I remember when I first started going to the gym, I believed that everything under 405 on squats or deadlifts was babbyweight. Now after one year when I squat like 365 I think that it's impressive since there is no one in my gym that I've ever seen that squats more, and I feel like a beast repping that shit even though by /fit/ standards it's fucking shit.
I believe that it's a physiological disadvantage that keeps me from progressing.
Has any one else had this problem? How do you get rid of it?
Stop going to /fit/
Stop comparing yourself to others, IRL or online
Stop labeling your weights. It doesn't matter if 400 lbs is "heavy" or "babbyweight", it's 400 lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp-U79tlScw
>>35422820
>there is no one in my gym that I've ever seen that squats more
that's because most people/trainers understand the stupidity in heavy compounds and opt for safer isolation exercises
>>35422851
>eliott hulse
>>35422871
People squat, they just never squat over 2 plate.
Which makes me think that three plate is impressive, when in reality it is shit as fuck.
Also, personal trainers are 100% retarded
>>35422883
>i have a phd in broscience and studied at dudebro university thus i'm smarter than most certified trainers
>>35422875
You clicked it or you wouldn't know what it was faggot
Argument from authority is a fallacy, friend
>>35422883
The problem with PT's is that they're representative of the gym, so they're responsible. They avoid any risk, if you break your back on their advice they're gonna be sued to hell and back, especially in the US.
>>35422820
> 40 inch ass
holy fuck, i'd walk through the fire and the flames to tame that dame.
>>35422950
I hovered over the [embed] you dumb nigger.
>>35422992
That's a metric metre of ass!
>>35422957
>i'm going to recommend you do safer exercises which are just as effective as risky dick wagging compounds not just because there's a known risk in doing them but because there's a known risk in doing them and i want to keep my job
brilliant deduction
>>35422820
That's pretty good gains brah. Just don't get too fat as fuck powerlifter.
>>35422820
Fit's standards are fluid. When I first started coming here a couple years back it was 1/2/3/4 on the big lifts.
Now, if you start from beginner and don't hit 1/2/3/4 within a year you're shit and then you're still not 2/3/4/5 with 10% body fat.
Everyone here e-stats to a crazy degree, that and we literally have threads dedicated to steroid use. Only 2% of fitizens admit to it, but I have a feeling that number is much higher based on the amount of activity those threads get.
Squatting 365 for reps, I guarantee you're in the top 5% of people who have ever posted here.
If you can't do muscle ups you're weak.
>>35422932
Not that guy, but I know that in most countries, "certified" trainers do a week long online course, or two weekend in person course, and then a written test and a "teaching" test. It's a money grab for a certification that doesn't indicate much of anything. Meanwhile, I've been a successful autodidact in carpentry, computer architecture and oil painting, and my physique and strength seem to indicate I've been successful with that as well. After years of training smart, and reading several books and dozens of papers on the subject of muscle building and strength training, I believe I know a fair bit more than people who worked out for a year and spent $1000 to do a joke of course.
>>35423070
You really think 365 for reps is top 5%?
I would have said top 20% for sure, maybe 12 even. 5 seems a little optimistic but I suppose it's possible.
>>35423070
>Squatting 365 for reps, I guarantee you're in the top 5% of people who have ever posted here.
>>35423080
>i have a phd in broscience and studied at dudebro university thus i'm smarter than most certified trainers
>>35423110
You can know more about barbell resistance training than 99% of personal trainers by reading for 2 hours max.
Not even joking.
>>35422820
Jason BlahBlah Blahino recently was called out for not being able to squat 700lbs.
Literally nobody in America in his class has ever lifted 700lbs
>>35423017
> just as effective as risky dick wagging compounds
>>35423080
before each set i wiggle my toes while drinking tiny amounts of formaldehyde
i have a great physique so this proves that toe wiggling while drinking formaldehyde is good for gains
>>35423070
>Now, if you start from beginner and don't hit 1/2/3/4 within a year you're shit and then you're still not 2/3/4/5 with 10% body fat.
ok, im new to /fit/ and might as well ask now, what do these numbers mean?
>>35423218
1, 2, 3 and 4 plates on, respectively, press, bench press, squat and deadlift. in other words: 60kg press, 100kg bench press, 140 kg squat and 180kg deadlift
>>35423117
>i read a lot of broscience so i'm pretty sure i know more than a certified pt
start beating people up. no one will care how much you lift after they get their ass whipped
>>35423231
thanks
>>35422820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BNP126zgPU
Anytime you think your squat is heavy, go watch that and realize you can't even do one rep of LIGHTWEIGHT BABY
>>35422820
According to this self-reported fit census you are already in the top 10% of squatters on a fitness forum.
>>35422820
365 for reps is really strong unless you're a fatty.
/fit/ has fucked up standards and is full of e-stats.
My lifts are all right around 1/2/3/4 at 5'11, 165 lbs and normies think I'm super ripped.
>>35423315
there's a pretty wide gap between "fatty" and being 165lbs@5'11. you've deliberately handicapped yourself by weighing so little, so your opinion isn't really relevant in this context.
it's because /fit/ never mentions bodyweight as being possibly the most important factor when it comes to strength, i was at 130lbs wondering why i was so weak compared to people who weighed 70lbs more than me.
If you weight more than 150lbs than it's not impressive for you to achieve 1/2/3/4.
>>35423334
>165lbs
>weighing so little
what, that's not little at all you fat slob.
>>35423343
>If you weight more than 150lbs than it's not impressive for you to achieve 1/2/3/4.
Lmao. Weight doesn't matter at all, what matters is weight to height ratio. A 5 feet tall manlet weighing 150lbs could have lots of muscle mass, but a 6 feet tall guy weighing 150lbs could be just skin and bones. Who do you think is going to lift more? The one with lots of muscle mass and short ROM, or the one with skin and bones and more ROM?
>>35423343
That's because literally no one except manlets care about relative strength..
>>35423311
>Are you a virgn? Yes 40.1%
>Lifting for? Girls 38.9%
>>35423363
It still applies, if you weigh more you have more leverage, try making a 40kg guy do a 120kg OHP, no matter how much muscle he has compared to his height he's not going to do it.
>>35423354
it really is. that's a typical weight for a guy who doesn't lift. in case you haven't noticed, lifting done correctly leads to an increase in muscular body weight.
>>35423105
you really believe 1 in 5 /fit/izens, or even 1 in ~10 can squat 3.5pl8? do you even read the garbage that's posted here? you really believe those retards can squat even half that?
>>35423367
fatty detected
>>35423377
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X57aLTTEX_w
This is you.
>>35423382
>1 in 10
probably. it's not an amazing feat to squat 3.5 plates.
>>35423381
in case you hadn't noticed alot of people start lifting when they are below average, such as 100lbs or less. So no a BMI of 23 is not "so little".
also since when is 165lbs a typical weight for an 18 year old dyel. maybe if burgerland
>>35423412
maybe 2 people per gym can squat that, /fit/ is delusional on the average strength.
If /fit/ thinks your strong, then you're fucking strong as fuck.
>>35423387
This is not even 2x bodyweight but still 99% of human beings will find it more impressive than some 145lb chinese manlet squatting 290 lbs
I guarantee you.
https://www.instagram.com/p/7gWD8SN-fS/?taken-by=underbeicht
But sure, keep believing in your relative strength meme.
>>35423110
>>35423117
Dual Pathology MD and Anatomy and Physiology candidate master race.
PTs are shills. Some are truly knowledgeable, however most of them are shills that have nothing going for them but brosplits knowledge so they attempt to make a living off of it, whilst juggling 2-3 jobs to make ends meet.
>>35423412
i'm not saying it's an amazing feat of strength. i'm saying it's an amazing feat of strength for your average meme-posting wow-playing weebo /fit/izen
>>35423413
>100lbs or less
you have to be joking.
>BMI of 23 is not "so little".
it's below average for most western countries (roughly 26 seems to be average, 28 in the US), and we're talking about a guy who's supposedly a lifter, i.e. should weigh more than usual because of increased muscular body weight.
>>35423424
apart from that's not what i was talking about, i was saying a sub 150lb guy squatting 140kg is much more impressive than a 190lb+ guy squatting 140kg you fucking dingus.
>>35423448
you realize there's a difference between being 165 lbs on 10% bf and 180lbs on 20% bf right?
captcha: STOP
>>35423448
The average person is a overweight useless fucking slob, a BMI of 25 is overweight and not even 2% of those with an overweight BMI are not fat.
also normal ≠ average, everyone else is too fat nowadays, that doesn't make a healthy person any worse.
>>35423462
there are multiple things wrong with your posts.
- we're talking about strength, and 10% is not optimal for strength for the vast majority of people. 13-15% is better, and that's not "being a fat fuck".
- the 165lbs@10% guy has more LBM than the 180lbs@20% guy, and thus should be stronger. if you're 165lbs@10% you shouldn't have much problem with 1/2/3/4 which started this discussion in the first place.
- 5'11"@165lbs is not big even if you're 10%
>>35423197
Actually, that's really not a reasonable facsimile to what I said, because I've also spent years reading books, papers and fine tuning my exercise patterns. If I said that smoking isn't damaging to your physique because I smoke and have a great physique, then it would be reasonable for you to come back with something like that, but as it stands, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. Good try though.
As for the
>bioscience PhD
guys... I've done the Canfit PRO course. That's how 95% of trainers are certified in Canada. I knew everything demanded of that joke of course and much more, from my own research. There were retards in my course who didn't know shit, who were killing themselves studying for it, Nd cramming, meaning they're likely to forget most of it anyway. Do I think that I know more than them because of that experience? Of course. Do I think that's indicative of the overall training profession in Canada? Damn straight. Oh, and guess what, NASM (USA personal training cert board for those of you who know nothing about this) accept Canfit PRO as an equivalency, so I guess they either have equally shitty standards, or they don't give a fuck who they certify as long as they're getting paid. People who think that a piece of paper translates to skills are absolute drooling retards.
>>35423017
Holy fuck strong bait mate rate grade 8/10.
>>35423283
>that rom
still impressive due to the sheer amount of weight, but that was half repping at best
>>35423701
I'd like to see a PT wrap their heads around a real physiology scientific article.
I'm not saying that you wouldn't, but the derpnugget at my old uni gym who some kids actually PAID to 'train' them would drool in bewilderment to see what studying actual physiology is like.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705323/
>>35422820
You have to remember who you're comparing yourself to. The average gym guy doesn't train as seriously as you, and the average guy doesn't even lift. Squatting 365 should be a big deal to you, but not because everyone else is squatting way less - it should be a big deal because there was a time when you could only do 360.
Don't worry about being stronger than anyone else, worry about being stronger than you were the last time you lifted.
>>35423311
Can someone pls post the sparrow video?
>>35423017
Pls let this be b8...
>>35422820
Move gyms
I was one of the heaviest squatters at my old gym, I was the lightest bw too
Moved gyms and started oly lifting. Now several people rep 180kg for laffs and I'm getting outlifted by juniors.
>>35422820
Someone tell me where i get those pantys so i can let my gf wear them.
>>35423808
He went parallel , how is that half repping? Reminder Coleman used to be a powerlifter so i think he knows how to squat.
>>35422950
Hi there newfriend
>>35422820
/fit/ e-stats like crazy about everything.
If you can OHP 40 kg, bench 80, squat 100, and deadlift 120; then you are stronger than the average guy.
Once you hit 1/2/3/4, you are stronger than the average young male who routinely goes to the gym.
Reaching 2/3/4/5 would make you stronger than 90% of the people who go to the gym.
Her ass seriously can't be 40 inches
>>35425577
2/3/4/5 Is a very weird perimeter for strength to be honest.
4 plate squat is a lot easier to achieve than 2 plate OHP and 3 plate bench.
>>35422992
in case you were wondering, its Tripson
