So, I am a 22 year old dude who never really cared much about weight lifting, but people always told me I had the perfect bodytype for it. I was always heavy for my height (6'2), which I kind of lowered recently to be be more aesthetic, and was always the strongest at school and stuff. I used to be made fun of in school for how big my thighs were. They were always rather huge. Anyway, with going to the gym being more popular than ever now on tiktok and youtube and stuff I thought to give it a try and I was immediately hooked. Although I seem to be quite decent on all the other lifts, squat really stood out. I have just completed my first month ever in the gym, and managed to rep 80 kg 12 times (at 82 kg body weight) which roughly translates to a 112kg one rep max apparantly according to strengthlevel. I made sure to pay attention to my form, going down far enough and also had some help of a gym bro friend of mine who kinda taught me everything. I generally avoid 1 rep maxes as it's very easy to injure myself doing those, especially as a beginner. But the progression seems to be going very fast and I've been really focussed on my diet and stuff. I generally do 2-3 leg days per week, focussing mainly or squats and 2 other machines exercises.
Now, I wonder if I have the genetics to go pro as I seem to enjoy it so much. But I wonder if I am too old to start training for this. Most of those guys start out at like 12 or something apparantly. Also, do they even have "squat only" competitions? A lot of questions and no answers.
