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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand your question. In your title you seem to be asking about extremely heavy squats - with weights greater than their body weight. Then in your post, you say you don’t see people over 40 squatting.

I’m 60. Every time I go to the gym I do weighted squats. Today I did 168 using 44 pounds of weight. I can go a bit higher but not much beyond 44 pounds, especially if I’m doing high numbers. [/quote]

You consider using weight equal to body weight extremely heavy? [b]Young folks warm up with that weight.[/b] Yes I rarely see people above 40 using the squat rack with weight equal or more than their weight. who above 40 routinely squat 175 lbs or more? I wonder if by the time they are 40-50, they start having back problems from squatting.[/quote]

DP.  Every guy I know who has lifted for more than a minute warms up with more than their bodyweight regardless of age.  I started lifting at 50 never having squatted before, and at 54, my warmup sets top out at between 235 and 265 depending on the day.  And I'm a tall, skinny ex-marathoner with bad knees.
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