Are the one rep max calculators accurate when it comes to finding out what the one rep max is for squats, since it doesn't take into account the persons bodyweight.
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Are the one rep max calculators accurate when it comes to finding out what the one rep max is for squats, since it doesn't take into account the persons bodyweight.
no
[QUOTE=J.L.C.;51417221]no[/QUOTE]
so if I squat 300 for 5 reps at a bodyweight of 195, my max squat would be about ?
[QUOTE=pepingtom;51418241]so if I squat 300 for 5 reps at a bodyweight of 195, my max squat would be about ?[/QUOTE]
whatever you can do for 1
[QUOTE=pepingtom;51418241]so if I squat 300 for 5 reps at a bodyweight of 195, my max squat would be about ?[/QUOTE]
There is no formula for figuring out your 1RM. The difference between doing five repetitions of some weight versus doing one repetition of another weight is huge.
[QUOTE=J.L.C.;51420771]whatever you can do for 1[/QUOTE]
Good answer - funny and true.
[QUOTE=J.L.C.;51420771]whatever you can do for 1[/QUOTE]
I don't have a power rack so I can't max out...I just have a basic squat rack.
why do you need ot max out? its not gunna help you really...just maintain your 5 rep max
[QUOTE=rogan181;51435971]why do you need ot max out? its not gunna help you really...just maintain your 5 rep max[/QUOTE]
If anyone asks what my max is ..I can tell them.
[QUOTE=pepingtom;51439721]If anyone asks what my max is ..I can tell them.[/QUOTE]
THEN PUT WEIGHT ON THE BAR AND DO IT! enough excuses, blah blah no power rack...If you want to know and it is that impotant, just ****ing do the weight OR just make up some number and tell those people.
keep loading up the bar with more weight until you reach a weight that you can perform only one rep on squats. then take that number and multiply one times.
this is dumb you guys are being tools, the man asked a simple question. I would estimate your 1 rep max with 300 punds for 5 reps to be around 375-400 depending on your range of motion. Does that answer your question? :)
[QUOTE=robb1270;1005413933]this is dumb you guys are being tools, the man asked a simple question. I would estimate your 1 rep max with 300 punds for 5 reps to be around 375-400 depending on your range of motion. Does that answer your question? :)[/QUOTE]
They are not really being tools. Just pointing out that to figure out a 1RM you need to do a 1RM. If you have a 3 rep squat max you can work out relatively well what the 1RM will be, but a 10 rep max gives a huge margin of error with 1RM.
OP - what on earth does bodyweight have to do with your 1RM???
Wait, so I should add my bodyweight to what's on the barbell to get my actual squat weight? Awesome. Just went from being a mediocre squatter to world class.
/stupid thread.
People can estimate it but there is no way to know for sure without testing it.
That said, I don't 1RM, I just don't see the point.
I'd say a 300x5 squat would yield, for most people, a 1RM of somewhere around 340-350.
If someone asks, why don't you just tell them "I haven't tested it, I work out with 300x5"?
[QUOTE=robb1270;1005413933]this is dumb you guys are being tools, the man asked a simple question. I would estimate your 1 rep max with 300 punds for 5 reps to be around 375-400 depending on your range of motion. Does that answer your question? :)[/QUOTE]
Go away.
And take this entire dumbass thread with you.
[QUOTE=pepingtom;51422821]I don't have a power rack so I can't max out...I just have a basic squat rack.[/QUOTE]
I do ATG Squats in a squat rack the bar is maybe 3" over the sides, if I fail I drop it backwards 3".
So maybe stop trying to do super heavy quarter squats, or get some friends so they can spot you.
[QUOTE=robb1270;1005413933]this is dumb you guys are being tools, the man asked a simple question. I would estimate your 1 rep max with 300 punds for 5 reps to be around 375-400 depending on your range of motion. Does that answer your question? :)[/QUOTE]
U wot m8
Unless your an awful repper and great singles lifer your max won't be 400 maybe 350 at a push
[QUOTE=pepingtom;51439721]If anyone asks what my max is ..I can tell them.[/QUOTE]
But you're not really telling them the truth, you're just estimating... And you can estimate it better yourself than some calculator would anyway.
I just realized this is a 6 year old thread why was this thread bumped?