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Originally Posted by CFD
Squats and benches have always been a sticking point because of one of my bike crashes. My left foot was pretty much detached so it's difficult to bend my ankle and keep it flat on the floor when I lift. During my strength days I take my squats to parallel, any more and my heel lifts, on hypertrophy days I reduce weight to about 80% and can go below parallel. Benches are my biggest problem due to breaking the collar bones, this limits me more than strength which really erks me because I feel like my muscles can handle more but not much I can do but creep up ever so slowly.
I've got a friend who squats much more than he deadlifts, can't understand that one.
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My bench/rom deadlift/squat are actually all fairly close. I can max out on bench at about 235. I can rep 225 on squats, but not more than about 5 or 6. Rom deadlifts I can rep 225 with very little issue.
My biggest problem with squats is that I haven't been doing them for very long. I can leg press a ton, but I've had lower back problems, so I've been apprehensive of squatting for many years. My bench is held back mostly from my shoulders. And deadlift is also lower back related. I get muscle spasms, so I'm very careful.
I also list fairly slow. Usually 2 seconds down, 2 seconds up. Squat only parallel to the floor, never below.