185 for ten partial reps - and damb proud of it.
A few years ago I injured my right leg doing seated calf raises. That tendon o the very outside of the hamstring that inserts into the top of the lower leg feels like it is about to rip away. It sticks out noticably farther than the same tendon on the left leg. It hurts the most when I get up out of a chair, but I've learned how to use my left leg for that strenuos excercise.
Squats used to be my all time favorite. I'm a skinny 6' 1"+ and squatting was always difficult. I had worked up to 315 for ten reps well below parallel, but that was twenty years ago. My legs are skinnier now than they've ever been but I haven't given up working them, I squat what I can.
I gotta admit it's embarrasing with that 185 lbs on my back and only doing partial reps. I'd love to just turn around and yell out that my leg hurts and this is all I can do. Hopefully everybody else in the gym has a life and doesn't have time to make fun of me.
A few years ago I injured my right leg doing seated calf raises. That tendon o the very outside of the hamstring that inserts into the top of the lower leg feels like it is about to rip away. It sticks out noticably farther than the same tendon on the left leg. It hurts the most when I get up out of a chair, but I've learned how to use my left leg for that strenuos excercise.
Squats used to be my all time favorite. I'm a skinny 6' 1"+ and squatting was always difficult. I had worked up to 315 for ten reps well below parallel, but that was twenty years ago. My legs are skinnier now than they've ever been but I haven't given up working them, I squat what I can.
I gotta admit it's embarrasing with that 185 lbs on my back and only doing partial reps. I'd love to just turn around and yell out that my leg hurts and this is all I can do. Hopefully everybody else in the gym has a life and doesn't have time to make fun of me.
