People Barbell squating, starting 60kg -> 100kg

If your cutting it's going to be more difficult, how long have you been cutting?

You can make strength gain and keep strength, but if you're on a cut for a while or eating at an extreme deficit, then you are not going to be gaining strength.

Why causes you to fail on you're squats?

I went one - 2 plates in under 2 months when I first started. I was bulking though.

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Dem genetics.

Started on 80kg crew.

Squat 3 x a week and provided you don't have skinny calves you will be there in no time , took me a month or two to go from 60 ( and I was just being safe here tbh) to 100 .

Add on weight gradually.

Don't know exactly but I started squats at 60 for triples now I'm on 100kg. Didn't take long anyway 6-8 weeks of squats every 5 days


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Squat 3 x a week and provided you don't have skinny calves you will be there in no time , took me a month or two to go from 60 ( and I was just being safe here tbh) to 100 .

Add on weight gradually.

I squat 4 times a week and I have skinny calves

chicken skinny?

I squat 4 times a week and I have skinny calves

you bulking?
you ever tried doing the same thing on a cut? is there really that much of a difference if you do cut (in terms of the way you FEEL, and results)?

I wouldn't say my calves are skinny (my quads are fairly big too)

Wondering if my cut is the main reason for my slow progress

Just curious, for anyone who started barbell squating around 60kg, how long did it take you to hit 100kg? how many sessions a week did you have where you squat?

I started at 60kg, maybe around January, or even December (I weigh 80kg, doing a 5x5 routine, squating 3x a week, and on a cut). I've slowly went up but for some reason plateaued at 70kg, I couldn't go higher than this. I stayed on 70kg for a long time. I've tried varying barbell arrangement, width, and making sure my technique was good, to no avail. Then, for a reason, unknown to me (I suspect it may be due to a gym staff member asking me to go quicker, as if I need to drop down and spring up), I went past 70kg. I kept going up in weight, till I hit 87.5kg (was hoping to hit a goal of 100kg before the end of April). I was going to go for more, but I had a forearm issue from weight training so I laid off for a week, and then a month more due to exams.

Been coming back to the gym, and while my strength did diminish, I managed to regain most of it, (apart from my barbell squats, which I am on 80kg right now it feels like i'm not regaining my strength, but just starting again slowly increasing my strength).

I'm curious with other peoples experiences, in terms of how long it took them to go from ~60kg to hit 100kg, and if they had any issues too?

I started on 35kg on 7th November and hit 100kg on January 22nd. Weighed around 140lb when I started. Can't remember my weight in January. I've been bulking though and following starting strength. 3 sets of 5.

I remember stumbling on your thread a few months back brah , you got aesthetics+genetics , you needn't worry bout a thing.



I'm bulking atm ( went from 72 - 81 currently , definitely alot of water weight and bodyfat though I cant see it ) and eat like a monster , I can imagine it would be hella hard doing heavy squats on a cut , would probably collapse lol gl.

It sounds like there is a huge progression difference between bulking and cutting. I thought the extra calories from bulking meant you would still have slow progress, but just not stall/plateau as often

I've never really bulked before since I started m journey to lose fat, so I wouldn't know what it's like

I think it took half a year for me but I have Asian genes so probably take half the time for you

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