Women: What did you start squatting at?
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FitGirl0123 wrote: »How about trying some goblet squats first and start working on your form?
Those look like they'd be a good thing for me right now, thanks for the suggestion
*SOMEDAY* I'll be more comfortable using the barbell, but yeah I should get the form down before jumping into it. 0 -
That was my question, too. I've never tested my 1RM either, but squatting about 155 for 5x5 (at 148 lbs)0 -
I have been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for a year and started with the recommended 45lb empty bar. It used to feel heavy but since I'm squatting over 100 lbs it feels light now. You can always start with body weight squats to get used to the movements.0
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I started with the bar and then started adding 10's on I believe. Honestly I work pretty slowly. I've been lifting for about 15-16 months. I've dropped 30+ pounds and my 1 rm at 128-130lbs is 1950
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Oops, I didn't put my starting. I used to do body weight squats, squats with the big fitness ball against the wall, Jillian Michaels -esque squats, etc. When I started doing weighted squats, I started with the bar and increased up to where it felt like the right resistance ... probably around 65 lbs or so.
Now I'm doing about 155 on 5x5 ... I couldn't say how long, because it was interrupted by a pregnancy (yes, you can lift while you're pregnant if everything is going ok, but I was not able to). But, with that included, it's been around two years. I did notice, though, that it was easier to build back up to where I'd been before, after the pregnancy, than to get there in the first place
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Iron_Miss_Canada wrote: »I started out with body weight squats, then dumbbell squats and finally the bar. I have squatted 120kg (264 pounds), on the platform, and while I have squatted more in the gym, that doesn't matter to me.
The bolded. I'd done bodyweight squats for years, then did dumbbell for a couple more years. I was up to 40b dumbbells before I started barbells. My barbell max is 195 @ 150ish right now.
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I used to do bodyweight squats when I lifted without any purpose - mainly just figuring basic things out. I never did dumbbell squats. When I started with the barbell, I could only do the bar. I've been powerlifting seriously for about 18 months and my best as of about 6 weeks ago is a 281.0lb/127.5kg squat at 147.6lb/67.0kg bodyweight. So close to double bodyweight that it hurts.0
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I used to do bodyweight squats when I lifted without any purpose - mainly just figuring basic things out. I never did dumbbell squats. When I started with the barbell, I could only do the bar. I've been powerlifting seriously for about 18 months and my best as of about 6 weeks ago is a 281.0lb/127.5kg squat at 147.6lb/67.0kg bodyweight. So close to double bodyweight that it hurts.
You have a coach?0 -
empty bar (20kilos)!! Now still not brilliant but can do about 50k. I tend not to go too heavy when I am alone I stick to 40k x 8 for 5 or 6 sets. By the end it's too heavy and I need to drop into the 30s.0
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I remember when I came to gym for the first time. I had a session with a trainer. I had a big problem to "sit back". I started only with bodyweight sitting back on a bench. In a few months I could do 5x10x60kg (132lbs) and 5x10x70kg (154lbs). Then I didnt exercise for quite a while. Now my latest leg day(yesterday) I did last sets: 2x5x85kg (187lbs) and 1x3x90kg (198lbs)0
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I started at 40 pounds and now almost to 1000
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arditarose wrote: »I used to do bodyweight squats when I lifted without any purpose - mainly just figuring basic things out. I never did dumbbell squats. When I started with the barbell, I could only do the bar. I've been powerlifting seriously for about 18 months and my best as of about 6 weeks ago is a 281.0lb/127.5kg squat at 147.6lb/67.0kg bodyweight. So close to double bodyweight that it hurts.
You have a coach?
Currently, yes, but not at the beginning. For the first 8 or 9 months, I ran cookie-cutter programs (5/3/1 and Juggernaut). Then I did my own RPE programming for about 3 months, with some oversight by my boyfriend. Now my boyfriend coaches me and writes all my programming. He did my peaking cycle into my last meet, which was in October, when I hit the squat I mentioned in my previous post. Proof of the squat here: After the meet, he wrote my 6ish weeks of off-season training, and is now writing my new programming to take me into my next meet, which is in February. He is not a certified coach, but he was ranked on Powerlifting Watch for his weight class about a year and a half ago before he got injured so he knows what he is doing, and he knows where my weaknesses are to address them.
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Body weight, then went to barbell, now I do the barbell plus 10 lbs on each side. I can't squat much. But I do a bunch of different kinds. Goblet, sumo, front, back, jump squats, and mix it up.0
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You may find this table of squat strength standards as provided by Lon Kilgore, PhD interesting:
This was sourced from ExRx here.
I'm not even on the chart LOL
(serious shorty here at 4'9 & 89lb)
However, at last check, my 1RM was a little over 110lb, so maybe I'm doing okay
I started with just bodyweight, then dumbbells and then bar.0 -
arditarose wrote: »I used to do bodyweight squats when I lifted without any purpose - mainly just figuring basic things out. I never did dumbbell squats. When I started with the barbell, I could only do the bar. I've been powerlifting seriously for about 18 months and my best as of about 6 weeks ago is a 281.0lb/127.5kg squat at 147.6lb/67.0kg bodyweight. So close to double bodyweight that it hurts.
You have a coach?
Currently, yes, but not at the beginning. For the first 8 or 9 months, I ran cookie-cutter programs (5/3/1 and Juggernaut). Then I did my own RPE programming for about 3 months, with some oversight by my boyfriend. Now my boyfriend coaches me and writes all my programming. He did my peaking cycle into my last meet, which was in October, when I hit the squat I mentioned in my previous post. Proof of the squat here: After the meet, he wrote my 6ish weeks of off-season training, and is now writing my new programming to take me into my next meet, which is in February. He is not a certified coach, but he was ranked on Powerlifting Watch for his weight class about a year and a half ago before he got injured so he knows what he is doing, and he knows where my weaknesses are to address them.
That's awesome. I was always curious if you could get up to those numbers running something like 5/3/1 or if you really need a coach/programming.0 -
I'm not even on the chart LOL
(serious shorty here at 4'9 & 89lb)
However, at last check, my 1RM was a little over 110lb, so maybe I'm doing okay
I started with just bodyweight, then dumbbells and then bar.
Ah the fun of being short. Actually, you're shorter than me and much lighter. And yes, you are doing quite well.
Do kind of like the chart. I'm in between the 132 and 148, but hope to get down below 132 one of these days and it makes my numbers sound even better. Almost to that elite set. Failed 200 last test but maybe I'll try again at the end of the year.0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »I used to do bodyweight squats when I lifted without any purpose - mainly just figuring basic things out. I never did dumbbell squats. When I started with the barbell, I could only do the bar. I've been powerlifting seriously for about 18 months and my best as of about 6 weeks ago is a 281.0lb/127.5kg squat at 147.6lb/67.0kg bodyweight. So close to double bodyweight that it hurts.
You have a coach?
Currently, yes, but not at the beginning. For the first 8 or 9 months, I ran cookie-cutter programs (5/3/1 and Juggernaut). Then I did my own RPE programming for about 3 months, with some oversight by my boyfriend. Now my boyfriend coaches me and writes all my programming. He did my peaking cycle into my last meet, which was in October, when I hit the squat I mentioned in my previous post. Proof of the squat here: After the meet, he wrote my 6ish weeks of off-season training, and is now writing my new programming to take me into my next meet, which is in February. He is not a certified coach, but he was ranked on Powerlifting Watch for his weight class about a year and a half ago before he got injured so he knows what he is doing, and he knows where my weaknesses are to address them.
That's awesome. I was always curious if you could get up to those numbers running something like 5/3/1 or if you really need a coach/programming.
I think that may some people could get up to decent numbers without coaching, but I think people do better if they have someone at least overseeing their form/technique because even if you have the strength, if you have terrible technique you can only get so far.0 -
Is there a difference between lifting dumbells and bar? Just because I can only complete a set of squats with 36 lbs using my dumbells at home.0
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Is there a difference between lifting dumbells and bar? Just because I can only complete a set of squats with 36 lbs using my dumbells at home.
You can squat with either but your form will be a bit different going from one to another. You'll also (likely) move different amounts of weight. I worked up to two 22.5 pound dumbbells on my shoulders before moving to the bar. My thought was that if I could do that, I should be able to lift a 45 pound bar on my back. The form was different enough, though, that I couldn't do that right away and ended up using a 15 pound bar+15 pounds for 30 pounds total for back squats in the beginning. Everybody's different though. Some women may be able to use the 45 pound bar right away, some may struggle with it, some may feel it's super light right away.0
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