To get an idea of how amazing the world squat record can be, all readers who do not know this exercise are kindly invited to perform a small experiment: take a crate of water in your hands, crouch down, then stand up without helping you no way taking care to keep your back straight and supported by the lumbar.
That said ... on 8 October 2011, a Finn named Jonas Rantanen performed the squat (1 repetition maximum) with a weight of 575kg, beating the previous record of Donnie Thompson (USA) of 573kg.
