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blut wump
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I received an Iron Mind leaflet through the post today and they have a book called "Super Squats - Your Guide to 20-Rep Squats". Does anyone know of it? Will it teach me anything more than BiggT aleady is? 
It says I can gain 30 pounds of muscle in six weeks. I'd better not buy it. My shoes are getting a bit thin underneath as it is.
They also have some stats on Colin Bryce who comperes the Strongman. It seems he's done an 89cm vertical jump (35"), power cleaned 165Kg and power snatched 135Kg. I never knew. He made the finals of British Strongest Man in 1999 and was in the British bobsleigh team at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
It says I can gain 30 pounds of muscle in six weeks. I'd better not buy it. My shoes are getting a bit thin underneath as it is.
They also have some stats on Colin Bryce who comperes the Strongman. It seems he's done an 89cm vertical jump (35"), power cleaned 165Kg and power snatched 135Kg. I never knew. He made the finals of British Strongest Man in 1999 and was in the British bobsleigh team at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
BiggT
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BW, I think that is the original '20 rep squat' template. I would run an internet search before buying the book, I can't recall off-hand, but I think it is like the Smolov, where it is easily accessible on the internet. If I remember, it is 6 weeks, squatting either 2 or 3 times a week depending on your recovery.....assistance was minimal, little to nothing, thats the program with the pullovers right after the squats.
Two approaches guys use is one, to take the 12-rep max, do a 20 rep breathing set, then go up from there.....the other is to take the 5 rep max, knock 60lbs off, and do 20's for 6 weeks finishing with the old 5rm for a set of 20 on the final workout.
Dig around the net before you buy the book though, because I think it is floating around out there.
You're already doing progressive 20 reppers tailored to suit yourself, so again, all a book provides is a basic template, that you'd most likely have to tweak a bit anyway, and it'd most likely just end up like what you're doing now.
Two approaches guys use is one, to take the 12-rep max, do a 20 rep breathing set, then go up from there.....the other is to take the 5 rep max, knock 60lbs off, and do 20's for 6 weeks finishing with the old 5rm for a set of 20 on the final workout.
Dig around the net before you buy the book though, because I think it is floating around out there.
You're already doing progressive 20 reppers tailored to suit yourself, so again, all a book provides is a basic template, that you'd most likely have to tweak a bit anyway, and it'd most likely just end up like what you're doing now.
blut wump
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There's a plethora of 20-rep squat routines on the 'Net. I've not seen any other piling 20 pounds a session onto the bar, though.
The weight start and progression coupled with the time-frame pleased me about this template you outlined almost from first seeing it. You even predicted when I'd start to think about stalling. Pretty impressive and thanks again for the suggestion.
The weight start and progression coupled with the time-frame pleased me about this template you outlined almost from first seeing it. You even predicted when I'd start to think about stalling. Pretty impressive and thanks again for the suggestion.
BiggT
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Thanks....Thats something I've done after a layoff, and a friend of mine used it back in college coming off surgery to repair his ACL. The 20lb jumps work well because you start out with such a relatively light load compared to pre-layoff/injury, and it builds the necessary conditioning after the layoff, plus the 20-reppers aren't such a connective tissue strain post-injury and you're in a good position to respond well to the 3-5 rep range when you start a new training cycle.
Jim Ouini
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blut wump said:I received an Iron Mind leaflet through the post today and they have a book called "Super Squats - Your Guide to 20-Rep Squats". Does anyone know of it? Will it teach me anything more than BiggT aleady is?
It says I can gain 30 pounds of muscle in six weeks. I'd better not buy it. My shoes are getting a bit thin underneath as it is.
I have the book, I just dug it out recently a few weeks ago. I'll skim through it and give you a little rundown.
Jim Ouini
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Basically:
Take your current 10RM and do 20 reps. Every workout add 5lbs to the bar. Frequency is recommended 3 x week to start with. If that's too much, try twice per week. If you're too old and feeble for that try every 5 or 6 days
He also recommends 1 gallon of milk per day (where have I heard that before?) to get that 30lbs of muscle.
The rest of the book is stuff you already know about form and other exercises, some motivational things, a few programs and some stuff about diet, rest and nutrition.
Anyway, I think the book is only $10 so I like having it.
Take your current 10RM and do 20 reps. Every workout add 5lbs to the bar. Frequency is recommended 3 x week to start with. If that's too much, try twice per week. If you're too old and feeble for that try every 5 or 6 days
He also recommends 1 gallon of milk per day (where have I heard that before?) to get that 30lbs of muscle.
The rest of the book is stuff you already know about form and other exercises, some motivational things, a few programs and some stuff about diet, rest and nutrition.
Anyway, I think the book is only $10 so I like having it.
blut wump
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Thanks Jim. That program really is plastered all over the 'Net.
I mentioned to my wife that my legs were feeling a bit fatigued. I think she misunderstood me to be asking whether I could go work out in the sand school. Next I knew I was being packed off with a large bottle of water in the searing heat to go level the sand and rubber. 40 minutes of 'sled'-dragging had me well-knackered and passing out on the sofa.
Back in answer to AB's question I reckon maybe I am having early signs of loading.
I mentioned to my wife that my legs were feeling a bit fatigued. I think she misunderstood me to be asking whether I could go work out in the sand school. Next I knew I was being packed off with a large bottle of water in the searing heat to go level the sand and rubber. 40 minutes of 'sled'-dragging had me well-knackered and passing out on the sofa.
Back in answer to AB's question I reckon maybe I am having early signs of loading.
blut wump
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I found this description of 20-rep squats on BB.com. I thought it was amusing.
1. easy
2. easy
3. alright this is gonna be a piece of cake
4. Ill be at 20 in no time
5. Oh cool my favorite song
6. (starts sweating) alright 14 more
7. 13 more
8. ok 12 more this is still going to be easy
9. one more and ill be halfway
10. wew half way
11. damn my legs are burning
12. ok, it cant get any worse then this
13. ahh damn
14. oh i hope my legs colapse and this falls on me
15. damn BiggT for telling me to do this
16. F***
17. oh kill me please
18. Next time I do this im gonna be on serious pain killers
19. Im never doing this again.
19 1/2. ahhhh (craps himself) which makes him light enough to get the last half rep up.
1. easy
2. easy
3. alright this is gonna be a piece of cake
4. Ill be at 20 in no time
5. Oh cool my favorite song
6. (starts sweating) alright 14 more
7. 13 more
8. ok 12 more this is still going to be easy
9. one more and ill be halfway
10. wew half way
11. damn my legs are burning
12. ok, it cant get any worse then this
13. ahh damn
14. oh i hope my legs colapse and this falls on me
15. damn BiggT for telling me to do this
16. F***
17. oh kill me please
18. Next time I do this im gonna be on serious pain killers
19. Im never doing this again.
19 1/2. ahhhh (craps himself) which makes him light enough to get the last half rep up.
anotherbutters
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Awesome! 
