I think it looked parallel, and at worst would have got one redlight from some ATG nazi judge. His squat form looked just fine. His back didn’t round actually round too much, it’s just that his upper back/chest is so big and thick that it makes his head look like it’s pointing down.
Sick lift.
it wasn’t pretty, but he is strong.
Walking out makes the squat more difficult. Plus it is much more difficult to get the ultra wide set up that a monolift favors, when walking it out.
Don’t think he is a PLer so he probably isn’t concerned with PL standards.
[quote]UpChucker wrote:
it wasn’t pretty, but he is strong.
Walking out makes the squat more difficult. Plus it is much more difficult to get the ultra wide set up that a monolift favors, when walking it out.
Don’t think he is a PLer so he probably isn’t concerned with PL standards.[/quote]
According to his video description he is going for the raw squat world record and that’s powerlifting.
holy shit that guy is thick. His 700x7 video is insane.
[quote]TYPE2B wrote:
WhiteFlash wrote:
This isn’t some guy claiming to bench 600 for 4 with whipped cream on his face people, this is a legit 825 squat to parrallel. Some of you guys need to E-lax.
…I just want y’all to know that if wikipedia is telling the truth, then that means Rezazadeh can squat more than 25 pounds more than this guy, raw too… And since he’s an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that he did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is.[/quote]
Yeah, but that’s the thing, they’re not telling the truth. That right there is what gullibility is
[quote]Andrew.Cook wrote:
I’ll agree, not parallel, but I’ve seen plenty of comp lifts that weren’t either.
The guy is strong, no doubt. As a strongman I always chuckle when I hear people talk about how hard it is to walk weight out. Please, I watch guys stroll with more weight than this just about every weekend. I’ve watched plenty of guys walk 900+lbs over 50’, and we can’t expect powerlifters to take a couple steps back? [/quote]
Are you seriously equating the Yoke to a Squat?
Seriously?
Maybe I should Car Deadlifts since that’s way more weight than a regular Deadlift, thus making it automatically harder.
[quote]TYPE2B wrote:
WhiteFlash wrote:
This isn’t some guy claiming to bench 600 for 4 with whipped cream on his face people, this is a legit 825 squat to parrallel. Some of you guys need to E-lax.
…I just want y’all to know that if wikipedia is telling the truth, then that means Rezazadeh can squat more than 25 pounds more than this guy, raw too… And since he’s an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that he did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is.[/quote]
If Wikipedia is telling the truth… FAIL.
X3 at what Buckeye Girl said.
[quote]TYPE2B wrote:
…I just want y’all to know that if wikipedia is telling the truth, then that means Rezazadeh can squat more than 25 pounds more than this guy, raw too… And since he’s an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that he did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is.[/quote]
Ahhh, yes- gym lifts.
I’ve seen a 220 lb man squat 826 in knee wraps. I’ve heard second-hand tales of Chuck Vogelpohl and Matt Wenning doing 800lb raw box squats in training. Dave Passanella was allegedly walking out 1100 lb in the late 80s in a marathon suit and yellow line wraps. There’s also probably some broke-ass gopnik in Ukraine that squats 1003 in gymshorts and knee sleeves.
That’s the beauty of gym lifts. They’re like the pussy-getting exploits that you heard from your best friend when you all were 14. Some of them might have actually happened. But none of them really matter.
As for Reza, I bet he can snatch and C&J more than Larodrick. Beyond that- who knows, who cares.
Not arguing that squatting the weight isn’t harder, I’m just not sure why wakling it out is a big deal. I can certainly tell you that I could sooner walk this weight out than squat it. Now, UpChucker pointed out that monolifts favor your typical wide stance powerlifting squat. I’ll concede that it is easier to squat from a wide position and that it would be pretty miserable to try and walk out AND get your feet into a position where you could squat if you were in gear and using a wide stance. Still, I wouldn’t consider walking the weight out to be the difficult part of the equation.
Whatever, you don’t agree, I don’t care. If it makes you feel better to get yourself all twisted up into a knot on the internet arguing stupid crap… knock yourself out.
[quote]Pinto wrote:
TYPE2B wrote:
…I just want y’all to know that if wikipedia is telling the truth, then that means Rezazadeh can squat more than 25 pounds more than this guy, raw too… And since he’s an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that he did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is.
Ahhh, yes- gym lifts.
I’ve seen a 220 lb man squat 826 in knee wraps. I’ve heard second-hand tales of Chuck Vogelpohl and Matt Wenning doing 800lb raw box squats in training. Dave Passanella was allegedly walking out 1100 lb in the late 80s in a marathon suit and yellow line wraps. There’s also probably some broke-ass gopnik in Ukraine that squats 1003 in gymshorts and knee sleeves.
That’s the beauty of gym lifts. They’re like the pussy-getting exploits that you heard from your best friend when you all were 14. Some of them might have actually happened. But none of them really matter.
As for Reza, I bet he can snatch and C&J more than Larodrick. Beyond that- who knows, who cares.
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For a 50k wheel, you make a lot of sense.
“some broke-ass gopnik in Ukraine that squats 1003 in gymshorts and knee sleeves”. That was effin hilarious. I couldn’t agree more with your take on legendary gym lifts. They seem to get more and more legendary as time passes. For me, Captain Kirk’s 800X5 with just a belt is the most impressive squatting performance I’ve ever seen on video or otherwise. The guy was created to squat big weight.
[quote]Pinto wrote:
TYPE2B wrote:
…I just want y’all to know that if wikipedia is telling the truth, then that means Rezazadeh can squat more than 25 pounds more than this guy, raw too… And since he’s an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that he did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is.
Ahhh, yes- gym lifts.
I’ve seen a 220 lb man squat 826 in knee wraps. I’ve heard second-hand tales of Chuck Vogelpohl and Matt Wenning doing 800lb raw box squats in training. Dave Passanella was allegedly walking out 1100 lb in the late 80s in a marathon suit and yellow line wraps. There’s also probably some broke-ass gopnik in Ukraine that squats 1003 in gymshorts and knee sleeves.
That’s the beauty of gym lifts. They’re like the pussy-getting exploits that you heard from your best friend when you all were 14. Some of them might have actually happened. But none of them really matter.
As for Reza, I bet he can snatch and C&J more than Larodrick. Beyond that- who knows, who cares.
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…I just want y’all to know that if my buddies are telling the truth, which they are, then that means I can squat 25 pounds more than Rezazadeh, raw too… And since I’m an olympic weightlifter, it’s alot likely that I did it ATG with a high bar… That right there is what a beast truly is. True Story
I have no doubt he could raw parallel squat 800.
I met Larodrick in a meet about 2 years ago. He has roughly the same physical stature as Mark Henry. If I recall correctly, he hit 317+kg pretty easy on his opener. His deadlift is freakishly explosive as well. As far as assistance, I couldn’t say, but it was a tested meet.
[quote]Andrew.Cook wrote:
Not arguing that squatting the weight isn’t harder, I’m just not sure why wakling it out is a big deal. I can certainly tell you that I could sooner walk this weight out than squat it. Now, UpChucker pointed out that monolifts favor your typical wide stance powerlifting squat. I’ll concede that it is easier to squat from a wide position and that it would be pretty miserable to try and walk out AND get your feet into a position where you could squat if you were in gear and using a wide stance. Still, I wouldn’t consider walking the weight out to be the difficult part of the equation.
Whatever, you don’t agree, I don’t care. If it makes you feel better to get yourself all twisted up into a knot on the internet arguing stupid crap… knock yourself out. [/quote]
Well when you compare a powerlifter walking out a barbell loaded with enough weight to kill him to a strongman with a yoke you sound like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
It is wonderful how people always get defensive about depth. 
Matter of fact is that the video was shopwing a very strong man, that is likely to get even stronger. Personally I appreciate squats done to proper depth.
These squats are in my opinion perfect squats:
(Chinese champion weight lifters)
I understand some people like to have a lot of equipment, and do everything but deep squats. That’s perfectly fine. But I won’t ever consider it to be proper squats, not even if the weights they lift is so heavy that it would break my back. To me, squat is deep (at least as deep as set forth in the IPF-rules), and done raw. I guess I’m old school. Now, I could always brag and say I would show you how it’s done, but I am sure those interested enough will figure out that of themselves. (Ie. find videos of my squats)
Speaking of depth, is something I will always do (no matter if it is 200kg or 400kg on the bar), and I know to appreciate proper squats.
For example I think undersired08 hit decent depth on many of his squats. You can find his squats in his youtube account.
The topic starter got very defensive to my post, and that’s okay. Some people may be like that they do always have something negative to say, but if the depth was good in my opinion (I would say so too). I would never say that a squat that looked deep were impossible to judge because of a bad video angle.
Here you have Hossein Rezazadeh 280kg/617lb Front Squat
As you can see, this is still a bad angle to judge depth from. But it looks like he hits depths. I would call those good front squats.
The point I would like to state at the end is that the man in the video in the first post, he looks like an absolute tank. And he is bigger than most men I have ever seen. The topic starter also asked if I think his acomplishment is ordinary by those using steroids. To that I can answer: Deadlifts above 400kg and squat in the range 370kg+ (depending on depth) is in no way ordinary for anyone, not even users of performance enhancing drugs.
All I do is to voice my opinion, but people seem to get more angry the stronger the lifter in question is. I think credit is deserved when a good lift is done, and the same the other way.
If anyone tought that I was trying to belittle his achomplishment, then they are very wrong. I think it is great to see very strong people, but to me, the question about depth in the squat is like a spinal reflex.
Now, I could tell about my squatting to show that I am not just an internet warrior, but this is just the internet right, so it doesn’t matter so much what other people think, as long as I improve my lifts, and I think most other lifters are like that too.
If anyone feel jealous of other peoples achivements, they should truly work on their self confidence. It is a poor character trait.
The world is not black or white.
[quote]stallion wrote:
It is wonderful how people always get defensive about depth. Matter of fact is that the video was shopwing a very strong man, that is likely to get even stronger. Personally I appreciate squats done to proper depth.
These squats are in my opinion perfect squats:
(Chinese champion weight lifters)
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Calling an oly lifter’s back squat a “perfect” squat in a thread about a guy who is obviously training like a powerlifter is like posting a video of a pitcher in the MLB when the topic is softball.
Great strength…no doubt!
Depth is fine for training work, better than 99% of what I see in the gym.
That ‘good morning’ style of squatting always makes me shiver, but lot’s of lifters have achived great results with it. Looks like the spotter gives a little 'touch-up’in the video, but if you check out the vid @ 805…you can tell he’s good for 825, or more.