Does the max count?

davidjr74 · Dec 21, 2006

I recently began to be more focused on squats and incorporated them into my routine. I tried to max 200 pounds but I immediately went down

, but then I managed to max 185 Pounds twice. But I don't know if it counted because I was above parallel. What are your thoughts?

ShaftedTwice · Dec 21, 2006

Personally, I couldn't give a rat's booty about maxes. They're just numbers after all. Not to mention all the lies incorporated in them when people talk about their maxes.. I just stick with what I'm using for my regular sets as a benchmark.

davidjr74 · Dec 21, 2006

ShaftedTwice said:
Personally, I couldn't give a rat's booty about maxes. They're just numbers after all. Not to mention all the lies incorporated in them when people talk about their maxes.. I just stick with what I'm using for my regular sets as a benchmark.

Maxes are very important in my opinion, they show exactly where I am at.

dcjoey · Dec 21, 2006

jmanjman47 said:
Maxes are very important in my opinion, they show exactly where I am at.

if you use one rep max calculators they can give you a pretty good idea of what your max is. shouldnt max out too often anyway.

davidjr74 · Dec 21, 2006

dcjoey said:
if you use one rep max calculators they can give you a pretty good idea of what your max is. shouldnt max out too often anyway.

I can understand that, but I like maxing out. Its fun to see your numbers go up after a month or so of training.

evolution · Dec 21, 2006

I wouldn't count anything above at least parallel depth.

CrowTR · Dec 21, 2006

I's say that's an opinion that can be judged by none other than you...if your'e in it for show and the glory of your numbers(whatever that may mean(and i guess everyone is to an extent)) then it may mean something.

Karky · Dec 21, 2006

you could have improved you're form. When i first started doing bendt over rows, my lift went down, but it was because i stoped moving my hips so darn much!

dswithers · Dec 21, 2006

You need to quantify what type of squat you are doing: 1/4 (just bending the knees), 1/2 (above parallel), full (below parallel) or ATG (at the ground). You might be able to do 300 pounds to 1/4, 200 to 1/2, 185 to full and only 135 to ATG. Which is more useful? I would take the ATG with less weight any day. Requires more flexibility, balance, and stresses almost every muscle in your lower body.

davidjr74 · Dec 25, 2006

CrowTR said:
I's say that's an opinion that can be judged by none other than you...if your'e in it for show and the glory of your numbers(whatever that may mean(and i guess everyone is to an extent)) then it may mean something.

I don't get what you are saying....my max squat is 185x2 my father can bench that how thats glory?

dswithers said:
You need to quantify what type of squat you are doing: 1/4 (just bending the knees), 1/2 (above parallel), full (below parallel) or ATG (at the ground). You might be able to do 300 pounds to 1/4, 200 to 1/2, 185 to full and only 135 to ATG. Which is more useful? I would take the ATG with less weight any day. Requires more flexibility, balance, and stresses almost every muscle in your lower body.

thanks for the advice, I guess that lift was above parallel 1/2.

Cynic · Dec 25, 2006

One rep maxing is almost entirely dependant on neural processing, so you may find that doing 200 for 10 reps affects your 1RM very little.

Hoss · Dec 25, 2006

Cynic said:
One rep maxing is almost entirely dependant on neural processing, so you may find that doing 200 for 10 reps affects your 1RM very little.

Very true. If you're doing this to improve your 1RM you should be doing heavy triples, doubles, and singles.