I’ve been stuck on 205 for some time on squats. Does anyone know any good plateau breakers for squats?
Would really heavy quarter squats help? Only reason I ask that is when I was doing rack pulls for a month or two, my regular deadlift skyrocketed, so I was wondering if I could translate a heavy partial to squats.
My deadlift is pretty good. Since I started doing rack pulls in this workout, my deadlifts have gone up significantly(even though the program doesnt call for it, I do em every once in a while to see how my strength gains are doing).
I’ve gained some good muscle in my quads and hamstrings, but I haven’t actually measured it.
To work up to that set I usually go something like 135, 165, 195, 205, 205.
supposing that your diet is decent, how many reps is this for?
assuming you can do 205 for 5 reps try going for 210, you dont have to increase the weight a lot all the time even if its a squat.
also dont do a lot of warm up, personally i do like 5150, 2230, 1250 and then go for 35*250 or something like that.
even if you get 3 reps for 210 try again next time. and just keep pushing.
i had stayed for 2 months on 170 on squats, partly to get better flexbility partly cause i thought i was doing them wrong and i was afraid of injury. now my squat has gone up to 250 in a month.