What the heck.. TJ Dillashaw STRUGGLES to squat 185 yet he took supplements?

[ZeeTV]

With some programs like German volume training or other high volume workouts you’ll be working with a low weight and you’ll be struggling too in the later sets.

For all you tough guys, try it. 10 sets of 10 reps, only 1 min rest in between, explosive up, slow down (4 seconds), parallel or deeper.

Does this mostly help with definition and muscle endurance or is it another way to gain strength? Can you apply the same concept (10 sets, 10 reps) to other lifts (bench, deadlift, shoulder press, back row)?

 

[5thDimensionMMA]

hes doing circuits

 

[wearetheromans]

185 is impressive for a manlet

 

[BoxMeIrl]

he juiced and produced some pathetic squat numbers. Check out the video below at :27 seconds



2x 45 plates 2x 25 playes 45 bar thats 185....

Tj has a weight of 155 when not cutting. Round that up to 160. According to strengthlevel.com a human man weighing 160 should lift 137 as beginner, 192 as novice, 258 as intermediate. You get the point. So what happened with TJ?

He was on every supplement from here to Makhachkala yet he produced some minuscule numbers. Buy before you say “but suh dude this is MMA not weight lifting” you have to consider this. tj is a professional athlete of a sport that trains tendon strength. He was also on enough juice to make the coolaid man blush. A similar fellow user is job jones. He squatted 500 pounds!

Not only was Tj a snake but he was on snake oil supplements.

Squats are a funny excercise. Some people just aren't good at them. I powerlift 4 days a week in a program that emphasizes the squat and I can only do 5x3 @ 300 pounds. basically dead after.

 

[Hellhammer84]

Are you basing that on the video alone?

For all you know, he was on the bike for an hour prior, doing squats late in his workout.

Jeeze. I know he can't compete with the average 6'10, 8% bodyfat, 300 pound sherdogger but come on. Don't be that stupid.

You forgot the big dick part. Sherdoggers have BIG HUGE DICKS. Ufc octagon girls flood their panties over it

 

[esant707]

Yeah TS, TJ is a pussy. You are so much more of a tough guy than him. Great observation

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Snakes don’t squat, they strike

 

[WhosTheBoss]

Some people are better at certain lifts.

Not really shocking. Also he’s an mma fighter, not a body builder

 

[Serenity Now]

First of all fuck this no leg shame thread.


2nd of all Squats dont mean shit for fighting....Neither do calfs.


3rd of all...we dont know if TJ was already exhausted or on his 50th rep....we simply don't know so we cant say 185 is his max or anywhere near it.

 

[IcemanFan75]

Can someone please explain why so many people have a dancing cartoon letter as their avatar? What is that from?

 

[ermac88]

GSP said that weight training for MMA is dumb

 

[Mga223]

Squats are a funny excercise. Some people just aren't good at them. I powerlift 4 days a week in a program that emphasizes the squat and I can only do 5x3 @ 300 pounds. basically dead after.

I could squat heavy for my weight back before my knee injury.

Now I'm so afraid to even do 80kg lmao....

 

[KORMAN]

You realize it probably wasn't his one and only rep?

High rep squats are some of the most intense and anabolic exercises there is. If you're not some ego lifting meathead you could try doing more than 3 reps on full body exercises.

This. High rep low weight squats WRECK your legs. Best thing you can do for a good pump and good muscle tear.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Obviously wasn't on good gear considering he lost a fight!

 

[Rondas Pillow]

In fairness, he can only afford steroids from a UFC salary. He’s not getting the good shit.

 

[MMAFanJason123]

EPO, roids, and supplements and can't squat more than a fat high school girl...dude needs to retire. How the fuck was he a champion....oh wait its bantamweight the land of midgets

 

[RayA]

This is perhaps the dumbest thread I've seen all week. Either you're trolling or reaching. What, do you walk into a gym and think whatever weight somebody is doing is their max?

Reps, Sets, and Circuits exist.

 

[lsa]

LOL "the new guy" / TNG1 is back.
high post count + stupid thread =

 

[Istryker]

That weight cut made TJ look like literal shit

 

[aus101]

Squats are a funny excercise. Some people just aren't good at them. I powerlift 4 days a week in a program that emphasizes the squat and I can only do 5x3 @ 300 pounds. basically dead after.

You think that’s bad, at one point I had a 440 deadlift, 265 squat (at 5’10, 160 pounds).

2.7 times bw deadlift, 1.6 times bw squat, and I trained them just as frequently.

 

[Arrrrgh]

About 10 years ago I was on a cycle of test-e. I weighed 155 pre-cycle and had a 5 rep squat/dl of 405/455 respectively. I haven't weight 155 since (I'm 5'11, 180 these days because I learned to love cheeseburgers on cycle) but what I can say is when I was that weight and putting up those numbers I had little in the way of muscle definition, a shit bench relatively (205 5 rep) and couldn't do half of the shit TJ does.

I did have big legs so in the event a small car was laying on top of someone I could maybe lift it off. I also made some of the jacked 200+lb dudes in the gym looking over my shoulder avoid doing leg days the same days.

Otherwise I was a shit athlete. I had good strength but little to no functional strength. I had good cardio but not as good as TJ's. And I sat around my apartment studying all day for grad school and rarely even tossed a football around or did anything athletic outside the gym.

My point is numbers don't matter in the gym unless they help you outside.