Squats, show me your progress!

mariamwhatandwhy
mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I really wanna know if anyone has got noticeable results.
If you squat often, please post a picture and motivate me! (With details)
Ah also, squats related question, is doing 25 rep of basic squats x 4 more effective, or 10 reps of 5 different types of squats x 4 more effective?

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  • BiggieSmallsInc
    BiggieSmallsInc Posts: 380 Member
    This is a keeper!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    once you get past being able to do 15 reps, you are not really working on strength, or muscle development anymore, you move in the territory of muscular endurance.

    If you want results from squats I suggest you get under a bar and continually increase the weight as you get stronger.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Strong booty pic solicitation.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    I really wanna know if anyone has got noticeable results.
    If you squat often, please post a picture and motivate me! (With details)
    Ah also, squats related question, is doing 25 rep of basic squats x 4 more effective, or 10 reps of 5 different types of squats x 4 more effective?

    You want people to post photos of their butts?
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    Whoops, didn't mean to sound creepy.
    Re-reading my post, yeah sounds creepy okay.
    Sorry guys, just needed it for motivation, not boooty pics, whole body pictures.
    No pictures even, just tell me have you seen results? If so, how?
    Just a curious post. Not a pervert, I promise
  • AlisonH729
    AlisonH729 Posts: 558 Member
    erickirb wrote: »
    once you get past being able to do 15 reps, you are not really working on strength, or muscle development anymore, you move in the territory of muscular endurance.

    If you want results from squats I suggest you get under a bar and continually increase the weight as you get stronger.

    I had been running a dumbbell only full body routine for almost a year. (We have the Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells that go up to 50lbs each.) I kept making upper body progress, but the dumbbells were cumbersome and just became too heavy to lift to make anymore lower body progess and I began doing different variations of squats, lunges, etc. But I was really just spinning my wheels. To the point where I rejoined the gym.

    Since I had been awkwardly squatting with 25lb dumbbells, I started on the Smith machine (mostly in case my form had suffered) with about 70lbs, but in just a few weeks I moved to the rack and have been squatting 90lbs. And I hope to up weight today.

    It's not even a lot of weight, as far as squats go, but the point is I am making much quicker progress this way. And already I find myself doing double takes when I pass the mirror in our bedroom.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 544 Member
    Bump

    Would be cool to see some before and afters! I'd be more convinced if the pics came from MFP rather than the really suspect ones you can see searching google images...

    (Also not a creep! lol) :)
  • mariamwhatandwhy
    mariamwhatandwhy Posts: 59 Member
    @Fursian exactly the reason why I posted this. I don't trust google images.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Go to the Success forum. There's a thread titled something like "lifting made me supah bulking" and one titled something like "ladies lifting heavy." You might see what you want there.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »
    Whoops, didn't mean to sound creepy.
    Re-reading my post, yeah sounds creepy okay.
    Sorry guys, just needed it for motivation, not boooty pics, whole body pictures.
    No pictures even, just tell me have you seen results? If so, how?
    Just a curious post. Not a pervert, I promise
    If this is where you want to draw motivation from, its not likely to be a long lasting solution. Look inside and find out why YOU want to do this, look up Bret Contreras and begin your booty building journey.
  • BethM1015
    BethM1015 Posts: 16 Member
    I am on the left in both pictures. A friend & frequent work out partner is on the right. We do crossfit which includes lots of squats of all kinds. I am 47 and she is 50.


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  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    I can't squat because of kneecap problems. But I do Bret's suggested weighted glute bridges as well as a few other targeted lifts (similar to cable kickbacks) I've always liked. I gained an inch (!) in the derriere from spring to fall doing the lifts and eating at maintenance and just above.

    I have to admit that I stopped eating above maintenance since fall. I got scared of my other measurements going up any. I know that's silly, but I'll try again after I know it's not just holiday excess making my weight go up, lol. I've never bulked before.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    Booties aside, for me squat progress has been all about hitting depth over butt mass.

    This is from January 2015. 225 lbs for reps. Here’s the whole embarrassing set.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFq0GwRLkw

    My set-up took forever and my shoes sucked booty.

    Fast forward to two weeks ago. 325x8. Much quicker set-up, still hit depth.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP6BeL5MqZA
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 544 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Go to the Success forum. There's a thread titled something like "lifting made me supah bulking" and one titled something like "ladies lifting heavy." You might see what you want there.

    Thanks, @jemhh, I'll check those threads out! :)

    The pics and videos posted above are all very much appreciated, you all look fantastic.

    I guess my own curiosity with this is that nobody around me (in real life) has took on squats and the like, so I kinda was left to believe that the results I've seen were unobtainable, especially for certain backside shapes, at least. Having said all this, the Success Stories section of this forum has shown me, on a number of occasions, so much that can be done with the body that I didn't think was possible. So there's hope for a lot of things, and that's motivational!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited December 2015
    Squat is my favourite lift

    I've only just returned to it from enforced lifting ban for months due to injury

    Im squatting 3 sets of 12 reps at 75kg (165lbs) which is my kinda progress :)

    There's a progress shot in my profile if you want ..it's the one with rabbit on it, not the one with the scales of fat v muscle ...that one isn't me it's google

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