puddleduck
Level 5 Valued Member
Great. Yep I get good depth, they’re a wonderful movement I think. On sets of 200kg for 5 at mo. My best ever squat was 220kg for 5 so I’d like to get that, 20 years after hitting it the first time round.
The 2024 Squat Big Plates For Reps Challenge!
- Thread starter Boris Bachmann
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WhatWouldHulkDo
Level 8 Valued Member
225# x5 on 2/5 (... and hopefully almost every day for the next month or two)
Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
I take them from the front generally because it's easiest to set it up that way in my garage and I'm not worried about hitting depth. But yeah, a side view would show if there's any helicoptering, low back flexion, excessive forward/backward bar travel.
silveraw
Level 9 Valued Member
I'm still a big fan of hanging knee raises between squat sets.
Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
I'm a fan, though I don't superset them w. squat - probably should.
metaldrummer
Level 6 Valued Member
Inversion boots ... Never knew of such a thing until I googled. Just think of all the kinky things you could do with those. Goddamn!
Rygor the Swoleman
Level 2 Valued Member
I always do those with deadlifts. Maybe I should try doing them with squats, also.
Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
A side view from warm-ups today. Was feeling solid but subsequent sets w. 255 doing EDT w. squats and pull-ups ended up triggering the lower back again - I feel stronger overall, but I think I need to move very carefully for a while and not create new pain pathways...
I'm so consistent. Slowly increasing e1RM.
1/12/24, 12 reps at 68 kg - e1RM = 95 kg
1/19/24, 11 reps at 72 kg - e1RM = 98 kg
2/9/24, 10 reps at 77 kg - e1RM= 102 kg (225 lbs)
Maybe I'll get to test "two big plates" sometime soon...
Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
| 135 | 225 | 315 | 405 | 495 | 585 | |
| John K | 5 (1/1), 10 (1/9) | |||||
| Boris B | 3 (1/6), 15 (1/13) | 2 (1/6), 5 (1/10), 10 (2/3) | 1 (1/6) | |||
| silveraw | 3 (1/8) | |||||
| Jeff Roark | 10 (1/9) | 4 (1/9) | 5 (1/9) | 2 (1/9) | ||
| Hung | 5 (1/10) | |||||
| AnnaC | 12 (1/12) | |||||
| William BB | 4 (1/14) | 4 (1/14) | ||||
| JonS | 15 (1/22) | 1 (1/14) | ||||
| TM | 6 (1/20) | |||||
| WWHulkDo | 4 (1/20) | |||||
| Philippe G | 16 (1/22) | |||||
| Luis G | 5 (1/23) | |||||
| TM | 15 (1/24) | |||||
| Rygor | 5 (1/26) | |||||
| Timo K | 1 (1/21) | |||||
| Doc Mike | 6 (1/29) | |||||
| S Knee | 1 (2/1) |
dc
Level 7 Valued Member
Coming up to 4 weeks since my hernia operation. I have follow up appointment with surgeon in 2 days. Hoping he’ll give the green light to cautiously step back under the bar. I’ll have numbers on the board soon. My end of year goal is to break at minimum one of last year’s PB’s.
Rygor the Swoleman
Level 2 Valued Member
So I hit 405 x 6 (belt only) at the end of my heavy 5-3-1 session on Saturday morning. The last one was hell, but I gutted it out and needed to lie down on the platform for about 5 minutes afterwards. I smell that 500 squat coming soon.
T_M
Level 6 Valued Member
Friendly reminder @Boris Bachmann, I got 15 with 225 on 1/24
Boris Bachmann
Level 8 Valued Member
Timo Keskitalo
Level 6 Valued Member
2/19/24 4x142,5 for 315 category. I accidentally already beat my last year's result..
metaldrummer
Level 6 Valued Member
Hate when that happens.
Hung
Level 8 Valued Member
Wait until your failed to hit a squat depth and accidently break your good morning record ...Hate when that happens.
metaldrummer
Level 6 Valued Member
That's how I feel today although not really good morning'ing it. I'm sure anybody else would say my depth is fine tho.
Luis T. Gonzalez
Level 7 Valued Member
I was able to get 315 for a 5x5. The first set in the video went good enough that I felt like I could’ve gotten it for 10. But I have been playing it conservative. Maybe I will be able to get a set of five @405 by the end of the year!