4 players set Squat lifting records. Logan Jones w/ a 705 lb Squat!!!

[Franisdaman]

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Iowa FB starts spring ball today. Four different players set positional marks in the squat.

All-Big Ten center Logan Jones set the overall school record with a 705-pound squat.

Gennings Dunker was just a shade behind at 685, which is the new OT record.

Freshman Preston Ries set the ILB mark at 630.

Jaxon Rexroth has the new record at OLB at 575.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

A return to the Matt Roth days, things that make you go hmmmm?

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

And here I thought the team had gone soft in the wake of Doyle?

 

[nu2u]

Freshman Preston Ries set the ILB mark at 630.

Good god almighty. That’s incredible for a LB. He weighs about 220? That’s some work, son.

 

[Rifler]

Unfortunately the game is football,... not squat lifting.

 

[Franisdaman]

Good god almighty. That’s incredible for a LB. He weighs about 220? That’s some work, son.

Not sure where he is now but in high school he was listed at 200.

 

[Franisdaman]

@pink shizzle , you probably would appreciate this story.

Several years ago, at my gym, there was a guy who always wore the same clothing, completely covered up. He was big and muscled but it was hard to tell how big since he was all covered up. He threw a ton of weight around. He was strong as f*ck. One day, in the squat rack, he decided to load the bar with as many 45 lb plates as possible (not sure what the total weight would have been). He had 3 guys spotting him (from behind, and on both ends of the bar). As he went down, the bar snapped in 2, right down the middle. Luckily no one got hurt. Everyone in the gym was watching, jaws dropped. He wasn't even fazed.

 

[Franisdaman]

Unfortunately the game is football,... not squat lifting.

strong quads help prevent knee injuries

 

[pink shizzle]

@pink shizzle , you probably would appreciate this story.

Several years ago, at my gym, there was a guy who always wore the same clothing, completely covered up. He threw a ton of weight around. He wsa strong as f*ck. One day, in the squat rack, he decided to load the bar with as many plates as possible (not sure what the total weight would have been). He had 3 guys spotting him (from behind, and on both ends of the bar). As he went down, the bar snapped right down the middle. Luckily no one got hurt. Everyone in the gym was watching, jaws dropped. He wasn't even fazed.

Thats pretty wild. I've seen videos of that happening but never in person. The absolute strength of some people, roids/test/PEDS/etc or not can be mind-blowing.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

Unfortunately the game is football,... not squat lifting.

Squats and deadlifts translate to power. Combine power with speed and you have a great start to building a football player. We all know there are other factors but these guys appear to be doing their part in the weight room.

 

[hawkeyeandy]

Thats pretty wild. I've seen videos of that happening but never in person. The absolute strength of some people, roids/test/PEDS/etc or not can be mind-blowing.

 

[pistachio1999]

strong quads help prevent knee injuries

For driving defenders the way you want them to go and not the other way around.

 

[pistachio1999]

Will be fun to see how many pancake blocks Dunker has this season.

 

[desihawk]

i'm reading the signs...it's gonna be a great season despite (or because of) the kick ass schedule...we get psu at home in october and oregon comes to kinnick for a november game. the possibilities are there. and nebraska might get the chance to destroy our nc hopes

 

[Franisdaman]

i'm reading the signs...it's gonna be a great season despite (or because of) the kick ass schedule...we get psu at home in october and oregon comes to kinnick for a november game. the possibilities are there. and nebraska might get the chance to destroy our nc hopes

Could you please be specific on what "nc" stands for?

Hopefully @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset doesn't see this!!!

 

[pistachio1999]

i'm reading the signs...it's gonna be a great season despite (or because of) the kick ass schedule...we get psu at home in october and oregon comes to kinnick for a november game. the possibilities are there. and nebraska might get the chance to destroy our nc hopes

Hoping Mahomes Jr has gone amuck in Lincoln before we visit. Still can't believe that dude will hold up the entire season.

 

[Franisdaman]

Thats pretty wild. I've seen videos of that happening but never in person. The absolute strength of some people, roids/test/PEDS/etc or not can be mind-blowing.

I always cringe when people lock out at the top of a rep. Especially on the leg press.

Check this out:

 

[pink shizzle]

I always cringe when people lock out at the top of a rep. Especially on the leg press.

Check this out:

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Yep, and people do that all the time too. Always makes me shudder.

 

[LIV4GOD]

strong quads help prevent knee injuries

The squat also does a whole lot of good beyond the quad. The hamstrings/glutes/stabilizing muscles all benefit. All that weight is on the spine and it all screams for more testosterone.

Btw, just strengthening the quads (which, of course, you weren't advocating) like with a leg extensions is bad for the ACL. If they get too out of balance, on a hard cut that quad will pull that lower leg right out of joint. I know. It happened to me. I was squatting in the 500s and I had had a hamstring strain a couple weeks before. My next hard cut to my left snapped my ACL like a twig. Out of balance.

 

[Row55]

I've seen Ries play both football and basketball, he's a freakish athlete. Guessing he redshirted last season due to our depth at LB.

 

[Iron Doc]

Do people still do the Bench Press?

 

[Shafthawk]

Hoping Mahomes Jr has gone amuck in Lincoln before we visit. Still can't believe that dude will hold up the entire season.

Rumor is he looks just like Jalen Hurts now-ba da bing!

 

[pistachio1999]

Rumor is he looks just like Jalen Hurts now-ba da bing!

Maybe since Patrick looked bad in the Super Bowl. Lol.

 

[swihawk]

i'm reading the signs...it's gonna be a great season despite (or because of) the kick ass schedule...we get psu at home in october and oregon comes to kinnick for a november game. the possibilities are there. and nebraska might get the chance to destroy our nc hopes

Debby won't beat the hawks.

We own her.

 

[jonesy5960]

I sometimes wonder how often a shart occurs while attempting this lift with so much weight.

 

[IowaHawk1994]

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Iowa FB starts spring ball today. Four different players set positional marks in the squat.

All-Big Ten center Logan Jones set the overall school record with a 705-pound squat.

Gennings Dunker was just a shade behind at 685, which is the new OT record.

Freshman Preston Ries set the ILB mark at 630.

Jaxon Rexroth has the new record at OLB at 575.

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LOL ... and none of them can block squat. Jones needed to leave but then with this terrible roster bad is probably better than much worse.

 

[intrepodor]

Could you please be specific on what "nc" stands for?

Hopefully @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset doesn't see this!!!

i certainly hope theyre not thinking national championship. Id be happy with midwest champion.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Unfortunately the game is football,... not squat lifting.

Yah, too bad Gayle Sayers and Dick Butkus and Joe Namath and Nile Kinnick and other greats of the past didn't have the opportunity to set squat records. They might have turned out to be decent football players.

Of course it's a different era today. I get it. What I don't get is this: Everybody lifts weights. Strong is strong. Football skills are football skills. I'll still take skills over strength. But if you can be strong and skilled, well, I guess that's fine. But no one can convince me that lifting weights has made football players better, even if it has made them stronger.

 

[Bullethawk31]

Yah, too bad Gayle Sayers and Dick Butkus and Joe Namath and Nile Kinnick and other greats of the past didn't have the opportunity to set squat records. They might have turned out to be decent football players.

Of course it's a different era today. I get it. What I don't get is this: Everybody lifts weights. Strong is strong. Football skills are football skills. I'll still take skills over strength. But if you can be strong and skilled, well, I guess that's fine. But no one can convince me that lifting weights has made football players better, even if it has made them stronger.

wut

 

[herkyhawk00]

Yah, too bad Gayle Sayers and Dick Butkus and Joe Namath and Nile Kinnick and other greats of the past didn't have the opportunity to set squat records. They might have turned out to be decent football players.

Of course it's a different era today. I get it. What I don't get is this: Everybody lifts weights. Strong is strong. Football skills are football skills. I'll still take skills over strength. But if you can be strong and skilled, well, I guess that's fine. But no one can convince me that lifting weights has made football players better, even if it has made them stronger.

You do realize the average NFL lineman was 254 lbs in the 70’s, also, right? Lifting weights improves athleticism and the baseline of athleticism in every way.