Meanwhile in China …
This 53kg lifter Front Squats what looks like 145-150kg (yes, I know the voice in the video says 140kg, but look at the plates).
So this is 2.7-2.8x her bodyweight!
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in China …
This 53kg lifter Front Squats what looks like 145-150kg (yes, I know the voice in the video says 140kg, but look at the plates).
So this is 2.7-2.8x her bodyweight!
I see this more and more. How are weighlifters squatting when it comes to, say, 90% of 1RM and above? I see a lot of people going just to 90° or slightly below that. I would like to back squat 2x my bodyweight some day, I have recovered from a knee injury recently and I can FS about 80-85kg at BW of 75kg. I’m really confused why some olifters do singles ATG and some go just to parallel.
If I had to take a guess, at the beginning of their career they probably all squat quite deep and with good ‘form’ but as the prerequisite strength increases form/ROM diminishes. So beginner weightlifters shouldn’t look at say Ilyin squatting to 90° and say “this is how I will exclusively squat from now on”. The same goes for Klokov squatting ATG with a 5 second pause. These are elite athletes doing what works for them.
Depends on the purpose of the squat. If it’s a general strength building exercises, than squatting as low as you can whilst maintaining a tight back (no lower back rounding) at the bottom is probably best for building strength in the glutes, lower back etc. But if you’re training it as an assistance for the clean recovery, it makes more sense to immitate the depth you’d be hitting in a clean (ie all the way down). However for ‘clean recovery squats’ the weight is likely not as great as ‘strength squats’ so there’s less reason to post videos of those on youtube.
Just my thoughts.
20kg + 2(15+15+10+10+2.5+5+2.5) = 140kg
could be ladies barbell too so if the last plate is 5kg not 2.5kg then it’s still 140. nom sayin
I reckon the first plate looks like a 25 which would make it 155kg (15kg bar)
Look at the right plate, it is a yellow plate. Looks like a yellow zhangkong – 140kg.
I did, but it seems red to me, though the inner ring is yellow.
I’m pretty sure they reach the “bottom” of the squat. Cleaning a heavy weight and front squatting a heavy weight IS “different”.