A Month of Masochism: 20-rep breathing squats

[mekannik]

... The lady who rung me up said something about kids being expensive, to which I replied "I wouldn't know", which resulted in a puzzled expression from her

Dude, she was totally hitting on you. Next time you get groceries, offer her a tube steak special.


If you can - record a clip of your 20 repper and post the link.

 

[Guinness5.0]

Wednesday

DE box squat
8 doubles @ 275

-Very easy. Did 'em within the span of one song on my MP3 player - basically racked it, stepped back, took a breath, then did the next set. Speed was great. I'll add ten lbs/week.

Standing OHP
135x10x2

-Easy

Pullups
BWx8, x6

THen i stretched. I'm thinking I may do box squats for a few sets of five on fridays, and do the 20-repper mondays. That way I can add 10 lbs/week to the 20 repper 'til I just can't any more, and hopefully not lose any limit strength by doing some box squats.

 

[kingkrs]

you guys mentioned Jesse Marunde doing a 405lb 20 rep squat, well I went to his site and there is a link that has Tom Platz do 23 with 500lbs! WTF this guy is amazing!
platz 23 rep 500lb video


The guy in my avatar is doing 638 x 2 with no belt or spotters, close stance and rock bottom.

 

[Protobuilder]

Looks good, Guiness. Now add a heavy pull after each double and you'll have Clint's workout. LoL

 

[Guinness5.0]

Week 1
FRIDAY

Took it easy today. I needed to - I'm still a little sore from monday.

Box Squat
5's: bar, 135, 185, 225, 275, 315

-Since watching lots of vids of box squatting I have come to the conclusion that I've not been 'settling' enough on the box (or rather bench in my case) - I've been a bit too close to touch-n-go. This was still easy but tougher than I'd have thought thanks to settling on the bench more than previously.

Inc. DB Press
60'sx10, 90'sx8x2

-Easy, but I need to warm my shoulders up even for light weights these days My shoulders weren't thrilled with me while performing these sets.

DB Rows
90'sx8x2

-Easy. I had commented on these being hard on my elbows, but I think it may have been from locking out my supporting elbow (I did 'em with one knee and arm on a flat bench). So today I tried 'em standing with my free hand supporting me on the DB rack. Seemed better on the 'bows.

This was probably the shortest workout I've had in years. Including showering, I was in/out in 40 minutes.

 

[nelmsjer]

You're a freak. Which I think is awesome. You, my friend, are the man.

 

[mad_monkey59]

a 'virtual pat on the back' is winging its way to you as we speak.

Best of luck with that. lol

 

[xblitz44x]

Good luck sir! If I knew how to donate karma, you'd get a whole lot of it.

 

[Guinness5.0]

If you can - record a clip of your 20 repper and post the link.

Just got a 256mb SD card, so I should have a vid of tomorrow's 20-repper up

 

[Protobuilder]

SWEET! That'll be fun to watch & inspirational brother.