My squat is unironically less than my bench press, and I don’t even skip leg day or anything either. What could I be doing wrong? I’ve tried to get my form and stance right but I just can’t go all the way down with much weight compared to my bench.
>>77280794how much do you squat and bench? what kind of rep ranges are you doing?
>>77280797I bench 190 4x6 and squat 155 4x6, I can squat more if I don’t go down till my legs are parallel but I’m pretty sure that doesn’t count
>>77280807No, you definitely want to hit adequate depth every time you squat. How long have you been lifting, and how often do you do each movement? Do you ever squat as your first exercise of the day? Assuming that you perform both lifts with equal frequency, I would say that you should keep doing what you're doing, and your squat will most likely catch up to and then surpass your bench in the near term. For me, there were some psychological hurdles to overcome when I was learning to squat, but once I felt confident in my technique and I was doing it consistently, I was able to make a pretty quick jump to over 2pl8 and beyond.
>>77280827About 8 months consistently but off and on before that. For my routine I do both 2x a week and both are the first in that days routine. And what do you mean by psychological hurdles? Just realizing you can go down that much with more weight without injuring yourself?
>>77280794lil Timmy CANNOT handle allat
>>77280807It's clear that you're not giving legs the same love, the same intensity, as chest. You probably go all out for chest and give it your absolute best but just show up and go through the motions with legs lol. I know because I used to be in a similar situation, with 160kg bench max but only 150kg squat max.Id say if you're struggling with depth you need to leave your ego at the door for a while and use less weight but focus on full ROM, and build up from there. Learn how to properly power out at the bottom of the rep, with the ass cheeks engaged and all. Even if it means you go all way back down to 100kg. and cut back on benching for a while and do more legs instead, give legs a little more focus for a few months. eat big, but if you got it all way to 155 I don't need to tell you how to eat and train anyway loland if you hate leg day then do your best to make it a day you like. I found walking lunges to be absolute torture, despised doing them, so I got rid and now I like leg day. I like leg press so I do that. I like pull ups too so I do some of those after squats, which also happens to be good for spinal decompression
>>77280794>>77280837does he honestly get to bend her over, spread her ass cheeks far apart, and inhale her ass smell?unreal
>>77280837she would rather date him than some brown piece of shit like you.
>>77280807Just do what you can parallel, but keep adding 1.25kg every time you squat and do high volume. Also look into if your glutes are firing and if you brace your core.
>>77280794>>77280837theyre siblings you weirdos
>>77280886>wincest
>>77280886Why is one brown and the other white?
>>77280838Harsh words anon, but I’ll try next time I have leg day, thanks!
>>77280837
>>77280890They're latinxIt happens
>>77280794Will lifting get me a wide hipped Latinx girlfriend?
>>77280832Yeah, basically just getting very comfortable and confident with your technique/bracing etc. For me, it took some getting used to having an increasingly heavy barbell on my back, and I used to tweak my lower back occasionally due to improper bracing. Just keep at it, and your squat will definitely go up.
>>77280807Nothing wrong with this. Having a squat higher than BP is gay. You should focus mostly on arms and torso while treating legs as an accessory. Every day is curl day.
>>77280838For me, heavy squats are great for getting my back warmed up for pull ups. I suppose it might be from the bracing component. If I get to the gym and want to do pull ups first thing, it usually takes me about 10 minutes of warm ups before I can hit a max rep set of like 12, but I've found that I can get close to this right after doing heavy back squats.
>>77280838>Power bottomGay
>>77280838>>77281238Great advice with the pull ups but you're forgetting that 99% of this board are too fucking fat to do any pull ups
>>77280838Great postOP listen to this anon
>>77280838>give legs a little more focus for a few months. eat big, but if you got it all way to 155 I don't need to tell you how to eat and train anyway lolNta but im 76kg and bench 100kg x 5-6 reps for 2 sets and i can only squat 90kg x 6 reps. I'm kinda lean and look good in medium t-shirts but i hate being so weak on the squats. What the fuck should i do? Eating more will just make me fat and i do eat good food (4 eggs with sourdough in the morning, chicken rice lunch and beef and rice for dinner) What the fuck should i do? I wanna get strong but nothing is working. And yes my diet is great and i try really hard in the gym. I was doing candito when i was serious into training last year and nowadays i do upper/lower x4 per week
>>77280794Do the supplimental work adductors primarily if it's a shaky squat, glutes and what not. Then experiment a bit if you have bad leverages for squat you can still do front squat, heels elevated squat, hack squat and whatever else. If back squat isn't working don't try to force it to because it rarely ends well.
>>77280794I know that girls been doing her squats, ZAMN
>>77280794Latinas are simply incredible
>>77281330Eat more lol. You'll never get anywhere strength wise if you're obsessed with staying lean all year round. Don't be scared of some fat gain, you can strip off that fat later but keep the strength. Just like tom platz said, you've gotta get out of shape to get in shape.
>>77281432lean is law
>>77281432as a former fatty, the thought of gaining weight is revolting. It's a strong visceral reaction. I can't go back. I'll never go back.
>>77281330Are you actually pushing hard on the squats? If you always complete the set number of reps, you can just go heavier. It doesn’t even have to be to full failure. On the way down, you can nope out of it or even know when lifting it off the rack.Have you tried leg press? It takes the form and back out of the question and you should be to do more weight and see how weak your legs really are.
>>77280837jeets saying "timmy" will never be not funnyholy fuck you retards are completely oblivious on how fucking pathetic you sound
>>77281457I usually just ignore them. The secret is to not even react to it. It doesn't work on you yet they seethe every time you say something bad about them because they know its true.
>>77281526>>77281457We are reappropriating the word Timmy, what's up my Timmys?
I feel like I've hit my knees' limitI'm 175cm 75kg and I can leg press 120x12 and can do more in strength workouts but whenever I do strength the quad insertions around the knee start aching like shit
>>77281593Actually we're already doing that with g*y please don't split effort. Nobody cares about 'timmy'.
>>77280838>Pull ups for spinal decompressionNoBut you are right that the discs in your spine are compressing while you aquat
>>77281454>Are you actually pushing hard on the squats?Well i'm at the point that I can't do any more reps in my top set and my form starts breaking down if i try so i would say yes, my knees also cave in when im coming up when the weight gets a little heavier>Have you tried leg press?Actually i have been only doing leg extentions and leg curls as accesories and some abs then i get out of the gym, 2 sets on everything
>>77280886Cope
>>77280794I'd let her do some squats on my penis, if you know what I mean
>>77281959Are pull ups not good for spinal decompression? I thought you'd be getting all the benefits of dead hangs on those sets of pull ups?
>>77280827>No, you definitely want to hit adequate depth every time you squatThis, this and this.If you want to actually build good legs and get legit strong you need full depth. Unironically, a 2pl8 squat at full depth is doing more for your legs than a shitty half rep 3pl8 squat. You're genuinely wasting time doing half reps, might as well skip that session altogether if that's what you're doing.For a while you should use less weight and focus on your form and build back up to the big weight if you're serious about getting your legs upto par
>>77283618With a RoM like that it would basically be pause squats.
>>77280794Genuinely insane their birthrates have collapsed
>>77283673Do you think your core is relaxed while doing pullups?At best you're getting a second of decompression each time you bottom out
>>77280837KYS NIGGER
>>77280838training legs is too fucking boring and gay i cant give the same intensity i do on upper body day
>>77284788>Creates thread asking how to grow legs>Anon says to train them hard, with same intensity as chest>"Wtf bro I can't train legs with intensity!"Ok
>>77280807My advice is just don’t squat. One of the best decisions I made in the gym was giving up squatting. I still hit legs tho
