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Yep I back squat Olympic style (140kg training max at the moment), so 85% of that @120kg front squat is about right on what's generally expected.
I do the oly lifts a bit for fun/variety lifts but am pretty poor at them. However I really enjoy oly style squatting so I continue to train that way haha...
Put it this way: if I could get away with just testing for 1RM (with squats) forever, I would for sure! But no, I know that's not a good idea, suffice it.
Haven't gone beyond 10 reps (squatting), so far.* Not looking forward to when/if I do, either...
Oh, I hear that. I think the cardiovascular component is a big one when the reps get higher on squats. Repping out squats is a hard can of worms. I remember when I was first getting into proper squats below parallel, I could do 60-70kg x5 without any hassles....I attempted 20 reps with just the barbell, and by the end of the set I felt more cardiovascular duress than I had from anything else over the past couple of years.
My record for high rep squats is 60kgx161. Took 9mins. A little while back coming back from injury I was doing 100rep sets. Got up to 70kg. I think the legs may get used to it after a while but that was some sort of DOMS which I hadn't experienced in a while!
PTC Deadlift comp last Saturday. 15kg PB from 220kg on NYE. HAPPY!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndSaBjpgrCA]235 kg deadlift at 84kg - YouTube[/ame]
Yeah I just have a 4 week holiday in there and I'm not sure what gym equipment is going to be around, hopefully won't lose too much strength!
Thanks Mackie
And good work on your hanging raises also :thumbup: