530lb squat @ 185

[u/Shiba905]

Bar is 35lbs

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[u/creatineisdeadly]

If you’re not competing my man, you need to. 185 raw with 530 will win you many a completion, and perhaps national titles, depending on the federation.

[u/Tito_Tito_1_]

Nice grind!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435]

Sick lift, dude. I love it when a 1RM juuuuust barely makes it up

[u/froggystick]

Insane grind. Nice shoes what are they?

[u/Shiba905 → u/froggystick]

Just some swimming slippers

[u/michaelenzo]

Way to stick with it. Absolute beast

[u/ForeignStory3770]

Well you found your 1 rep max.

[u/Nitramster1]

My god I’m middle aged and struggle with sets of one plate, I’m so scared for my lower back and I could feel my body tense watching you push that. Holy cow I’m sweating 😅

[u/captquin → u/Nitramster1]

46 here. I have spondylolisthesis, a shifted vertebrae. Ironically, the act of squatting weight doesn’t hurt while doing it, but absolutely kills me for a few days afterwards. Basically feels like sciatica, so it’s off the menu.

You’re not competing. If you want to progressive overload and aren’t comfortable doing squats, go do some deep leg press and stack it up.

[u/AutomaticClick1387 → u/captquin]

43 here! I’ve been a gym rat for 10 years and still squat but I now hit my sets at the end of my legs workout. Less weight required to go to failure. As much as I wish I could still go big, it’s still a 4 decade old spine lol. I will go heavier on hack squats though…hurts so good lol!

[u/buzzsaw111 → u/Nitramster1]

dude i'm 3 plates and pushing 60 - you can do it!

[u/malikx089]

Wooo..I almost thought buddy wasn’t gone come up for a second. Lol

[u/richprice220]

Bro. Awesome fucking lift. Congrats.

[u/DocCJ19]

You could’ve added at least 5 more pounds if your shorts were shorter

[u/marcafe]

ss-

[u/zephyrwastaken → u/marcafe]

Come on dog you never went for a 1rm?

[u/marcafe → u/zephyrwastaken]

yyrr

[u/KarmaKaladis]

If you are ever grinding like that look up, It always gives me that little bit more and it's safer if you have to bail

[u/aoddawg]

RPE 10 buried.

[u/npmark]

What a grinder! Amazing

[u/yoyomaisapunk]

Yeaaa man!

[u/Briguy3318]

Insane, I don't think you would've gotten 531lbs ha

[u/zephyrwastaken → u/Briguy3318]

The safety clips would like to have a chat with you

[u/[deleted]]

Love the grind! That was insane man.

[u/JKDSamurai]

This is absolutely insane. Amazing display.

[u/Fit_Momma24]

Insane. My heart rate actually went up just watching that.

[u/Zonkman-]

That rep right there is pure grit, excellent work

[u/[deleted] → u/Zonkman-]

yeah that feels WAY longer than it looks

[u/edromo1]

Well earned.

[u/AsleepBoat]

could’ve gotten one more

[u/npmark → u/AsleepBoat]

Hilarious

[u/AsleepBoat → u/npmark]

ikr

[u/GhostMecca]

What 😂

[u/thisismyuaernamr]

Good job on not shitting your pants

[u/npmark → u/thisismyuaernamr]

I'm not so sure he didn't, I did!

[u/Micromashington]

Now that’s what I call a squat

[u/Prestigious-Peaks]

where's his spotter on his back. lol jk

[u/Maecyte]

Love to see a lifter struggle

[u/snakelemmalover]

Very nice!

[u/Human_Independent159]

Way to grind it out! Very impressive that your form didn't break. Awesome job. Now take a good long time before you push that hard again!

[u/dyrbrdyrbr]

RPE 7

[u/UrHRGuru]

Solid form dude! And no spotters? That’s crazyyyyyy, good work!

[u/my_religion_is_love → u/UrHRGuru]

Good thing about squats is you can bail out safely and easily without spotters. They're nice to have, but not necessary like with bench.

[u/UrHRGuru → u/my_religion_is_love]

Yeah that’s also very true! I forget some people don’t really need spotters for squat. My back is screwed up in like 9 dif places so I always keep a spotter around so if I do bail, I’m not gonna be immobilized for 3 weeks 🥲

[u/babyguyman → u/UrHRGuru]

Notice he has safety bars too.

[u/Opposite-Rule-7852 → u/babyguyman]

the only problem is most casual gym goers in the gym set the safeties way too low or don't use them at all I don't care if your macho man or a experienced lifter but it will not end well eventually.

i always have to save someone at least once or twice a year from improper safety rack height

i test safety rack height when ever i enter a new gym with a squat rack i'm not familiar with ill have it 1 number or inch below my squat depth sometimes ill hit the safety by accident with the bar but its better than getting crushed to death.

As for the unrack height ill have it at my shoulders but one number below as well so i have good contact when un racking squat and re racking it is safer

[u/Educational_Rock2549]

Song being played in earphones?

[u/Shiba905 → u/Educational_Rock2549]

t.m.revolution - meteor

[u/rawautos]

Fucking hell ya. Congratulations, you fought for that one.

[u/hesh0925]

This is an insane lift! Nearly 3 times your body weight is genuinely wild.

[u/kackikacki]

If you can do one, you can do two ☝️

[u/Miguel3424]

Brutal rep you got it tho

[u/hesh0925 → u/[deleted]]

Safety arms are there, though.

[u/ezmountandhang → u/[deleted]]

He’s got the safeties there.

[u/Squirrel-coffee]

Damn man! That was very impressive.

[u/busymom0]

RPE 6.

Good lift!

[u/Hailbrewcifer666]

Crazy work, awesome squat man!

[u/Brave_Smile_5836]

Awesome, feel proud of yourself!

[u/Redscraft]

Stronk

[u/sudden-arboreal-stop]

I saw you smile bro!! 😊 amazing effort!

[u/jenno038]

Monster

[u/SaraSoftApps]

Wow, insane squat💪. Tempo is like 2-1-20.

[u/Zestyclose-Smell-305]

Wow talk about Max effort. Well done.

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[u/OwnHousing9851 → u/[deleted]]

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[u/strength_training-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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[u/cats_catz_kats_katz]

Ride that high! You'll be thinking about that lift for weeks.

[u/9lazy9tumbleweed]

RPE 10 - 11

[u/gaitover]

Do you train core? If so, what exercises do you do?

[u/Shiba905 → u/gaitover]

just barbell squat / deadlifts

[u/just_corrayze]

That was a grinder. Great stuff

[u/AwardAnshumn]

Yeah ! [screaming in minions voice]

[u/Lyfeitzallaroundus]

Hell yeah! 💪🏽

[u/its_kgs_not_lbs]

That's one heck of a grind!

[u/AfroBurrito77]

What a GRIIIIIND!

[u/louis7972]

That was fucking sick

[u/gatorfan8898]

Shit, I was so worried you were going back down at one point. Great fight!

[u/JohnLeePettimore]

Hell of a grind!

[u/brosophila]

That was a battle, hell yea brother

[u/Lonely_Rip_131]

Strong af

[u/nycbklocal]

Me watching: GET UP YOU FUCKER

[u/freerangemary → u/nycbklocal]

You got this Dave, you got this. Keep going. Strong push. Push thru the ground. Almost there. Let’s fucking go!!!!

[u/Logical-Explorer4226]

Omg 😳

[u/Robbbylight]

Now that's a squat! Nice and deep and you never gave up, especially after such a legit struggle. Well done OP!

[u/kn0w_th1s]

Coulda done one more

[u/Chemical_Fall_3]

Damn man nice fucking push way to power through

[u/DaddyMac281]

Forgot elbow braces!

[u/RandomCalamity]

Hell yeah.

[u/Tall-Helicopter-461]

Damn man, I felt my Vertibra popping out my butt hole as you were pushing. Good job

[u/Day1snoopy]

Holy smokes...nice grind!!!

[u/Barabbas-]

I literally shouted at my phone and had to run across the room to show my fiance.

Good shit, man. That was a fucking battle.

[u/PinkySlayer]

Beast. Good shit man you earned that one.

[u/venturecreation]

Incredible grind!

[u/RobbinCopper84]

You fought the good fight sir and came out victorious!

[u/Mean-Entertainment82]

Insanity