I only had 30 minutes to workout before leaving for work today and didn't want to waste time changing. Did my squats in jeans and, wow, they felt easier than ever (after feeling particularly weak doing 5lbs less on Saturday.) I didn't know if they'd be too restrictive or if I'd be able to break parallel in them but they're fairly stretchy and it actually felt great, and I even went slower than normal to really focus on depth.
Anyone else have this experience? Is wearing tight-ish jeans somehow actually assisting my ability to lift in a noticeable way, or did I just get a great night of sleep? Will America ever switch to the metric system?
|
|
Results 1 to 18 of 18
Thread: Today I did my squats in jeans.
-
07-30-2018, 06:56 PM #1Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 35
- Posts: 28
- Rep Power: 0
Today I did my squats in jeans.
-
07-30-2018, 07:01 PM #2
I had a similar experience. I believe they help... Kind of the same way that some powerlifting clothes do
-
07-30-2018, 07:25 PM #3Registered User
- Join Date: Feb 2018
- Age: 54
- Posts: 128
- Rep Power: 216
Just wait till you do them in leggings. It'll blow your freaking mind. And you'll look sexy while at it.
Por la putamare que me parió.
-
07-31-2018, 03:29 AM #4Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2017
- Age: 54
- Posts: 318
- Rep Power: 4287
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE-j9HFCV8A/
All you need now is the cigarette.
-
-
07-31-2018, 10:52 AM #5Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 35
- Posts: 28
- Rep Power: 0
Wait...
Jeggings.
-
07-31-2018, 11:07 AM #6Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2014
- Age: 25
- Posts: 231
- Rep Power: 604
Yeah having any clothes tight to your body like the powerlifting suits works like a belt or knee wraps by making your body more stable.
-
07-31-2018, 07:48 PM #7I need about tree fiddy
- Join Date: Apr 2012
- Location: United States
- Posts: 21,406
- Rep Power: 1575131
Yeah of course it is easier. If you knew how to sit into the jeans to "load them" like squat briefs it'd work even better until you blew a seam mid lift and tear a hammy.
Experience, not just theory
-
07-31-2018, 09:04 PM #8Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2018
- Age: 54
- Posts: 55
- Rep Power: 247
Besides looking like a red blooded 80's lumberjack doing ur squats in jeans, its just probably that they were tight and provided a bit more support for your joints. Much like some of the posters above said.
However, if squatting in jeans, timberlands, and a wife beater with a mustache makes gains. DO IT
-
-
08-01-2018, 10:00 AM #9
how tight were those jeans? haha!
-
08-01-2018, 10:01 AM #10Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 35
- Posts: 28
- Rep Power: 0
So you're saying I should...not...do it...Originally Posted by davisj3537
-
08-01-2018, 10:03 AM #11Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 35
- Posts: 28
- Rep Power: 0
I hate baggy pants, but they weren't "skinny jeans" like those skaterboard children wear with the hoodie sweatshirts!Originally Posted by Sergexzx
-
08-01-2018, 10:05 AM #12WOATbrah of peace :)
- Join Date: Feb 2015
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Posts: 33,528
- Rep Power: 219150
i personally do squats naked with the garage door open, I feel more aerodynamic and it allows me to better breathe through my balls. All the neighbours be mirin'. Felt amazing. Just my experience.
-
-
08-01-2018, 12:40 PM #13Registered User
- Join Date: Jan 2018
- Age: 35
- Posts: 28
- Rep Power: 0
I'll try that today. Vid to follow.
-
08-01-2018, 03:10 PM #14I need about tree fiddy
- Join Date: Apr 2012
- Location: United States
- Posts: 21,406
- Rep Power: 1575131
I was going to say no, but I defer to thisOriginally Posted by LaserCop1988
Originally Posted by ironfluff
Experience, not just theory
-
08-01-2018, 03:20 PM #15Registered User
- Join Date: Jul 2017
- Location: United States
- Age: 28
- Posts: 269
- Rep Power: 1293
It was probably acting to stabilize you, like other posters have noted. That's why I do all my lifts completely naked for maximum muscle recruitment.Originally Posted by LaserCop1988
-
08-01-2018, 08:07 PM #16Unregistered User
- Join Date: Jan 2015
- Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Posts: 7,677
- Rep Power: 61355
So... old bench shirts ect used to be made of denim.. Think about it.
Squatting in jeans is gonna be easier, they stretch, store energy and launch you out of the hole.. like single ply gear.
But are jeans gonna be thick enough, reinforced stitched and designed to not blow the crotch out mid rep? ..
And like davis said, if you do actually sit into them, they aint gonna hold out and your gonna pop a hip, hit the floor or best case just have ur d hanging out of a ruined pair of jeans. Lol.FMH crew - Couch.
'pick a program from the stickies' = biggest cop out post.
-
-
08-02-2018, 01:39 AM #17Team Monkey Arms
- Join Date: Jul 2017
- Age: 32
- Posts: 3,710
- Rep Power: 21140
On spread lmaoOriginally Posted by sooby
Current PRs: (S/B/D) 145kg / 100kg / 180kg // 2018 goal PRs: 160kg / 110kg / 190kg
log: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=174500821
Fat fake natty mansloot of the FMH crew
-
08-02-2018, 11:11 AM #18Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2005
- Location: So.Cal.
- Posts: 7,438
- Rep Power: 35498
In the early days of powerlifting before squat suits i know some guys squatted in cut off jeans.
Of course it's going to be easier with the little extra support.
Just make sure if your logging your workouts to note "in jeans".
You could have rep/max records for jeans and no jeans.
Bookmarks