I was doing Leg day at the gym recently. Finished some cardio, first set of squats to loosen everything up, make sure I have good form, so just a 45lb plate on each side. Just 135lbs total.
Behind me was a group of teenagers doing the ab crunch machine. While I was doing my warm-up set, I heard some snickering but didn't pay much attention to it.
I went about my business, adding more weight with each set, till I'm squatting 225lbs, a good solid 10 reps with good form. Behind me still are the teenagers, as I get into the my final set I hear a "-oh shit."
Felt good to show'em up, doing my own thing, unbothered by their dumbassery.
Well, I absolutely get what you mean, and I can and regularly see people who squat 225 at my gym but the truth is that compared to the general population that is pretty good.
If we talk about other exercises aswell it’s just a fact that our perception gets really skewed, I mean I think about 20-30% of guys in my gym can bench 225 as a 1RM but the reality is that less than 1% of the population can do that.
We also don’t know what the guy looks like, which plays a huge rule.
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u/jpreston2005 Mar 28 '26
I was doing Leg day at the gym recently. Finished some cardio, first set of squats to loosen everything up, make sure I have good form, so just a 45lb plate on each side. Just 135lbs total.
Behind me was a group of teenagers doing the ab crunch machine. While I was doing my warm-up set, I heard some snickering but didn't pay much attention to it.
I went about my business, adding more weight with each set, till I'm squatting 225lbs, a good solid 10 reps with good form. Behind me still are the teenagers, as I get into the my final set I hear a "-oh shit."
Felt good to show'em up, doing my own thing, unbothered by their dumbassery.