pb tonight, 175x5.

Fifth was a grinder.

[L33SH]

Grats that's awesome

[jangles]

  On 28/08/2014 at 1:42 PM, L33SH said:

Grats that's awesome

Thanks Leesh, hoping to get 200 in couple weeks

[L33SH]

Easy!

My squats are pretty average since I had 3 weeks off. I'm only 2.5kg off my pb but I've lost my endurance. I was doing 60kg x 13 now I'm doing 60kg x 5 and that's a struggle. Luckily I'm making pbs in bench and deads to make up for it lol

[triggerhappy]

  On 28/08/2014 at 11:41 AM, jangles said:

New rep pb tonight, 175x5.

Fifth was a grinder.

Very strong squats mate what bodyweight you at?

I take it you are lifting for power not bodybuilding? Maybe not.. I rotate power sets and high rep sets. Firm believer in being strong as well as lifting to look good

[jangles]

  On 29/08/2014 at 1:48 AM, triggerhappy said:

Very strong squats mate what bodyweight you at?

I take it you are lifting for power not bodybuilding? Maybe not.. I rotate power sets and high rep sets. Firm believer in being strong as well as lifting to look good

I'm an easy 86kg@179cm, not lean, not big enough.

I've put on 10kg weight (probabaly 50% functional/muscle) and 50-60kg to my squat 1rm in last 12months.

Legs are where a lot of the muscle has gone. Stick legs, gone up 2-3 pant sizes.

I've always done a powerbuilding type split, I do Squats,Bench,Deads,Military as a strength exercise using powerlifting cycle templates., accessories are more hypertrophy.

[triggerhappy]

Good stuff very solid at that weight. I have always found legs the hardest things to build but one of the most important. After many years of training its only the last 8 months that i have made ANY ground on them. I never used to squat which was half my problem but injuries from football prevented that. Now fixed my self up and squat 150 for 10 reps but i only go just before parallel. My bodybulding training has me doing slightly less weight with a lot more reps with long pauses at the bottom and this has made them grow. put on 2" in 8 months so happy with that.

My training partners legs are ridiculous and cant wear jeans or anything like that. I dont want to be the tailored pants dude hahah

With the 5x5 you will get 200 easy! good luck

[jangles]

  On 29/08/2014 at 4:59 AM, triggerhappy said:

Good stuff very solid at that weight. I have always found legs the hardest things to build but one of the most important. After many years of training its only the last 8 months that i have made ANY ground on them. I never used to squat which was half my problem but injuries from football prevented that. Now fixed my self up and squat 150 for 10 reps but i only go just before parallel. My bodybulding training has me doing slightly less weight with a lot more reps with long pauses at the bottom and this has made them grow. put on 2" in 8 months so happy with that.

My training partners legs are ridiculous and cant wear jeans or anything like that. I dont want to be the tailored pants dude hahah

With the 5x5 you will get 200 easy! good luck

I have a friend that is a tailored pants kind of guy.

I don't use 5x5, but I'll get there just the same!