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Squats what do the wieghts mean

yodaddyOG Posts: 46 Joined: 2003/06/18	2005/07/26, 09:38 PM Ok i'm a little confused I was just using body wieght for my squats. but I read that im suppose to used wieght ont he bar. I don't know how much to do. I'm sorta lost on where to start. I don't want to hurt myself to bad. So at 265 what would be a good starting point for squats. I was using body weight when i was at 310 and could do the set of 16 ok.
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2005/07/26, 09:45 PM It doesn't matter where you start as long as you start. You can start out just with the bar but you need to add enough weight so you can do 3 sets with an average of about 10 to 12 reps. -------------- Mike in Pensacola Now.