Quote Originally Posted by cog View Post
Those gymnasts are trying to keep their weight down.I have never looked at their diets.Training.Diet.Drugs.All three influence your physique.Charles Poliquin claims the biggest front squat of 535 for 3 he witnessed was performed by a 165 pound Olympic lifter.Obviously a pound is not a pound is not a pound when it comes to muscle mass.
Olympic lifters have big front squats because of the exercises they perform when they train which are much different from powerlifters.

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