The Worlds Heaviest Squat Was An Abomination

Nathan Baptist:

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[gushlak]

imagine you realise the weight is too heavy mid rep so you go back up and rerack it and then you see three white lights 🤣🤣

[Bavarian_Lifting]

Unracking that weight even in a monolift is a feat itself. But yeah that depth was a third of a rep at best

[Rowland_Hoskins]

Equipped lifting is no joke, but this kind of stuff is what makes it one.

[zachmcnew]

I’ll never forget watching Jimmie Pacifico squat 1000+ at 220 with ease. Now this is what geared lifting came to.

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High as a kite but holy sh!t imagine supporting almost 600kg on your back without dying

[daniels-mool]

That moment when you realize 600kg is less than 3 times bodyweight.

[paoloh]

Like everyone says, even unracking that weight is an incredible feat of strength but you can't call that a squat.

[Wilson]

“This is obviously not a knock on Nathan himself, because I’m terrified of him” - Liftingvault

[Mike_]

That lift was high as a kite - but crazy effort and strength nonetheless, bet he could do 550 to proper depth.

[samuraicb]

I’m a massive fan of equipped lifting and will defend it to the fullest, but this is straight up bs. Not a knock on Nathan coz he still had the balls to put that weight on his back, but this is why geared lifting has become a meme 😒

[sergeirachmaninoff]

IPF single ply with actual standards can be pretty cool. But this… this is something else. It honestly sucks that powerlifting is so decentralized because some troglodyte can set up a tiny fringe fed with zero standards and as long as it’s posted on social media and the judges gave it white lights it’s a world record.

Like not to be that guy. But come on. Yes 595kg is insane. No I could not unrack it. But that *thing* is anything but a squat.

[magnus]

Equipped lifting checklist :
Morbidly obese guy ✔️
Laughable ROM ✔️

[bigal]

That might be the highest quarter squat in history.

[dustinlou]

Like most people have said, still a phenomenal feat of strength but that lift was seriously over 6in away from being to depth.

[AmRebounding]

As a primarily raw lifter I actually like equipped lifting it’s cool to watch that being said I think the standards need to change I don’t blame the lifters bc I think even they know it’s high but these judges gotta be removed or have a meeting that clears things bc we’ve seen guys like chuck vogephol and vlad alzhov squat to a good standard hell Louie Simmons at an older age squatted better then these new age gear lifters but that’s just my two cents

[kacpperkacpperowski]

While in 2017 in Arnold Classic Strongman they were walking with above 700kg...

[jayok]

The epitome of health and fitness. The man is squatting 500 lbs just rolling out of bed

[brianfox]

I almost never am willing to say a squat is high from a front view, but my god.

I'm seconding that the lifter isn't at fault, but those judging deserve the trash talking they receive from this.

[nsxdarin]

they just should have the "unrack" be its own lift.

[mattholt]

To be fair, props to the guy for just un-racking that weight.