Squat Personal Record 10 reps- 146 kg/321 lb

[MrWatsurname]

She is the reason why I still squat twice a week.

[nelsonchris99]

OMG u r so strong!

[MDlite]

Woooooooooow

[Iwinulost]

Wow

[KOZOG1]

wow

[fnd3]

Fantastic work!

[velotwo1]

for safety sake, please use collars next time, otherwise I am super impressed!

[UZNotes]

WOW!!! That is simply amazing- after every rep I thought she'd rack it- and at the end when she did rack it, she did it "delicately" LOL. Beautiful woman too- perfect!

[m80sboom]

uhhh and I thoight i was raw

[Gstacker71]

Those squats are beautiful and you are beautiful! I had no idea who you were when I first watched this, now after watching a couple more of you're vids it only makes sense keep up the good work!

[jokerwill7]

nice training

[Truejusticevoice]

Wow incredible lift, i bet you jump high and run fast as well, what's your vertical?

[Truejusticevoice]

Hello Cara, considering your great squatting power i was curious about knowing your vertical jump.

[ZONDA2008]

awesome!!

[FairDo]

Great stuff!!! congratulations!!!

[dvdmclean1980]

WOW!

[DRod79]

wow..she can squat more then i can:-O awesome job girl!

[vishvnath]

This is extremely honorable lift.

keep it up good work cara

vishva from - India

[ephanny]

Cara you are so strong I like your technique.

[largeLENTILS]

wow! excellent lifting!

[FloydofOz]

Somewhere a female is warming up with my 1RM. This is great motivation. Good lifting!

[reviewsvoiceontube]

Strong squats-nice Cara-big smile

[superwowie111]

I will never be able to squat that much.....

[mycrx89]

once you can do 3 reps clean, you should stop and add more weight. make 400 lbs your goal.

[mattyj46]

Holy crap your one strong woman, simply awesome to watch!!!

[awhodatt]

Great stuff!

Saw the knees get a bit wobbly on the last few reps - wasn't sure u were gonna make it!

You go really deep into the movement as well - many people don't realize how much of a difference there is between deep and "normal" squats!

Btw, I am now up to 120kgs squats, currently weigh 80kgs, and don't use a back support.

How important is it to do so? I've heard arguments for both sides.

[mrprological]

good reps!!!

[deanblaze2000]

an example of perfect form, strong excellent squatting. I think i'm in love...........

[NastyYogaBunny2010]

this is HARD work!

[ncast54]

Light weight

[Swamplord1000]

impressive

[TheDannyddd]

perfect form, and nice lift, :) thats all i gotta say, I can squat 315 for quite a few reps but i dont think im as strong as you,

again congratulations, you have proven that women can do the same things as men! keep up the good work! :)

[wpwwman]

how long have you been training, this is impressive!

[americahealth]

Good job. 

[OneManMilitia802]

Making me feel bad about myself... THANKS! j/k Great job, keep at it!

[TreeSmoke1999]

SICK!! I'm a big fan of Cara and Kendrick, I like their styles

[Djkhalido]

WOW!! amazing super girl!!

[naraku127]

powerful

[michwng]

Nice. Very good job!

[mikeyburger1]

I wish I could squat that ten times lol!!!!

[xenophon86]

This is awesome.

[duperman]

man everytime i see this...impressive

[duperman]

incredible!

[gibber555]

omg shes strong

[kraftsportNO]

Easy 10RM PR! Well done! :)

[bilalhussain190]

she is the best

[98Hondacbrf3]

Great full squat. She has awesome form right until the last rep.

[NAMRON42]

this must be about 130 kg!!!!!

[Lunchb0xbadger]

Excellent effort!

[Gdub11100]

AMAZING!!!! and she's prettty!!

[kr0la93]

Respect.

[Samos505]

fantastic. Really awesome!

[imnotbncre8ive]

hahaha easy enough that she can talk during set.

pure awesome.

[ninjanerd8]

It's cool, the way she keeps the bar so steady.

[pmilleroly27]

and women are afraid of getting to big from lifting heavy. women don't get any stronger then that and shes perfect.

[karlesokarleso]

u r wonderful

[TiN0350]

amazon!

[1234ru1]

Great woman!

[puklop]

Shes bad, shes bad you know it, you know and the whole world has to answer right now just to tell you once again: WHOS BAD!?

[espectaculardavidrcq]

Esta mujer esta muy fuerte!!!

[nukeitout]

Again, Amazing!!!

[ozwunder69]

why would OL do 10 reps squat? for bulk?

[diesel7777777]

Man, craziness. I remember watching this video before I could even squat 315 for one. I still haven't out-squatted you! Yet...

[theboombody]

Darn, and that's full depth squats too.

[ThE1NoNlYeasyWeight]

Wow, you're definitely a strong woman! You've got to be good for at least a single at 405! That would be something to see :D

[ObamaTheRealLoser]

If you go to her site she actually has a vid where she's squatting 400lbs. This is light weight for her

[MegaRybo]

she puts me to shame

[judoguy101]

Beautiful set!

[TheXJACKATTACKx]

Good job! Anyone who says other wise has never touched a weight. I mean she did that raw and with only the knees coming inward a little bit towards the end

[adamscott]

Whatever you do don't do this when it's that time of the month.

[Bratzenhubert1]

wow thats realy amazing!

shes realy nice and she squats realy much and keeps on talking :D just amazing

[happygilmore4044]

tht was amazing excellent job

[inmytime007]

That is just great, 321.2 @10 , WOW.

[inmytime007]

OMG you'r amazing 321.2 THAT'S AWESOME, how long have you been in this sport.

[Heimo111]

totally power!!!!!!!

[ncpowerlifter]

Awesome squat power -well done

[millmeister88]

Do you have some shoulder pads or some form of protection from the bar???

[abababab333]

"you know im bad, im bad- you know it"

you are really good cara, damn! i just squat 150 kg for two reps with 78 kg of bodyweight

[LCakaShotyRaw]

sexiest woman alive

[MILLENNIUMPT]

Hardcore baby.

[SpiritualItachi]

nice lift but your knees are coming inward thats not good. they should point where your feet are pointing

[Vikedog2700]

well she made me feel bad lol and was did she pick the dam song yea u bad chamone

[nogoingback50]

great legs, that weigh would snap me in two!

[deadrisingfan123]

Wow !!!! : )

[stefanthealmighty]

she is so lovely, that girl is amazing. ich liebe dich cara :D

[thepunisherarmy]

She's my idol! She's squatting 150kg for reps and still talking lol! Not to mention the fact that she is nice! lol

[agua4health]

wild form

[crombet01]

typical for a female athlete with heavy weight though, knees came in alot during later reps

[FriedRiceFilms]

wow that was amazing

[delgado717]

Omg !

[projekt84]

that's a lot of weight.

[TaeIeon]

really amazing

[rutturu]

That is absolutely insane strength for a woman not on steroids. But your knees make a scary snapping sound on your way up in the squats :S

[throws56]

could just be natural, My knees do the same thing regardless of when i lifting or not I have a loose joints so they often snap and make horrible noices but its not harmful or anything

[Weak1987]

Very impressive!

[mochaman3794]

Nice lift. I myself do 5 sets of 10 with 315 lbs.

[Hornball50]

Simply incredible. Great work!

[RoboTheMonkey]

oh my god, i am absolutely put to shame by her. well done, madam

[whothemack]

Good work.

Your hip and knee movement during the squat is quite scary though, you'll want to fix that.

[MikeManziLULZ]

Those are more like Olympic squats than regular power squats.

[SquirtTribePride]

not sure why people rated this comment so bad

her knees did come in on almost every rep...which you do not want to allow...

hip movement seemed fine though. looked as though she kept the weight on her heels and sat back rather than down

[happygilmore4044]

yea okk u can talk when u do more repetitions then tht

[masterhans]

it would be wonderful if more girls at the gym would do squats to get a nice butt, but instead they are doing millions of reps on those useless adductor machines (at least in my gym). keep up the great work

[PAKMAN52]

She demoralizes me.

Amazing lifts lady.

[Copen70]

Nice job you could have got more

[pierson5]

Very nice. SHOVE THOSE KNEES OUT

[usumaki6x]

que fuerte esta esta mujer

[jaredgeorge1988]

In one of her videos it says 69kg is her weight.Thats some really good back squat.

[power1890998]

How much is on the bar?

[ginroth]

LOL!

[Copen70]

read the description

[th1rteenreasons]

This is amazing, very inspiring. When I tell people that I want to lift they always tell me "ew, why would you want to do that?", but I love feeling strong and seeing what the body can do. Our body's have such amazing potential, it'd be a shame not to put it to use.

[KrunchieB]

But our minds have so much more potential and that might be there arguement but there is no point in not training both for full wellness

[KingUser2008]

Wow! she is so nice and calm about her squating and she's so pretty! Her form was fantastic. Well done.

[DrewGymRat]

wow i am total squattin even harder now. i got to do better than this or i suck!

[ricanhurdler]

haha id be happy to do that once! good job

[gambino1877]

Holy crap I don't know what's more mind blowing how much that girl can squat or the michael jackson music in the back ground!

[goodwinenconvo]

Perfect form.

[judomachine]

It happens when fatigue sets in and/or the weight gets heavy and the stabilizer muscles and those that facilitate the lift are weak and the weakness becomes more profound and evident. Under these circumstances, this is when you would see an extreme BLOWOUT of the knee in Powerlifting under EXTREME loads. But in sets of 10 there won't be a problem as the fatigue would cause the lifter to stop and/or the brain will send and inhibitory response to STOP due to instability at the joint.

[Colossus76]

No Spot?! I would spot her any day lol

[dwayneellis13]

Does anyone know how much her weight was?

[gdgrim]

nice squats!

[halteras]

HI! why you work with 10 repetitions? i never work with more 4 and maybe sometimes 6 repetitions. Great technique ;)

[bamhammer]

Pound-for-pound, she probably destroys my lifts...

[ohedd]

omg :( so nasty her knee sounds every squat :P makes me shivver

[bushpilot99]

I was dragging my ass around not wanting to train today, but seeing this vid makes me want to eat some oatmeal, have a protein shake and go to the "Y" and do my squat workout. Thanks for the motivation.

[attache678]

Cara can I ask about your technique?

I noticed a lot of high level weightlifters track their knees in slightly as they're coming up, is this coached? Or is it something that just develops over time?

[brianhogan2007]

today I got my personal best of 146kg..a 1 rep max out =/

this is awesome! i dont even want to know your 1 rep max.

[Randleman2]

that looks exceptional. keep up the great work.

[AlexanderTheGr8er]

Cara, you are an animal. You should have been working LP with me when I was in CO. ;)

You're #1 Fan,

Jesse Mills

[caraheads]

Ah...Jesse Mills:-) What's up?! How's the new spot?

[AlexanderTheGr8er]

It's good. I have a great job and all is well. How's things going there? I was waiting to see you in Beijing...

[SammySmooth]

unreal

[turbochrgd]

awesome!!

[LonelyGuyPizza]

I'm confused, I don't know anything about weight lifting can someone tell me how she is able to lift all of that wieght? This can't be real how much wieght is actually on that bar? She doesn't look like she can lift anything like that. This isn't real.

[piszczello]

looks legit to me. you'd be suprised what loads can human body lift when trained properly. obiously she trained a long time to achieve this kind of strength.

there's a video on youtube showing a 75kg scrawny guy squat 350kg on nationals.

[pabunko]

those are bumper plates so they look a little bit bigger than normal. It is legit though.

[MikeDunn]

I respect this girl's strength, big time. But you can't tell me that bouncing at the bottom of a Squat is good for your knees. And it makes the lift easier, like bouncing the bar off of your sternum in a Bench Press.

[VassiliZV]

I'd notice it too...bouncing on the buttom. Off course, I respect her too...She might be lifting about more than 2 times her own bodyweight...is like a man lifting 10 reps 180 or 200 Kg

[crackyflipside]

... she's an Olympic Weightlifter...

[madaozeki]

Actually this particular method of back squatting is very healthy for the knees. Stopping at parallel puts more stress on the knees. Bouncing out of the bottom, when timed right, does make it easier to lift the weight, but this mimics the technique of recovering from a heavy clean, so is a useful technique to practice. It's nothing like bouncing the bar off your sternum in a bench press, because you're still lifting the weight the whole time...

[schreie]

it is not good for the knees when they face inward

[rohitf117]

very nice and strong ..but cara can u help me to solve my problem nowadays i facing problem of my left leg going inwards while squatting even at 80-90% of my personal best so whole load comes on right leg and bcoz of that i m virtually squatting with my right leg alone and next days it creates pain in right leg can u tell me any specific workout to fix this problem Thanks :-)

[euroboy7]

wow amazing leg strength and very deep! how much can you bench for reps?

[euroboy7]

wow amazing leg strength! how much can you bench for reps?

[poopycha824]

where can i buy those blue knee bands she wears in some of her videos

[caraheads]

I got them from Bud Charniga's Dynamic Fitness website originally, and then I went straight to the Rehband company. They are called Rehband Knee Sleeves. There are a couple of options in terms of thickness ( 3mm, 5mm, etc) Hope that helps!

Cara

[museguest]

iron women the super hero!

beautiful body and a great weightlifter.

[HyborianDemonKnight]

Omg you rule girl!

[shsbig45]

cara n kendrick like my weight liftin heroes...

its so kool bein in the gym with them.

n cara is so nice...

they're incred.

[jamspastic]

Amazing!!!

[chukaai]

Oh, this is just unbeievable! Perfect deep squats - your legs must be made up of steel. You will beat 99% of male bodybuilders in pure leg strength!

Great work. Work hard and get even stronger :)

[gungfu777]

That must kill your knees going all the way down like that. I never go past my knees...but then again I'm not an olympic lifter!! You are amazing! Cant wait to see more vidz like this.

[MagicWonder425]

Squatting deep isn't bad for your knees, it's just a myth.

Cool vid.

[hhoh12]

your half squats are actually worse for the knees

just so you know

[booner005]

you're dumb it hurts your kness way more to go parallel then back up. But you da man, so keep training that way.

[drewhet]

going past your knees is better on your knees than stopping at parallel. you should change your squats

[abettername]

holy shit.

[sergilus]

That was HOt o,o lol

[LunchAnderson]

Damn, that was impressive! Rock bottom every rep, and no equipment other than a belt! I bet you're one of the strongest female squatters in the world in your weight class (although I guess you're a weightlifter, and therefore don't compete in squat).

[d2tb]

WOW! 

lol, that sucks, they didn't count for you ;)

[ilikecheese946]

I would be happy with that as my 1rm lol you're good

[Dreaddo]

damn...

[chester1080]

Friggin Awesome Warrior.

[xxoddxx]

O_O

insane.

that bar was whippin lol.

[adarqui]

whoa, sick!

[arnoud57]

i feel weak watching this, cara, what's your max back squat if I may ask?

[caraheads]

182kg(400pounds)...at 76kg bodyweight. Hoping to hit that at my new, lighter, weight class! (69kg) We'll see. Gotta have something to shoot for right?:-)

[chester1080]

Cara:

That is so awesome, Now that I know more. What an asset for the US !

Great Attitude. Good Role Model, Astounding Athlete.

Hope you compete and kick kazangas.

[crackyflipside]

The music is great!

Awesome lifting.

[westonlg24]

you are my new hero! good form, I like how you rock your hips foward like a deadlift.

[ollifter]

Great, what power!

[keckks]

That is crazy! Way to go!