18-year-old Dwayne Coleman broke his own record with an insane squat.
Dwayne Coleman, 18-year-old super heavyweight, continues to set new marks in the state of Louisiana. On Saturday, Coleman broke his own record with a 900-pound squat during the LHSAA State Championships at the Cajundome in Lafayette. This lift set a new high school record in Louisiana.
Coleman, who received the outstanding lifter award, was able to break this record on a bonus attempt. The 462-pound senior squatted 875 pounds on his third and final attempt and was given a fourth attempt as he set his sights on the state record. Coleman was able to complete the 900-pound squat to set a new record.
Here’s the 900lb lift. pic.twitter.com/j4teIYhBxn
— Macho Camacho (@MrCoachWilson) March 23, 2024
Coleman totaled 2,005 pounds during the event, leaving him as Louisiana’s strongest high school powerlifter of all-time. He completed a 500-pound bench press and 630-pound deadlift to go along with his incredible performance in squats. His total was 160 pounds higher than the super heavyweight champions last year.
The insane lift by Dwayne Coleman has received great attention around the nation, including from ‘ESPN’s SportsCenter.’
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How to Perform a Squat
Start Right
Believe it or not, the squats start before you actually get under the bar. How and where you place the bar on your shoulders can determine the quality of the exercise. High and low bar positions are the two most popular ways of placing the barbell on your back.
High bar squats are where the bar sits higher up on the traps, as opposed to low bar squats where the bar rests across the rear deltoids, or even maybe slightly lower. Low bar recruits more hamstrings and glutes and high bar recruits more of the quads.
Un-racking and Foot Placement
Too often do people make the mistake of un-racking the barbell in a lunging position, but both your feet should be under the bar as you go for the lift-off. While the foot placement might not make a difference in the beginning, it’ll prove it’s worth as you lift heavier weights.
Once the bar is un-racked, you need to get in position by your second step. The first step-back should be to get at a comfortable distance from the rack, and the second should be to get in position for the squat. You don’t need to take 5-10 steps to get in position, as that will put you too far out from the rack and when you are on your way back you could trip or miss the re-rack, leading to injury.
As far as foot placement during the squat, you often times will see people messing up this step; they either keep their feet too close or too wide. In a normal squat, your feet should be directly under your shoulders and pointing at 1 o’clock.
Do the Squat
We have all seen someone who bends forward while performing the squats so much so that their upper body is almost parallel to the floor at the bottom of the movement, and it makes you wonder how their back can take that. But, keep in mind that you do not want to be performing a good morning when you are squatting. This can result in lower back injury, or even other injuries that will put you out of the gym for long periods of time. If you can’t help but lean forward while squatting, you should consider dropping down the weights to focus on your form and really nail it. It is far better to have good form and lower weight, than injury-prone form and heavy weight.
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