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Anonymous
Got a question here mis/fit/s.

I've been working out at home for the last couple of months...all I've had is a pair of adjustable dumbbells and 80 lbs of weight. So, for my leg workouts I've been doing pistol squats, currently with 35 lbs(at 150 lbs bw).

I'm getting bored of this, so I'm going to start going to the gym to do some good old fashioned heavy ass squats.

So my question is, how does a pistol compare to a normal back squat strength wise? Approximately how much does /fit/ think I can squat for 5 reps? I don't want to spend an hour at the gym trying to find the right weight.
>> Anonymous
Too many variable to give you a useful answer.

Just do sets of 5 starting with the barbell and increasing by 20lbs until the bar speed slows, that's your starting weight.
>> Anonymous
Yeah, thats what I was going to do.

I was just looking for some sort of ballpark number lol.
>> Anonymous
Remember, you could always just set something up and try it. If it doesn't work, just finish what you had planned and increase it a little bit for next workout. You'll find your groove.
>> Anonymous
Don't know how much weight you'd start with, but they're pretty different exercises. Especially if you've never done real back squats before; it's gonna take a while to get the form together and not do stupid stuff like putting the bar on your neckbones, etc. Start w/just the bar (35lbs?) and get that together first, then start loading it gradually and see how it goes.
>> Anonymous
>>403352
I've been working on form with a broomstick and doing goblet squats as well. My form isn't perfect by a long shot, but I think it's decent enough to allow me to move at least a little bit of weight.