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I am doing my 5x5's with 315lbs now.0
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45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
The two comments were entirely obnoxious and self-serving. Heavy lifting, in particular in the beginning, is subjective to the individual doing the lifting. Get over the 'I am a better heavy-lifter' than you attitude. Or continue sounding like an arrogant and ignorant individual. Whatever.0 -
If your legs hurt after squats it's almost certainly due to improper form. Squats are awesome, but they are tough to do correctly. There's a lot going on. The good news is there's only one or two main points to really worry about when starting.
1: Don't let your knees go past your toes. You do this by angling your toes outward and driving your hips back.
2: Keep the weight of the bar over your heels. You should be able to lift your toes off the ground.0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
Being that I don't have a barbell bar, and I went from doing squats with a 20 lb dumbbell a few months ago to 45 lbs in a backpack now, I would qualify that as heavy. I work with what I have.
Also didn't ask for snark.
Do you think i care about your opinion? No probably not skrillex
And have some class, will you? Don't go around attacking people.0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
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I rotate.. I'll do leg days that are mostly dead lifts and some that are mostly squats.. and every now and then I'll see if I can still squat heavy, which I've sort of given up. 320+ is heavy for me.0
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I think its great myself. Snarkers gonna snark I guess. I'm impressed, as I'm still having trouble squatting down very fair without anything but me to lift back up. I think perhaps some people are thinking "squats" as in by definition with big heavy barbell, and others are thinking "squats" defined by a whole bunch of body weight squats..there is a challenge going around Facebook where the very first day is something like 50 body weight squats and works up to something over 100. I think I'd rather do fewer and work up to more weight. I like the idea of doing it with a backpack at that weight..less chance of me dropping the weight on my head or the cat.45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
Being that I don't have a barbell bar, and I went from doing squats with a 20 lb dumbbell a few months ago to 45 lbs in a backpack now, I would qualify that as heavy. I work with what I have.
Also didn't ask for snark.0 -
Why the hell are you people attacking someone for the amount of weight they can squat?
If 45lb is heavy for her then fine, for her that is heavy. That's like the guy doing 315 telling you, oh yea well 225 isn't heavy chump!0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
The two comments were entirely obnoxious and self-serving. Heavy lifting, in particular in the beginning, is subjective to the individual doing the lifting. Get over the 'I am a better heavy-lifter' than you attitude. Or continue sounding like an arrogant and ignorant individual. Whatever.
I think the issue might be that some people are thinking of the 45 pounds as an empty barbell., and empty might equal "light." However, this is heavy for people who are just starting out, like me, and not so much for people who have advance. Everything in perspective.
I'm doing 5x5 right now, and the program TELLS you to start at 45 lbs. It also suggests to start adding weight right away, which I won't do until I get my form correct.
Either way, I'm looking forward to how good my butt will look in a few months0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
Uhm, cause its heavy for her! I just started doing weighted squats in April, and just got to 50 pounds (2 25 pound dumbells). FOR ME that is heavy. Everyone starts somewhere, and the point of lifting heavy is lifting as heavy as YOU can and progressing, not whats heavy to someone else, right??? LOL
This absolutely! We all have to start somewhere :-)0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
Being that I don't have a barbell bar, and I went from doing squats with a 20 lb dumbbell a few months ago to 45 lbs in a backpack now, I would qualify that as heavy. I work with what I have.
Also didn't ask for snark.
Do you think i care about your opinion? No probably not skrillex
Technically... You DID ask... When you said "How is that heavy?", notice the QUESTION mark?
What a nasty thing to say to someone.0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
This doesn't make sense. She's still using her bodyweight, plus 45 lbs.
And to answer the OP, I'm doing squats (regular and Bulgarian split) with New Rules of Lifting for Women, and I'm going to start a 30 day challenge tonight. Starts with 50 squats, ends with 250.0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
The two comments were entirely obnoxious and self-serving. Heavy lifting, in particular in the beginning, is subjective to the individual doing the lifting. Get over the 'I am a better heavy-lifter' than you attitude. Or continue sounding like an arrogant and ignorant individual. Whatever.
But they were wrong and so are you. Your analogy is full of wrong as well. She would be squatting her body weight plus the 45 pounds. Which again, for a beginner would be heavy. Christ - is this really such a difficult concept???0 -
OP - about a month ago, I did the 14 day squat challenge that I found on youtube. It was lots of fun - 100 squats per day - of varying types. I have continued to do them - every day, a different kind. I have noticed my thighs, in particular responding quite nicely. Some days I add weights, other days, I do not.0
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......strength training wiont help me lose weight
You may want to research a little, strength training will absolutely help you loose weight0 -
I've been doing squats for 20 days and my legs are getting some shape have you been squatting?
Just started incorporating squats into my exercise regime. Like lunges I avoided them like the plague. They always hurt my knees, and considering I have a bad right knee and hip, I just figured that those were two types of exercises I was not meant to do:sad: .
But guess what? After all these years, gym memberships and small personal trainer classes, I found out the reason that Squats were hurting my knees was because I was doing them wrong:ohwell: . And to think all it took was a $10 Jillian Michaels DVD to let me know, push your @$$ back when you bend, don't just go straight down, and don't let your knee extend that far in front of you.
Sounds dumb right? It's like, I should have thought of this, that instructor I went to for months should have told me this:mad: . Ah well, better late than never. Now I do squats everyday:bigsmile: ... Now all I have to do is find a way to do Lunges without my Right Knee threatening to call a lawyer on me for abuse and I'll be okay.0 -
45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
The two comments were entirely obnoxious and self-serving. Heavy lifting, in particular in the beginning, is subjective to the individual doing the lifting. Get over the 'I am a better heavy-lifter' than you attitude. Or continue sounding like an arrogant and ignorant individual. Whatever.
But they were wrong and so are you. Your analogy is full of wrong as well. She would be squatting her body weight plus the 45 pounds. Which again, for a beginner would be heavy. Christ - is this really such a difficult concept???
Go ahead and gripe about other people and their apparent put-downs over it. Just because I quoted your response to their snark doesn't mean I agree with their attitude. Again the point is that 45 lbs is not 'heavy' for squats. It's not, "ha ha you suck it's not heavy you wussie," it's, "it's not heavy." It's the 'standard' for an untrained 97 pound woman.
I'm sure someone who is starting at 45 lbs and adding weight will progress to bigger weights that would be heavy. I started out with 45 lbs too. Doesn't make it heavy.0 -
squats a re in my exercise video ........................must be two meanings......................
nothing with weights.........................................
i d ont do weights ......strength training wiont help me lose weight
Is this a joke?0 -
did the squat challege and compleated it. now im at a steady 200 per day but i have a long way to go before i see a change0
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45lbs is an unloaded barbell. Lol. How is that heavy?
my thoughts exactly
Obnoxious much?
Squats without any weight isn't really that much of an "exercise." I do that like 100 times a day as a matter of normal daily activity, every time I stand up from a chair. Doing an extra dozen isn't going to make a difference.
The two comments were entirely obnoxious and self-serving. Heavy lifting, in particular in the beginning, is subjective to the individual doing the lifting. Get over the 'I am a better heavy-lifter' than you attitude. Or continue sounding like an arrogant and ignorant individual. Whatever.
I think the issue might be that some people are thinking of the 45 pounds as an empty barbell., and empty might equal "light." However, this is heavy for people who are just starting out, like me, and not so much for people who have advance. Everything in perspective.
I'm doing 5x5 right now, and the program TELLS you to start at 45 lbs. It also suggests to start adding weight right away, which I won't do until I get my form correct.
Either way, I'm looking forward to how good my butt will look in a few months
and your butt WILL thank you...trust me.
I wish i could post my butt.0
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