Squats and deads

[Assertive Guy]

I've been doing the max no. reps in 20 mins on squats, then the same with deads on a different day for some cardio. MY GOD(!), I have never had any workout make such a difference to my everyday life. I have more energy than when I take an ECA, and everything feels so easy. Only been doing the squats for 1 month and the deads maybe 2-3 sessions (once per wk).

I can tell by some looks Im getting people are wondering what the hecks going on with me hehe. I feel better for it too, even tho I was skeptical about such high reps (227 in my last deads workout), but it is working.

Assertive Guy

 

[plrpower]

Your doing as many reps of squats and deads in 20 mins as you can? That sounds extreme and I like it haha. I am intested in seeing what kinda gains this will bring. Have fun with your Mad Man workout.

 

[TheOak84]

what % of weights r u using

 

[xblitz44x]

I don't even know what to make of this. I almost puked just imagining it.

 

[kingkrs]

227 deadlift reps? wow! That is alot. You must be using 60% or below for weight. How many reps in a set and how many sets?

 

[coldblue1955]

Your doing as many reps of squats and deads in 20 mins as you can? That sounds extreme and I like it haha. I am intested in seeing what kinda gains this will bring. Have fun with your Mad Man workout.

extreme indeed.

 

[Assertive Guy]

227 deadlift reps? wow! That is alot. You must be using 60% or below for weight. How many reps in a set and how many sets?

Well, I take 5 less seconds rest between sets (currently at 35 secs rest) than in the last workout, and add an extra rep to every set, and an extra set more from the extra time. I NEVER train to failure because I want the cardio benefits more, so I still always have a heck of allot left in the tank at the end, and actually feel good rather than exhausted by the end.

I start (atm) 10 reps set 1, go up to like 25 reps and end last set on about 18 currently. The short-term goal (within maybe 3 months) is to do 20 mins non-stop, no rest periods.

 

[anotherbutters]

The short-term goal (within maybe 3 months) is to do 20 mins non-stop, no rest periods.

That's just insane! What weight do you use and how does that compare to your max?

 

[silver_shadow]

 

[bignate73]

oh yucky! great for increasing endurance though. sort of like an extreme HIIT session, that never has a rest! I think i would be done in about 5 minutes.

 

[Assertive Guy]

That's just insane! What weight do you use and how does that compare to your max?

Well, I never come close to failure, and have done virtually no leg or lower back work in 7 years (even that was short lived), so Im starting with a little over 25kgs and on my 3rd session finding it very easy to hit 254 reps last night with 35 seconds or less between sets and almost a minute left at the end I didnt use.

At this rate I should easily achive my target. I have no idea what my 1 rep max's are for these, and since Im really training for stamina and practical/usable strength I dont think it's something I want to measure my progress by. Maybe/maybe I wont give it a go for fun sometime.

Assertive Guy

 

[bignate73]

25kg....total? or per side?

 

[Assertive Guy]

25kg....total? or per side?

I've never worked these muscles (havn't done any cardio either for a very long time), so its total atm, but once I get an hour without putting it down, I'll just keep ramping the weight up. The only two reasons Im training myself in this way is for practical fitness and strength for the voluntry work I do.

 

[Numani]

you want to go one hour straight doing deads. lol

how is your lower back doing at the moment? high rep squats and deads and you have not done a lot of leg or lower back work in years!

whats the work that your doing that needs you to have this sort of fitness/strength?

 

[bignate73]

seems too repetitive and strict for any functional work. it gives a false sense of strength, and is a short path to repetitive microtrauma that can build up really quickly to an injury. if there is any degree of twisting in your work, you put yourself at risk. my recommendation would be to add in a single arm deadlift to challenge your bodies stabilizers. just a suggestion.

 

[Assertive Guy]

you want to go one hour straight doing deads. lol

how is your lower back doing at the moment? high rep squats and deads and you have not done a lot of leg or lower back work in years!

whats the work that your doing that needs you to have this sort of fitness/strength?

Part of it involves removals type work, so I have to lift and move whatever needs lifting and moving, and that could be almost anything usually only for around 20 mins (but that's because I've been tired after 20, and want to do more).