20 Reps 'til I Puke - FFQuads Log

[FFQuads]

My new log. I've started a new 20 rep workout today and will run it till I stall. My goal is to increase my endurance and better my 20 rep maxs on the 3 big lifts - Bench, DL, and Squats. I took my my 5 rep. maxes and started around 35% for week one. Weight increases by 10 lbs. every week. Below are my current maxs and my goals for 20 reps. Let's go....

Goals -

Bench - 225 lbs. x 30
Squats - 315 lbs. x 20
DL - 350 lbs. x 20

Max weight:

1. Bench 375 lbs. X 1
2. Squats 475 lbs. X 5
3. Deadlift 515 lbs. X 5
4. Rows 315 lbs. X 5
5. SLDL 435 lbs. X 5
6. Incline Bench 315 lbs. X 3
7. BTN BB Press 255 lbs. X 5
8. CG Bench 315 lbs. X 4
9. BB Shrugs 655 lbs. X 5
10. Skull Crushers 185 lbs. X 5

Monday AM weight 212 lbs.

AM -
30 minute run - About 8.7 minute miles

PM -
Bench
20 x 120
20 x 120
20 x 120
Rows
20 x 115
20 x 115
20 x 115
Decline Abs
20 x BW
20 x BW
20 x BW
Standing Calf Raises
20 x 140
20 x 140
20 x 140

First day was a fucking joke! I can't believe how stupid I must look to everyone at the gym. I can't wait till the weight go up because I'm going to turn gay doing this shit! Easy and embarassing!!!

of course that's what I thought about the 5x5 till week 6.....

 

[palehorse51]

good lookin out on the 20 rep squats. these are for real men only. your quads will blow up like nothin else on thes. great overall growth boost to entire body! have the chuck bucket handy.....

 

[Guinness5.0]

IMO your squat goal is way low. I got to 325x20 natty and couldn't do 475x5 juiced.

But it'll be fun to push yourself. Honestly though, you might get nuried pushing all of them this way at once. It may be better to concentrate on one while putting the other stuff in more of a maintenance-type of program.

Unless of course the whole point is pushing them all at once. Just my two pennies.

PS I have a vid of 325x20 if you give a shit...

 

[gettnlarge01]

20rep squats are brutal but 50rep squats are insane!! I make better gains on the higher rep workouts[15+ reps]

 

[jpt]

absolutely hate the higher rep scheme....but it's good to switch it up after a while of heavy lifting. 20 rep squats are tough...make sure your doing a heavy 20 if you know what i mean. alot of people say they going to lift in the higher rep range but they are bascially doing nothing. if your going for 20 i would say make sure your reps are getting difficult around 11 or 12....the last 2-3 should be absolutely brutal!!! good luck bro!

 

[FFQuads]

Thanks everyone! The first 4 weeks are going to be a loading phase. After that, it should start to get hard. Guinness5.0, post that squat vid. I love that shit. I hope your right about my goal being to low. I guess we will see. 250 lbs. x 20 feel really hard right now. I'm just not used to the high reps AT ALL. hehe

 

[al420]

What color panties did you wear for that pathetic lifting session?

 

[Tweakle]

did you follow it up with a handful of almonds and 1/2 cut dry oatmeal?

you want to keep the max strength up while doing higher reps, otherwise you'll end up losing your low rep strength after a month or so.. how about alternating this with 5's?

 

[Guinness5.0]

Here's the vid:
http://media.putfile.com/325x20

 

[FFQuads]

Al - The panties were pink in color. Just the regular...

Tweakle - I feel yah! I just wanted to run something different for 8-10 weeks. I really don't have any idea how I could set it up. I am horrible when it comes to building these workouts. I have been thinking about throwing everything in the trash and just running the 5x5 with high reps every other week or something. Fuck if I know??? Hopefully this will be fun and I'll be able to rebound after 4 weeks of heavy training (after the 20 rep workout is done). I will run the 5x5 after this I guess??

Guinness5.0 - That is great! I would have loved to seen your face for the next 2 minutes after that shit. I bet it turned yellow!!!