The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

i don't have any videos, but i know i am near parallel. when i started squatting my buddy wasn't going down very far, so i pull a bench over, got in squat position and squatted with just the bar until my butt hit the bench....looked in the mirror and i was just a hair below parallel
so i know what it feels like and what it looks like in the front mirror without having to look at a side mirror (even though video would be better). i am limited to barely hitting around parallel, because i've had 3 knee surgeries and scar tissue or whatever limits my ROM.
but now that you asked, i may try to take a video

side note: God chose to bless me with a super weak upper body and huge legs. in high school (when i was in my best shape) the circumference of my legs was close to my waist (ok, probably not, but that's what it looked like).....imagine Ray Rice below the waist and Tim Lincecum above the waist

 

look into knee sleeves, it helps to keep the knee warm and gives the joint some support. keep in mind they are pretty tight and not the most comfortable thing in the world.

 

I was actually looking into those... I wanna get 300 lbs and I feel like I need'em

 

you were the anti-broseph

 

I go until my thighs are parallel

quad motion changes after they drop below the knee, and i have shit knees from genetics

dad's had his meniscus carved twice in each knee, same as my grandfather...

 

here is a good site to get started APT Gear is pretty much beeskneeshttp://www.prowriststraps.com/
they have all kinds of knee sleeves there, rank from beginner to elite powerlifter

 

wrap them before you lose them

 

Good news. I didn't puke at the gym today. lol

Back, Tris, and DL today, but the gym manager decided to reorganize the weight room today, so I was left with the cross fit equipment to use for my work out.

Circuit:
10 Pull ups
30 Dips on the parallel bars
10 tire flips (idk the weight of the tire, it was just over 5 feet tall though)
1 min on the speed bag
2 min rest
Repeat x10

I finished the work out in just under an hr.

 

Did you take PWO today?

 

I've recently been having knee problems after doing squats. We did them almost every other day when I played college baseball. I imagine my knees are beginning to give out on me.

 

yeah and those are the worst things to go.... even arnold doesnt squat anymore because he knows his knees are bad

 

but then again steroid injections decrease collagen synthesis, most BBer out there get bad knee when they get older

 

Squat to parallel is enough for me to consider good reps.

I squat 3x a week, 5x5, and have no worries about my knees. I squat low bar so I'm more concerned with form/posture, so I don't injure my lower back.

 

its physically impossible to squat ATG when you do low bar.

 

I meant any type of squat.

Some people are pretty flexible in the hole with low bar.

 

Yes. Same preworkout: Muscle Pharm Assault.

 

this you?

 

i rather be that guy than this guy

 

This is funny, even years later this bro still skips leg day

 

HA! People are so stupid...there are some prime candidates at my gym that could compete with these guys