The 68-year-old bodybuilding icon Tom Platz, often known as the “Quadfather,” has maintained his amazing reputation in this field for a reason. In the gym during the height of his career, Platz would compete in renowned workouts that were dominated by his leg-day performances.
The way Platz starts a squat exercise and finishes 50 repetitions with 405 pounds on his back is described in full in this post.
Tom Platz has a significant influence even now, having developed some of the best legs in bodybuilding. While many still attempt some of his renowned exercises, his 50-rep set at 405 pounds is the pinnacle of strength. Bodybuilders that trained legs with him reveal that his workout was so intense that it made them feel like they are going to suffer a heart attack.
While many still attempt some of his famous workouts, his 50-rep set at 405 pounds is the pinnacle of strength.
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Tom Platz talks about his legendary squats set of 405 lbs for 50 reps
Platz talked about his mindset before starting a workout in the gym. He says he’d go into the gym with a mental weight and rep count in mind to prepare his head for such crazy lifts.
“I can never leave the gym a loser. I would have in my mind, I’m going to do this many reps with this much weight.”
He would divide the reps into smaller amounts if he wanted to perform a lot of them in a given set.
“When I did 405 for 50, I could never imagine it. It was too many reps to think about. I can’t manage that but I can manage five at a time.” – Tom says.
Then, every five sets, Platz would have his trainer shout out the number of squats performed. He may then divide it up into ten sets of five repetitions.
“I would do five reps and Tony would say ‘five, ten, 15, 20’ and then he’d say 25. Well, I’m halfway done. I can get 50. They would do this for me but I could manage five reps at a time. I couldn’t manage 50. In my mind, it’s like doing sets of five, 10 times.”
Platz’ 10 minute set of squats
Tom was also known to squat for 10 minutes straight with 225lbs. That was his style, which is why he built such enormous and striated quads. Platz relied heavily on high-volume training. Leg curls and leg extensions were performed in 60 rep increments, resulting in enormous muscle pumps.
He also talked about volume training, saying that you do not need to use large weights because lesser loads can result in fewer injuries and same muscle growth.
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