Phil Harrington - 900 lb. Squat with Reverse Bands

[Diggsjp01]

Nice squat!

[MDPowerlifting275]

I met Phil last year at the Westside Cert. Seminar. He was a hell of a nice guy... he also did a 60inch box jump with a 20lb weight vest on. That was awesome.

[sweattshopcincinnati]

As far as raw being a true test of strength , he has broken the all time raw world record in the squat a few times. Also You see many raw world record holders who can not break world record in equipment. Raw or equiped wr holders are all strong. If it was so easy put your suit back on and go break an all time world record.

[GoPioneersLaser0]

@sweattshopcincinnati AMEN! So tired of the raw zealots, STRENGTH is STRENGTH.

[sweattshopcincinnati]

Phil has broke many world record squats in his weight class, he is a good lifter.

[T4kuan]

@sweattshopcincinnati "good lifter" understatement!

[sweattshopcincinnati]

That is Natalie Carr not Laura Phelps. But whatever you do, don't follow starting strength for form in the squat unless you want to injure your back or hold your squats back. The squat has evolved time to move on. You do not want your head down elbows up like they suggest it will open your back up for injury. This also causes you to drop your chest which will hold your numbers back.

[TheSalisburySteak]

@sweattshopcincinnati Natalie is fuckin hot

[BXAssasinatorXS]

Noob here. Can someone enlighten me as to why his legs are so wide? I thought they were supposed to be shoulder width? Is it safe for them to be this wide apart?

[GloppyIsTheKing]

@BXAssasinatorXS that's for squatting more weight, you should not use that form in training, it's just for Powerlifting competition.

[GloppyIsTheKing]

@BXAssasinatorXS read Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe for more information on that, a must-read for everybody who lifts.

[powerful1677]

@BXAssasinatorXS They squat wide ,So the Suit can do the work, if he went narrow he would get buried, Raw lifting is a true test of strength, guys are getting up to 300lbs on their squats using gear, You would have to put in hours of training to achieve the full effects of gear, my squat dropped around 200 lbs. when I started training raw, but it is slowly coming up, no trickery just me! But you are right most raw lifters squat with a more closed stance........

[DearJimWendler]

Who's the dude in the purple shirt running the Monolift?

[SplinterCellFugitive]

@DearJimWendler I bet you were being sarcastic, but I think thats a woman. I THINK its Laura Phelps but i could be wrong

[spartan1081990]

atg or gtfo

[ironintel]

weak. Check out ronnie coleman go all the way down and do it ten times

[slasher9105]

@ironintel u srs brah? i love ronnie but this never happened.

[cporter7586]

phil whats up dog?I see ya boy ,I see ya!!! holla at me sometime