In my career, he’s approached the off-court stuff probably more intensely than the on-court stuff better than anybody I’ve worked with across the board in the NFL and the NBA. I always ask him, ‘Are you going to be training like this after you play? You take it so seriously and you work so hard!’ He said, ‘Mike G, probably not. (laughs). But the style of play and what I bring to the table requires me to work this hard.’ If you watch those videos, he’s squatting 285 pounds, 20 times. There’s not a single person on this planet that can do that besides him. His legs are tree trunks, and he needs that in order for him to guard one through five. You’ve seen him guard the post successfully against bigs that are way bigger than him, 50-60 pounds bigger than him. But he’s still able to do that so successfully because he’s so strong.
by Mazinogetoffdeeznuts
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I’ve been walking in the air since the day we acquired Jrue, to be really very frank.
Kristaps is the cheat code for us on both ends that everyone heralds, but Jrue is equally so.
You could’ve given him Finals MVP and I can guarantee not a single Celtics fan would’ve taken exception.
“There’s not a single person on this planet that can do that besides him”
Wait what, really?
Jrue Holiday or Dennis Johnson. Who is the better player?
Not to take anything away… But considering these guys have decades to train and all the gear in the world, this should be a really normal feat.
I can do it 12 times and I am a normie
1.4x his bodyweight for 20 reps is not impressive at all.
People do this in commercial gyms…
Mike G workouts are dope
I can tell nobody here lifts weights lol. 285 for 20 is incredibly strong and definitely not “normal”. I’m sure there’s tons of athletes that can do it though.
Doesn’t dunk
This trainer has clearly never been in a tren gym. My (very stupid) buddy did 315 x15 without a warmup after snorting pre workout
I don’t know if I could trust a trainer who’s given to such unfounded hyperbole.
A 6’4 +200lbs athlete who’s at the top of his athletic game should have no problem with multiple reps with a weight less than 1 and a half times body weight.
Is it easy? No. But ‘there’s not a single person on the planet that can do this besides him’. Hilarious.
Maybe he meant 285kg?
Okay, maybe I’m gym brained but I feel like anyone who can dunk in the NBA would be able to squat 285lb x 1.
Just really estimating but I’d say if he can do 285×20 as his AMRAP then his 1rm would probably be like 405? Which obviously is a lot but within the freaks of nature of the NBA I’d imagine plenty of NBA players are just as strong, if they practiced their form and endurance.
But idk from the videos I’ve seen of NBA players training, I rarely see anyone focusing on strict weight training progression.
285 x 20 is decently hard. I wouldn’t claim it as something only one player can do though😂
It’s absolutely hilarious for him to say not a single person on the entire planet can do that
This is quite impressive considering the amount of cardio and running he does.
Given his goal is to play basketball, this just goes to show how much of a freak of nature he is. All that metabolic output and he still has unreal strength.
I am curious to know the depth of the squat though. In most of those online videos I see about athletes squatting unreal weight, the depth of their squat is pretty subpar. This would definitely make it a lot less impressive.
It’s impressive for a basketball player, considering how much cardio they do. They’re basically long distance runners. But, he ruined it by saying no one on earth can do this.
I wanna see those reps. Are they powerlifting, 3-white-light reps or high school football players trying to grind out squat day with a stomach full of takis and Mountain Dew reps?
That’s an impressive feat of strength but it’s comical to say he’s the only person in the world that can do it. Every college football team in America has guys that can do this. This would be a warm up for strongmen competitors.
This thread is funny, because the truth is probably somewhere in between what everyone is saying. 285×20 is elite, and I doubt that many people itt or irl period can do this with form, including the apocryphal high school lifters that keep getting mentioned. That said, it’s definitely a weird claim for a professional trainer to make, as certainly many many elite powerlifters can do this. Although I still don’t think that just because someone can do 500+ pounds 1RM they can necessarily do 285×20, a particular benchmark that comes from training for endurance and explosiveness
Honestly I’ve seen NBA players squat and none of them come close to going below parallel. It has a bit to do with their anatomy but it’s way way easier to squat without the full range of motion.
I can do 285 but only 5-6 reps. That 20 reps is the key detail here. My Max is 325 but I can only get 2 reps max and my squat depth goes to shit.
Basically, Jrue can definitely lift more than 285…
285 for 20 is impressive dont get me wrong but feel like the majority of NFL players could do that lol. And most likely the majority of the NBA can too
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1.4x his body weight 20 times is really impressive.
If you use the Epley formula you can reverse engineer his one rep max, which is roughly 475 lbs which would put him in truly elite company. You can place in some powerlifting events locally with that kind of power.
I generally would call bullshit on NBA players and lifting. Most of their squats have like zero range of motion. Just look at how NBA players squat on YouTube. They are always above parallel.
I’m sure Jrue is barely moving on his squats. Then yeah 20 reps is doable for a person who plays basketball for a living.
You can tell how many people have never done x20 on squats before judging by the reactions on this thread 🤣🤣🤣
Would let either Mr or Mrs Holiday crack my head like a coconut with their world-champion thighs.
this is why i thought it was dumb when Nembhard kept trying to run thru him (or anyone that thinks they can just bully Jrue) mfer is strong and always has been
While yes that’s pretty impressive, come on now.
https://youtu.be/ozkKaGKUxJA?si=hO5F2uvv3w40ppub
24 x 525 lol
Or go look up some Clarence Kennedy if you want to see more batshit stuff at a more applicable weight (though he doesn’t do 20 rep stuff, he absolutely could annihilate 285×20)
https://youtu.be/H-kPX7cirNU?si=vTsw5gNNHSSsQKf8
Also 20 rep squats are a terrible demonstration of strength. Or even strength endurance, they are their own special thing because you can rest at the tip. Miserable stuff.
This trainer is an idiot but he’s just gassing up Jrue. Tons of people can rep 285 for 20.
It’s impressive because he’s a basketball player and they aren’t known for their relative feats of strength sans wilt Chamberlain.
This is something multiple players on any high school football should be able to do.
I think he meant among the NBA players is rare to be able to do this.
Basketball players in general lift very light for legs. Even someone like Zion has been said to max his squats at around 300lbs. It’s a sport that emphasizes low weight lifting.
The emphasis is on quickness, speed and explosiveness not total strength.
With that being said I just think Steven Adams likely murders that.
> There’s not a single person on this planet that can do that besides him
Honestly, i’ve never done it, but I think I can. I’ve hit 315 for reps of 8 and still got a little gas in the tank lol
This is obviously not true. But beyond that, no NBA player is setting lifting records.
This really isn’t that impressive of a feat for anyone who’s been lifting more than a few years and weighs over 200lbs
>If you watch those videos, he’s squatting 285 pounds, 20 times. There’s not a single person on this planet that can do that besides him.
I’m not a real one upper, but this isn’t overly difficult tbh. 315 used to be my 10 rep set before my hip started getting janky and I weighed 185 at the time.
I think I could do maybe 285×15 reps right now if I had to. I used to do higher weight at 10 reps so it’s reasonable. I am also not really an elite level lifter by any means so I think this probably isn’t as hard as buddy is saying
That’s why that man can sit in that damn chair all game long
I believe it. In college I was 5 foot 8 and 150 squatting 315 for 4×8
So at the time I could probably do 285 for 12. 20 would be insane though. But nba players got crazy stamina