Matt Kroczaleski squating 415 for 10 RAW

[PowerSprinter]

funny to see how equipped lifters struggle with less than half their max. His equipped max is 1,003 yet he has a tough time doin 415 raw for 10 reps. pathetic

[Jtking3000]

Time for a new bar methinks...

[MrBbear87]

@Jtking3000 That's a buffalo bar. it's normal.. it's used when lifters can't reach behind their back very well due to their large upper back and shoulder muscles, so they use the arch of the bar to get a grip on the bar.. it's for squats only as far as I know... check out his youtube videos... he has one in his garage gym.

[MurdaMook011]

all noobs take note, this is how you squat

[warwize]

dat speed...wow

[krb0123]

i honestly expected more from kroc..his military press was pretty dissapointing too.

[Siedlerdeo]

If you think this is huge, look up Clerence0

[angiroux123]

lol the bar...

[pandemoniummisfits]

what kind of bar is that? extremely bent bar or is it meant to be bent that much?

[tebratius]

lol what a weaky :O 15 years old squat like that hmm ? but i beat that he is a bodybuilder..not training for power.

[ygdb1]

@tebratius are you talking about Kroczaleski?...hes a powerlifter...not a bodybuilder

check out his 865 squat in only briefs and a belt

lets see if your little ass can do that

ps your sentence made absolutely no sense

[shinjig]

@ygdb1 right now he can't. But looking at his videos you do see him as a 16 year old squating 400, benching 300 all at a body weight of about 140. Thats impressive for anyone much less a small teenager. He also from europe so english isn't his first language. if he keeps it up he just might get a higher squat than kroc has.

[muzimuzi]

@tebratius yea. cuz every 15 y/o squats 415 for an extremly easy. know what lets just say 10 reps with that weight? on what planet exaclly... ofcourse for the record he did 550x10, he could probably do near 600 for 8 so you clearly have no clue...

[tebratius]

@muzimuzi Ouh yes, thanks for that information.. sorry

[muzimuzi]

@tebratius sure np but yea he DOES have the body of a bodybuilder

[kwstas67]

didnt even run out of breath *-*

[arcticblade1]

He squatted that like he was warming up with just the bare bar. Very impressive.

[Enanurri]

What the fuck that bar, it was completely bended.

Strong guys should go there. LOL

[ShaolinIronLeg]

@Enanurri Strong guys do go there :D

The bar is bent on purpose actually, not because of the weight that's on it.

[Arschwass3r]

Pretty nice Squat form

[TheRROGS]

is that a special bar because when i squat 4 plates the bar doesnt bend that much

[PowerSprinter]

@TheRROGS yes its called a cambered bar

[805ad]

look at the bar O_o

[czoraa21]

@805ad it is a very very impressive show of strength but that bar is designed that way, it would be curved if there was no weight at all on it.

[l0pez83]

Nice, but this not RAW

[Ryno4205]

@l0pez83 was about to say that haha i can see a belt  :P

[RedWildz]

@l0pez83

A belt is still raw by powerlifting standards.

[l0pez83]

@RedWildz not in italy

[asborisov1]

N0T IMPRESSED. 150 LB 0LYMPIC WEIGHTTERS D0 THAT. AND MATT Y0UR MILITARY PRESS IS WEAK T00. 225 F0R 8 REPS AT 260 LBS. PATHETIC.

[xNewAgeWarriorx]

@asborisov1 2500 total. wtf is wrong with you.

[tempac91]

What's wrong with his right leg?

[sigh1234]

@tempac91 I think he has blown out a muscle in his right quad at some point.

[bernadiusmaximus]

hmmmmm, he dropping that ass fast, knee problems when he is older, but great lift otherwise :)

[Jujitsukillu]

@bernadiusmaximus STFU about everyone one squat videos talking about peoples knees...

[DelinquentRodent]

IT'S AN OLYMPIC BAR that's bent b/c of the weight put on before.

[lilcrazyaznboy]

Lol.. The bar bent

[jernmyre]

Raw.. my ass thats a cambered bar. makes the lift easier

[JDic24]

@jernmyre Thats not a cambered bar dumbass

its an olympic bar

[Glutenbob]

@JDic24

R u fucking stupid?

An olympic bar? like you think they clean and jerk with that thing? 

[ak632621]

@JDic24 it's not an Olympic bar. it is a buffalo bar which has a small camber to protect the shoulders from injury.

[ExposureZero]

@JDic24 Actually, it is a cambered bar, you moron. Those are specially designed squat bars that are easier on the shoulders, especially when using the "low-bar" position. Do some research before you shoot your mouth off again, "expert."

[steflotti105]

@ExposureZero cool, i was just going to ask what kinda bar that was, was thinkin, how the hell 4 plate bendin an olympic bar like that! ha

[JDic24]

@ExposureZero trololololol

[ExposureZero]

@JDic24 Lol, you don't know shit about lifting kid. How many more people do you need to correct you? Go troll somewhere else, you fag.

[JDic24]

@ExposureZero hahah stfu are you joking

im trolling you because it makes you whine like a little bitch

[ExposureZero]

@JDic24 Lol, you ran your mouth about shit you clearly know nothing about, and now you're trying to play it off like you were just trolling to get a response out of people but you aren't fooling anyone, kid. Learn your lesson, and be thankful you're in the safety of your parent's home when you make comments like that.

[JDic24]

@ExposureZero Look kid, im 32 im sure you think youre a bad ass, over the internet

"ran your mouth" i would run my dick down your throat

in reality i would kill you

[ExposureZero]

@JDic24 Please... we're about the same age, and I'm probably twice your size. If we ever met in person, I'd choke the life out of you, faggot. Be thankful we never will... Anyway, I'm going to get back to, you know, living my life now. Good luck with yours, lol.

[JDic24]

@ExposureZero thats ironic my grip strength is unhuman

"twice my size" so im guessing youre about 12"4 520 pounds?

i would actually snap your neck fag

[vouvray59]

@ExposureZero You both sound like a pair of complete assholes! Having parents that are also siblings must be part of the problem.

[vouvray59]

@JDic24 I thought you usually preferred a dick down your throat!

[chevelle1258]

I'm going to be able to do that.

[lovesgibson]

AWWWW YEAAAAHHH RAAAAW BABY!!!! RAW!!!!

[TockCease]

Most associations allow belts to be considered raw since they help protect hernia and blowing back. If he was wearing briefs or knee braces then it wouldn't be RAW.

[helioseismology]

What does "RAW" stand for?

[TockCease]

@helioseismology "RAW" lifts have different meanings in different associations.Most allow belts since they are a major safety addition to the lifter. If its not raw they are usually wearing single / double ply shirts and briefs, knee brace, wrist brace, straps, ect.... Those all assist in form and there fore increase in weight. Some associations consider RAW to be nothing but you.

[mariops2]

@TockCease

Agree Raw means completely without Knee straps.. BELT.. or squat briefs.  Anyway not bad at all..

[dshaltry]

awesome squats man

[iKiiiLzx]

how is it raw if he has a belt on?

[JAVIER7864]

@iKiiiLzx no bench shirt, no deadlifting or squat suit, no straps, no wrist wraps, no knee wraps, no help, no spotters, no bullshit

[edwinn0705]

any exercise Matt Kroc does automatically gets the prefix `Kroc`added to it

These are Kroc Squats

[Shinzo404]

@edwinn0705

lol anything that uses a obscene amount of weight.

[bodybuilder400]

its called a buffalo bar everyone. Its a speciality bar thats easier on your shoulders.

[powerlifted]

ahahah skinny legs,

[jl92010]

Like it's nothing...

[JobforaQuinnBoy1]

I wonder how many more people can inquire about the buffalo bar.

[RUBAN0606]

DROP IT LYKE IZ HOT!



[asmit172]

why is the bar bending so much?

[sub7design]

@asmit172 Buffalo bar. Easier on the shoulders.

[DE4DLYFORCE]

everyone dosent realize that this vid is over 4 years old.....he has gotten much much stronger than this

[raulvazquezdm]

Why are everyone talking about their lifts?

[johnny82330]

My max is barely 400 :/ i feel so scrubby watching this! i guess its pretty good for a 165 lb 16 year old though :)

[barbosa973]

@johnny82330 i m 16 and I am pretty big and my max weight for  6 reps is 190 lol

[bosjamez]

brutal much respect for the lift

[angryman1007]

doesnt an olympic squat have to be high bar? its not just depth no?

[victim1z3d]

@angryman1007 Powerlifting squat is low bar and the lifter has to hit parallel.

[zennydoo]

LMAO 4 PLATE!

[THEGATHERING20]

@zennydoo Lmao? matt can lift 2x more than you can on all 3 lifts so fuck off.

[rctriplefresh5]

@zennydoo who the fuck are u laughing at pussy

[digz021]

4 plates. 405?

[WIGTRON5000]

@digz021 50lb bar

[duswdav]

a belt counts as raw?

[krautstampflsepp]

@duswdav anything without a suit counts as raw

[czoraa21]

@krautstampflsepp and i want to say knee wraps, those give alot of help on getting out of the hole.

[majinga623]

dang it bends that much @ 415?

[cutlero]

@majinga623 Its a cambered bar, curved shape before any weights are on it. Helps save shoulder pain.

[psolarhidi]

never seen a low bar atg squat before

[Pontisto]

how can one squat with so clean form with a shit loada weight on the back?!? :O

[imthetitsDD]

APT t-shirt leggo

[wralphh]

Great form, one of the best low bar squats I've seen. Looks somewhat like mine. Not saying I'm anywhere near as good as him, but I tend to squat more like that rather than the powerlifting style.

[nicolivocov]

Matt, I am moving up nto the 242's and I am coming for you buddy! Watch out! Lol You rock!

[ahutt59]

Ah, one of my favorite things to see at the gym..someone squatting DEEP! Impressive.

[WuTang011]

I think it's time for him to shop for a new bar.

[nicolivocov]

@WuTang011 its called a bow bar if I rememebr correctly... its supposed to be bent to save the soulders.

[wassy71]

What kind of bar is that? It looks to have a bend in it which has got to make it much for comfortable for the arms and shoulders during squats.

[liiiiiiiiiike]

@wassy71 it's a buffalo bar, or cambered bar. it places the load of the weight slightly further forward than a straight bar, so you have to focus loads more on leaning back and keeping your back straight

[wassy71]

@liiiiiiiiiike Hey thanks for the info man. Too bad my gym doesnt have one. Looks like something worth trying though.

[undertaker0215]

im a high school football player and the team does this bigger guys like me have to do high weight and little guys need average weight im at 295 5x5 PAINFUL

[ty99999returns]

his back is too far forward he could hurt his back.

[rlmoney]

@ty99999returns Hah!

[MEELATEHGRIL]

@ty99999returns You're an idiot. 

[afterthefact15]

Tom Platz did 500 for like 21 reps but i'm sure he could never do the 1000 that Kroc did. Weird how muscles work.

[ChrisXMetal]

@afterthefact15 2 different kinds of athletes, both beats in every since of the word!

[jonafromwales]

@afterthefact15 some people are born with more endurance muscle fibre as apposed to explosive, who is stronger? Well they both are but as you know strength is relative

[reppinitBMX]

What type of shoes are those he is wearing?

[wralphh]

@reppinitBMX If I'm not mistaken those are wrestling shoes.

[HouseForLife6]

Sick bar ! what does it change to have it curved like that ?

[OHWolves1694]

@girdybirdy buffalo bar

[WesleyInman]

Good work man, impressive strength and speed.....Gotta love how stupid people leave stupid comments to try and take away from how solid of a lift this is.

[hybridman]

I used to think this vid of matt kroc was impressive until I saw 19yr old olympic weightlifter jared fleming here on youtube squat 462lb x10, and 500x6 at 202lb bodyweight. all ass to floor.

[xNewAgeWarriorx]

I would say impressive...but it was kroc...so I was impressed after I clicked the video.

[stfuandLiftBtCh]

wow..that really wasn't that impressive........

[BigSims321]

@stfuandLiftBtCh you know what's not impressive? some douche trolling on weightlifting videos talking shit when he has none of his own. you're fucking lame, maybe you should spend more time in the gym instead of talking shit on youtube to people who obviously do put in the time.

[stfuandLiftBtCh]

@BigSims321 yeaaaaa im not a cocky douche who walksa round with a camera....im 19 and 190pds and i did 465X6 yesterday...sooo 415 maybe 12 lolololool DbAgGGgggg

[luciphoenix]

@stfuandLiftBtCh stfu

[idiotnoobbum]

is the bar bending or is that a kind of special bar which is bent like that?

[jusesaro]

@idiotnoobbum buffalo bar FTW

[Dakashizzlenizzle]

dang excellent form!

[zurichdublin]

Good squatting. This is good.

Why am I the only one who's saying he doesn't need to go this low? He's probably just trying to prove a point.

I'm so sick of people saying squatting ass to ground is the way you are supposed to squat.

Its like this is powerlifting, not Olympic lifting. If you want to touch your ass to the ground and make it a competition, then go for it.

But don't sit there and act like its easy to squat 700, 800, or 900+ to Parallel or slightly below parallel.

[pisswizzard]

@zurichdublin I sort of agree. The sport decrees that you must break parallel. Therefore breaking further than parallel is a waste of energy. HOWEVER, when raw squatting your knees are strongest when in the fully flexed position, so there is no harm in squatting this way. But as a practicing powerlifter, I agree that squatting 700+ pounds ANY DEPTH is good going!

[IronDiggy]

That is some pretty awesome squatting. Matt goes awesomely deep!

[SESbb30]

what a fucking beast

[ummtone]

Look at how low he goes!

[ChipmunkJLD]

i almost thought it was fast forwarded when i watched it, he does em so fast lol

[RJORRIS]

Wow, now THAT is squatting "ass to the grass"...

[mythosthecat]

i love the fact that bar bends when hes squatting

[OnePunch89]

@mythosthecat The bar isn't bent, he's using a buffalo bar that is made with a bend in it.

[JS8700]

@13andincrediblycut You're still at it? Give it up you slanty eyed cocksucker.

[JohnS0045]

I just glanced through the comments and am really surprised nobody wrote 'Why is the bar bent?'

[coronapanthers]

the top squatter on my football team did 515 -____-

[RecentFuture]

@coronapanthers

Cool story bro. You do realize kroc has a 2551 total including a 1003 squat right?

[rctriplefresh5]

@RecentFuture thats geared . he cant squat 1003. maybe 700

[pantherlax01]

@coronapanthers did he do it for 15 reps?

yeah im gonna go with no.

Fail

[eburnsdaniel]

Great Job! Can someone tell me why his descent is so fast? He seems to almost collapse into it, its controlled and everything - is that the proper power lifting method

[ThePurple0range]

I think they are all a bit high

[Cmac1000rr]

@ThePurple0range for the love of god i hope thats sarcasm

[Nat3skiz]

nice work but it looked like 9 reps to me. Must have cut off the first 1.

[trukkaman]

no hatin sun but yo wos oll the way cheetin doin haf reps and bowncin maks it way easy my granma cud do that shit the way yo doin them an thas why yo got skiney ass legs lik my granma liten the weight an do that shit propley an yo mite get sum results remember ego tranin get yo nower fast fo reel peece

[LRGHMN]

@trukkaman Stop posting it only shows how fkn ignorant you are..

[pantherlax01]

@trukkaman You're a fuckin idiot. Quit typing like a dumbass.

[bulldog9899]

hes using a buffalo bar .

[badreligion1231]

Is that bar supposed to be bent like that ? holy shit lol .

[westboarder]

What a monster

[rhox1567]

how tall is this guy?

looks like 5'5" max but i think johnnie jackson is taller and he is around 5'4"

[leaf22100]

@rhox1567 i think hes 5'9

[mankillsquare]

@rhox1567 I think this guy is WAY taller than 5'5". I'm sure I've seen a vid where they're discussing height and I'm sure this guy is 6+ easy...Maybe someone can confirm/deny this?

[slimjamie1991]

@mankillsquare I'm pretty sure he's 5'9''.

[muzimuzi]

@mankillsquare hes around 5'9 to 5'10 179 CM

[boomerlu]

@thepsychopimp

It's rather hypocritical to be saying that lifting with a belt is not RAW when your 415 deadlift set that you claim is RAW has you using straps...

Also this is FAR from divebombing. An uncontrolled drop happens much faster. Think about how fast a weight falls under gravity...

[Totalperformance1]

@thepsychopimp

I almost never reply to internet stupidity, but you need it. Why don't you post a video of you squatting 415, or how about 135 and we will all comment on it psychopimp?

Keyboard cowboys are the biggest idiots on the planet.

We are awaiting the video of you squatting.

Kroc is a GREAT lifter who is proven on the platform.

[caneyelive]

@Totalperformance1 Amen.

[karite36]

@Totalperformance1 Exactly, and people act like this was max effort, maybe 20 reps would be max effort, not 10.

[hanbacca]

that is some great flexibility

[OOOJAREDOOO]

you're full of shit!

[freqeist]

gmanthebeast is one of the keyboard wimps

[pantherpowerlifter22]

thats a bow bar man its made like that lol

[ArizonaTea221]

Holy.... did anyone notice the bar bending?

[DJSTARER]

buffalo bar

[Sirkelsag666]

@ArizonaTea221

the bar is constructed that way

[aznkid0123]

the knees strongest position is in the fully flexed position. eg. the bottom of a full squat.

[co05]

@aznkid0123 *safest

[TexasRaTleSnake316]

damn this dudes a beast and uhhh are ppl talkin smack about this lift??? you try puttin 415 pounds on your back and using extremely perfect form, it aint gonna happen bud needless to say that was still a legit lift he did everything right and didnt injure himself....good lift in my book

[freqeist]

so many jealous keyboard wimps on here making daft comments , quite depressing really.

[gmanthebeast1]

howe knees feelin bud???

[Duffman89detmig]

you fail

[gmanthebeast1]

it was a serious question thats alot of bouncing if you see my other comments im a huge fan of his it just looks like that would kill

[Duffman89detmig]

okay, have you seen the plympic lifters ??? they ALL squat like this

[Askren]

Yeah, but to this guy's credit they do it with > one inch blocks under their heels, Kroc is rockin' some wrestling shoes, so I could see why one would believe that.

[ocpowerlifters]

Nope it def. aint bodybuilding... We dont get and "off season"

[pieceofnoob]

Holy shit that bar is even bending lol what material is it made of?

[elohim666]

@pieceofnoob i reckon that is a buffalo bar.

[soseg]

@pieceofnoob its bent like that normally