Can deadlifters play?
I haven’t really squatted for years.
[quote]bluejay wrote:
Can deadlifters play?
I haven’t really squatted for years.[/quote]
Sounds like a good reason to start squatting again.
[quote]bluejay wrote:
Can deadlifters play?
I haven’t really squatted for years.[/quote]
Thought you didn’t have a squat rack?
oh - you want to do 20 rep DL’s?
[quote]bluejay wrote:
Can deadlifters play?
I haven’t really squatted for years.[/quote]
Why no squat just because you dead ?
My dead was stalled until I put alot more work into my squat, leg strength is critical in deading.
20 rep deadlifts seems silly to me, youd be asking for an injury more so than 20 rep squats, just because of the movement of the lower back.
I second the no belts, belts should be used on 1RM, but I wouldent use them for most workouts.
I disagree with the no spotter, why not have a spotter in any lift ? As long as they know what they are doing and don’t touch you till you groan “spot”.
I think the rules in the original post was updated to allow a spotter. Safety comes first.
So everybody left the challenge, huh? I’ve done 12 reps of 180kg, and going to do 20 reps someday when I am strong enough, but sticking to low reps for the time being, trying to increase 1RM. I found high-reps did about nothing for my 1RM strength, lol, but I got more mental toughness from it and proved to myself that I could do it. That was about it. 
But still my 167.5x20 stands as the best in this thread as noone has done a set of 20 reps better than this yet.
Noone up to beat a norwegian hobby-lifter like me?
So are you yankies still up for the task?
Today I did No belt SQUAT 180kg/396.5lbs x 18 @ 105.5kg/232.4lbs BW
I’ll nail 20 reps anytime soon. I’ve been training for 9 years, and there’s been a lot of squat sessions leading up to this. Squatting is great! Squatting is life!
PS: I know there are A LOT stronger lifters than me out there. What I would like to see is some natural lifter at my bodyweight or lower outlift me at the same percentrange of 1rm. 180kg/396.5lbs for me is 84.5% of my 1RM which is 213kg/469lbs.
See first post for rules for this competition.
Cheers from Norway!
tried to do 20 rep squats today, it was pretty brutal, not for the feint of heart. and before this I atemped a 1rm the day before.
atg, no belt, no spotter.
50kg x6
80kg x6
100kg x4
110kg x10
100kg x20
could’ve got another rep or two, I am gonna try to add 5kg each time and see where it takes be. that said, it was still hard, got out of breath on rep 9-10 and my arms went numb on rep 12
[quote]stallion wrote:
So are you yankies still up for the task?
Today I did No belt SQUAT 180kg/396.5lbs x 18 @ 105.5kg/232.4lbs BW
I’ll nail 20 reps anytime soon. I’ve been training for 9 years, and there’s been a lot of squat sessions leading up to this. Squatting is great! Squatting is life!
PS: I know there are A LOT stronger lifters than me out there. What I would like to see is some natural lifter at my bodyweight or lower outlift me at the same percentrange of 1rm. 180kg/396.5lbs for me is 84.5% of my 1RM which is 213kg/469lbs.
See first post for rules for this competition.
Cheers from Norway![/quote]
u are fucking insane!
i love the ending
Thanks for the nice comments. After doing some low rep work, I went back to high reps a while ago, and the final result is ready:
180kg/396lbs beltless SQUAT x 20 reps @ 105.9kg/233.3lbs BW.
Now it is back to low reps for me, before I will do even more weight on 20 reps in the future. I am very happy now. I’ve worked very hard to achive this goal.
Thank you to everyone that has given their input to my lifting, I read and truly appreciate every comment!
– stallion
[quote]Lindow wrote:
tried to do 20 rep squats today, it was pretty brutal, not for the feint of heart. and before this I atemped a 1rm the day before.
atg, no belt, no spotter.
50kg x6
80kg x6
100kg x4
110kg x10
100kg x20
could’ve got another rep or two, I am gonna try to add 5kg each time and see where it takes be. that said, it was still hard, got out of breath on rep 9-10 and my arms went numb on rep 12[/quote]
Well done Lindow for talking the talk and walking the walk. It is the first step, and not everyone can even do that! When I started squatting 9 years ago, I could not even do a single at 100kg! Think of that! So with passion through the years, you to can end up with big weights!
i was up to 225 pounds for 15 during the summer and then hurt my back, ive decided i want serious leg mass so ill be sets of 20-30 after each session, today i did 135 lbs for 30 very fun
[quote]stallion wrote:
Lindow wrote:
tried to do 20 rep squats today, it was pretty brutal, not for the feint of heart. and before this I atemped a 1rm the day before.
atg, no belt, no spotter.
50kg x6
80kg x6
100kg x4
110kg x10
100kg x20
could’ve got another rep or two, I am gonna try to add 5kg each time and see where it takes be. that said, it was still hard, got out of breath on rep 9-10 and my arms went numb on rep 12
Well done Lindow for talking the talk and walking the walk. It is the first step, and not everyone can even do that! When I started squatting 9 years ago, I could not even do a single at 100kg! Think of that! So with passion through the years, you to can end up with big weights![/quote]
thank you stallion. today when I squated 3-4 days later after doing snatches I got 110kg x2, could probably have gotten 5, but still, I went down 5+ reps from one round of 20 reppers, my recovery for high rep work is shit lol. does it take a long time to get used to this stuff? gonna try squating again on thursday / friday
Just stick to it and you will adapt. I felt overrun by a truck in the beginning…
great lift stallion. I’m not in your league yet, so far 305lbsx20 easy is my best, but i’ve been going up 10 lbs. a week pretty steadily. Maybe i’ll revive this thread in a year or so, lol.
[quote]matsm21 wrote:
great lift stallion. I’m not in your league yet, so far 305lbsx20 easy is my best, but i’ve been going up 10 lbs. a week pretty steadily. Maybe i’ll revive this thread in a year or so, lol.[/quote]
305lbs x 20 reps in the squat is not bad. Do you have a video online of it?
i have to try and get one made so I can make it real, lol.
i hit 85kgx20 yesterday after doing 3x5 120 and 2x5 125.
it was pretty easy in all fairness. 100x20 by the end of the month i hope!
I just did 20 reps squats for the first time after reading this thread. Started off a little light though, but I’m gonna do them again next with an additional 5kg(and the week after that etc). I did 100kgx20.
[quote]matsm21 wrote:
i have to try and get one made so I can make it real, lol.[/quote]
Don’t worry, I believe you! I just like to watch 20-rep squat videos!
[quote]thosebananas wrote:
i hit 85kgx20 yesterday after doing 3x5 120 and 2x5 125.
it was pretty easy in all fairness. 100x20 by the end of the month i hope!
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Good luck towards the goal!
[quote]Gaius Octavius wrote:
I just did 20 reps squats for the first time after reading this thread. Started off a little light though, but I’m gonna do them again next with an additional 5kg(and the week after that etc). I did 100kgx20.[/quote]
It is smart to start off light. Once you get to 10 reps, it is very much a mental thing.