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How do squats help your bench press?

What if you plateau on squats?

Sounds like you gotta do squats!

Well, this is not wrong. Doing squats in a different configuration may be all you need to break through a plateau.

I was really good at doing 5x5 squats... Then I tried doing 10 reps of a lower weight and nearly died.

Do deadlifts.

I’d always ask “How much are you eating?”

I've maxed squats while also losing 10% body weight (~8% BF) + low carb. Granted, I had maxed the same in HS football (~420LBS).

That’s awesome. I wish I could cut at the same time. But alas my old man body has 3 modes - cut, maintain, or build. And never will the 3 overlap.

But I’m past the point of worrying about it. I’ll never get rid of that last 3 or 4% body fat. But as long as my cardiologist is happy, I’m happy.

Getting to 8% body fat didnt seem sustainable. Unless I threw everything away and worked in a gym the rest of my life. I havent tried to max squats since, 2y. Now, I just do my 5x5 every 2-4 days using the same weight.