The problem is you most likely putting a lot more effort into bench than squats.
Squats are hard work and most don't put anywhere near enough effort in.
Is it normal to have your squats lag a bit, I am slowing down on my strength gains form squats as opposed to bench press. I been doing a variation of Fadi's 3 day a week beginner program now for 6 weeks and at the start my squats were 15kg heavier than my bench press, now I'm at 70kg squats and my bench press has rocketed to 62.5kg, the gap is closing quite quick. I will adjust the squats to 72.5 on Monday, but could go up to 65kg on bench by then as well, is this normal?, Im worried about my bench surpassing my squats. My deadlifts are rocketing, I'm at 90kg on those now, but my squat is slowing down a bit.
Keep at it mate but essentially most people after training for a few months will be squatting much more than they can bench. That's a massive generalisation but generally benching body weight is a much bigger milestone than squatting body weight.
If you have a look at peoples signatures you will find the more experienced lifters squat WAY mre than they bench.
Essentially the answer to your question is no. If you aren't failing your squats then you should be increasing them a bit each time. As someone else mentioned squats are mentally harder to approach and are a bit freaky but you'll be surprised what you are capable of.
Unfortunately you might find that you hit the wall soon with your bench too but your squat should go up for a while yet.
Well I kept at it, I have been doing a few more sets of warm-ups before I hit it, thats helped heaps. I'm now shocked at how much harder I can squat with just 2 weeks of dedication. Today I hit 110kg for 5 reps, was so stoked. I now know what you guys were saying about putting more effort into it, I think I was scared to go heavier, but i just kept adding more weight each workout and now I am shocked to squat that much. Thanks for putting things into perspective guys, sometimes it helps to just see what others have to say.
What do people mean by putting in more effort on the squats?
I too am on the same program and lifting about the same weight. I guess where I'm not putting in as much effort on the squat is with the bench press I will have a spot who will help me on the last few reps in the later sets when I've just added another 2.5kg. With squats I don't, so if I feel like I wont be getting back up, I'll stop at that rep.
What do people mean by putting in more effort on the squats?
I too am on the same program and lifting about the same weight. I guess where I'm not putting in as much effort on the squat is with the bench press I will have a spot who will help me on the last few reps in the later sets when I've just added another 2.5kg. With squats I don't, so if I feel like I wont be getting back up, I'll stop at that rep.
First don't let the spotter help you on bench. Once the spotter touches the bar the set is over.
With squats usually the person gives up on the set rather than the person not actually being strong enough to lift it.
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