What is your front squat compared to your back squat? I'm wondering cuz I can't do back squats due to lack of a squat rack, and wanted to see if I can get a rough estimate of my back squat. Thanks guys.
Also what do you think my back squat would be if my front squat is 90 pounds for 5 reps?
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10-24-2008, 07:46 PM #1
Front Squats in comparison to Back Squats
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10-24-2008, 07:53 PM #2
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10-24-2008, 08:07 PM #4
front squat needs to be trained often to keep the number up.
i haven't front squatted in forever...I think my last front squat was back in march of this year.
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10-24-2008, 08:11 PM #5
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10-24-2008, 08:32 PM #6
my best front squat was 265, a couple of weeks laters I did 275 x 4 back squat and that was limit...I'm mostly quads, I did do 265 for 3 sets of 5 back squats last sunday though; generally front squat should be 80% of oly back squat.
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10-24-2008, 08:52 PM #7
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10-24-2008, 09:03 PM #9
Most I have front squatted was like 315 or something a bit over a year ago. I dont think I have front squatted anything more then 185 during a barbell complex since then.
I would guesstimate my backsquat is mid 5's whenever im able to train my squat for a few weeks.It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.
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10-24-2008, 09:14 PM #10
Most people are strong enough to lift a lot more in the front squat, they just lack technique most of the time. It should be about 80-90% of your back squat imo. Front squat is not necessary for a powerlifter, I don't feel it works the quads more but core yes. Its a decent accessory and great for a lot of other sports and if your doing power cleans of any sort would be necessary.
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10-24-2008, 09:45 PM #11
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10-25-2008, 01:02 PM #25
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Some 1RPM calculators for squat use 1.2 for sets of 5 which would put 295 for 5 around 355. These tools could be a bit off depending on strengths of the lifter. Purely speculating but I imagine a lifter with a ton of fast twitch muscle fibers might skew towards a heavier max.
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10-25-2008, 01:10 PM #30
it could mean you are really fast-twitch and you have no endurance so you burn out trying to get to 5 reps.
what is your 5rm/1rm?
**edit** wait are you saying your back squat 5rm is 100 pounds under your 1rm or that your front squat is 100 pounds under your back squat?Last edited by cjdelaney; 10-25-2008 at 01:13 PM.
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