500lb Squat Reps PARTY! - Guinness & Tom Platz Records
I have recently decided to exit my career of 18 years advancing from engineering to executive level leadership the last 8 years. This move has been in the works a long time but its taken a lot of work to be prepared for the transition. It is a scary move leaving the comfort of a career I have excelled at and am known for my success. However I’ve reached a point in my life that I need to follow my passion and my dreams full time. I now have the opportunity to spend more time collaborating, learning, distilling, and sharing that knowledge.
My goal is to add value while continuously improving my relationship with the Strength and Conditioning Community by providing proprietary tools and knowledge designed to optimize physical and psychological human potential.
I am excited about that and making this change is worthy of an epic party to celebrate.
Of course my idea of a party is different than what most people would imagine. So before engaging in beer, booze, and food I’m going to push myself to my physical and mental limits while attempting to set records.
I’m going to be doing a 500lb squat for reps challenge. If I hit 19 reps in 60 seconds it will break the Guinness World record for best squat in a minute. If I hit 24 reps it beats an unlisted record form the 80’s when Tom Platz and Fred Hatfield went head to head for reps with 500lbs.
This will be done walked out and with only knee sleeves and belt.
Here is the link and embedded page for the live stream event!!! Please share this post around!
May 6th @ 3:30 pm PST
In the interim here is a video to get you pumped up about the event.
It’ll be awesome!
Hey Chris,
What are your views on bodybuilding forms of training? And others such as cross fit? Markus Reinhardt style HIT Training?
I notice you have a lean physique that differs from the norm in powerlifting where body fat levels tend to be higher. Have you considered discussing the relation to powerlifting, diet, supplementation, and psychology in connection to the enhancement of the aesthetics of the physique?
Keeping breaking barrriers man!
I do a fair bit of volume training which does help with physique and I believe in powerlifting as well.