225lb ATG squat impressive?

[Dion22K]

to me 225 for 3x10 or 12x10x8 isnt bad but i am used to seeing more. that being said i can only front squat 225 for 3x5 feelsbadman

[HonestGeoff]

135 is pretty impressive for a girl.

[midcoastking33]

no.

[BuyPowerade]

nope. you just never see it because no one squats. if everyone squatted as much as they benched, the numbers would be a lot higher.

[hellca]

At my retro fitness i've only see one guy ever truly ATG once in over a year. he did 3 and 4 plates. Was a small guy too and was impressive.
I've seen maybe 4 girls do full ATG squats as well very low weight.

Everyone else power squats. Most people do not know the proper form for ATG squats, let alone have the flexibility. Obviously ATG means ass touching ankles or very close.

Most people are actually power squatting since it is more comfortable. Aka bar is lower and rested on traps and you lean forward more and can only hit slightly below parallel.

I was power squatting 245 and realized I wanted to do ATG squats before i continue. Looked up proper form and did stretches for a month preparing.

I CAN'T EVEN DO 1 PLATE EACH SIDE. Decending was easy, controlling the weight in the hole at the bottom was impossible. Had to do 35s for 7 reps 6 reps 6 reps, then 25 for 8 reps 7 reps 7 reps.

ATG are so much different and use a lot of different muscles. My legs hurt in places they never did for 3 days I'm just recovered today.

ATG squats are definitely harder, but they are different from power squats, and I definitely plan on incorporating both into my legs day from now on once I get a more solid ATG of at least clsoe to 2 plates.

With that said, 225 for any squat is respectable. It's not amazing, but you had to work to get there, regardless of the type of squat. 225 atg is definitely impressive as most people don't even atg at all.

You're talking bs. I doubt you were breaking parallel at 245 if you can't even do 1 plate a side atg

[hammerfelt]

Very dependent if male or female and weight.

Also, what are the goals of the person squatting? Body Builders may quarter/half squat to hit their quads harder.

Seeing anyone squat with free weights is respectable with any amount of weight.

[SquatNYC]

Nailed 275 front squat today. New PR. pretty happy about it.

[DaPlasurNDaPain]

Just curious what you all think is an impressive or respectable squat? Try not to envoke the misc standards, be reaalz. I'm asking because in my own gym, I rarely see anyone 2 plating with full ROM. A few guys do 315 but they are literally 1/3 squats.

315 would be respectable, but 405 (for your weight) would be necessary to put you into advanced impressive class.

[tom11]

Just curious what you all think is an impressive or respectable squat? Try not to envoke the misc standards, be reaalz. I'm asking because in my own gym, I rarely see anyone 2 plating with full ROM. A few guys do 315 but they are literally 1/3 squats.

In a normal gym, 99% of people don't even do legs. Does that mean that not doing legs is okay? Exactly. Having that in mind, a 225 squat is definitely NOT impressive. Compare yourself with people who lift seriously.

[MURedHawk235]

I am squatting 240x5 right now lol. I never have squatted consistently my entire lifting career until 9 weeks ago. It's completely way too low based on my other main lifts. Bench is 320, Deadlift 525. I'm expecting my DL to rise dramatically once my squat catches up. Been making steady gains so far these 9 weeks on madcow.

Madcow is nice brah, when I got back into lifting earlier this year after my first 3 month rotation of madcow I managed to put on ~85 pounds on my squat

[SquatNYC]

Just curious what you all think is an impressive or respectable squat? Try not to envoke the misc standards, be reaalz. I'm asking because in my own gym, I rarely see anyone 2 plating with full ROM. A few guys do 315 but they are literally 1/3 squats.

I am at 325 atg high bar and 335x3 for low bar. Both are ATG. I am 6'2 200lbs just so you can compare yourself to me.

I consider anything ATG respectable in a commercial gym. Repping 225 atg is good tho.

[brahgod]

405 is the point where you are getting into the right direction

[TheConductor]

Just did 405 x 10 crew checking in.

[SilverSpork]

Madcow is nice brah, when I got back into lifting earlier this year after my first 3 month rotation of madcow I managed to put on ~85 pounds on my squat

Damn brah, hope I have the same success you did.

[Ernie2Bert]

225 ATG is good. But 315 ATG is great.

Most who claim to do atg do not do atg though. They go parallel and think that it's "ATG".

[Dutchspliff]

You're talking bs. I doubt you were breaking parallel at 245 if you can't even do 1 plate a side atg

lol this... lowbar squatting 245 ... and can't do 1 plate ATG ... please make it stahp ron



low bar below parallel feels good mayne

[Cakes89]

It's all relative

[RunThenRunMore]

Only does ATG squats with the safety squat bar crew.

[PrimeraRS]

IRL its good, people love to 1/4 squat 285+

[Dan_S]

I'm at 310 for singles, ATG. I feel like my squat is incredibly weak compared to my other lifts, even considering I haven't seen anyone squat as much as me to depth at my gym.

I'd say 365 at my weight would get my attention. 405 is where I consider you having a strong squat. My deadlift is at 410, and I can't even imagine squatting that much.

[DuhDanhMan]

That's my warm up. Srs

[RunThenRunMore]

I'm at 310 for singles, ATG. I feel like my squat is incredibly weak compared to my other lifts, even considering I haven't seen anyone squat as much as me to depth at my gym.

I'd say 365 at my weight would get my attention. 405 is where I consider you having a strong squat. My deadlift is at 410, and I can't even imagine squatting that much.

Why not just squat to just below parallel and get further on your way to the 405lbs squat?

[Gaedj]

Let's see. This happened at my university gym in about 2-hour span today. I squatted 425lb x 3, my powerlifting buddy squatted 385x5, and a bodybuilding buddy squatted 475x5. So, I personally wouldn't say 2 plates is impressive. I'd definately be impressed if it was 110~130lb female squatting that though.

[brahgod]

****, I cant even fathom how anyone can think that 225lb is even decent, unless you are 100 pounds

[Dutchspliff]

With ATG you also have people that dive bomb the chit out of it ... lol sickening rebound to parallel... from that point the muscles start to work


no thanks jeff

[brahgod]

With ATG you also have people that dive bomb the chit out of it ... lol sickening rebound to parallel... from that point the muscles start to work


no thanks jeff

Divebombed the **** out of squats, got 200kgx5. Started doing paused squats, got 200kgx2 in a few weeks. Did I **** up?

[mirinryan]

alot of people see a real parallel and think its atg so that kinda skews it not that it really matters.
alot of people cant actually even go atg due to mobility issues. Like they go that low but not in a squat , they break forward and all kinds of that kinda stuff.

[Dan_S]

Why not just squat to just below parallel and get further on your way to the 405lbs squat?

I have issues getting out of the hole, right about at parallel. So if I stop just below parallel it makes it that much harder. ATG I build momentum from the bottom. Sounds strange, but I just have a sticking point in the middle.

Been doing hip thrusts thinking that maybe extra glute strength will help.

[SilverSpork]

lol this... lowbar squatting 245 ... and can't do 1 plate ATG ... please make it stahp ron



low bar below parallel feels good mayne

this, sorry bruh lol

[anthonyword]

For a female, it would be impressive.

went to a commercial gym and saw a 9/10 HBB on dat der 6ft something status squating 315 for reps. felt bad since it was my hypertrophy day, doing 275 for 6sets of 5.