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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Wilhelm » Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:10 am

425
6lb PR @10lbs lighter bodyweight


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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Clearwater47 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:49 am

Wilhelm wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:10 am425
6lb PR @10lbs lighter bodyweight
Awesome squat. Well done on pushing through that sticking point. Congrats!

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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Hardartery » Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:52 am

Wilhelm wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:10 am 425
6lb PR @10lbs lighter bodyweight

Very nice indeed!

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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 3:44 pm

Been a while since I visited the forum. Been doing a high rep workout inspired from one of mythical’s squat protocol posts. Got a 200 lbs x21 rep personal best.


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Post by DCR » Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:34 pm

@Famendoza1981, that’s great work. I was surprised watching the video to see that you barely increased the pause between reps as the set went on - I was sure that at some point you’d have to turn to “breathing squats,” but no. Wow.

Also, thank you for sharing that link. I don’t think there’s necessarily any magic in the protocol, in that I think you could make up nearly any ridiculous intensity based routine and progress if you’re actually able to go fully balls deep once or twice a week and get adequate rest. I’m very interested in the idea of not locking out at the top and recently nearly posted about that very matter in the stupid questions thread. I’ve been playing with that a bit on my work ups, finding that it’s much easier to keep every rep exactly the same when not having to initiate from fully standing / locked, and of course it pumps the legs and glutes up wonderfully.

Where were you when you started this? Have your legs gotten bigger?

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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:51 pm

DCR wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:34 pm @Famendoza1981, that’s great work. I was surprised watching the video to see that you barely increased the pause between reps as the set went on - I was sure that at some point you’d have to turn to “breathing squats,” but no. Wow.

Also, thank you for sharing that link. I don’t think there’s necessarily any magic in the protocol, in that I think you could make up nearly any ridiculous intensity based routine and progress if you’re actually able to go fully balls deep once or twice a week and get adequate rest. I’m very interested in the idea of not locking out at the top and recently nearly posted about that very matter in the stupid questions thread. I’ve been playing with that a bit on my work ups, finding that it’s much easier to keep every rep exactly the same when not having to initiate from fully standing / locked, and of course it pumps the legs and glutes up wonderfully.

Where were you when you started this? Have your legs gotten bigger?
Hey, sorry it’s been a while since I posted. To answer the two questions, I was trying to find a way to do hypertrophy/strength/maxing with blocks and I found mythical’s article which made sense from a hypertrophy point of view. However instead of using something I could do for 6 reps, I choose to use 2/3 of my 1rep max and build up to 20+ reps. I feel like I enjoy this type of workout, as long as the load is around that percentage. Any heavier and it’s not fun and likely not effective for me.
I don’t know if my legs have gotten bigger but I feel like I can do more reps with weights even up to 95% of my 1rep max, so it helps with more reps. Will see if the method will carry over to 1 rep max strength.

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Re: PR THREAD OF AWESOMENESS!!!

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:53 pm

New PR!! Squat 205 lbs x23 reps. Legs were burning after this set and subsequent set of 205 lbs x12 reps.


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Post by Hardartery » Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:30 pm

Famendoza1981 wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:53 pm New PR!! Squat 205 lbs x23 reps. Legs were burning after this set and subsequent set of 205 lbs x12 reps.

You're almost halfway there. Get it man.

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Post by JohnHelton » Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:42 am

alek wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:34 am
That looked great! Congrats!

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Post by DCR » Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:36 pm

alek wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:34 am 440
Entirely unsurprising and also awesome!

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Post by Renascent » Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:55 pm

alek wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:34 am
Fucker was deep.

Nice work!

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Post by augeleven » Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:03 pm

Great work Alek!

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Post by alek » Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:20 pm

@augeleven, @Renascent, @DCR, @JohnHelton

Thank you, gentlemen!!

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:53 pm

alek wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:34 am
Very good and deep squat!!

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Post by alek » Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:43 am

Famendoza1981 wrote: Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:53 pm Very good and deep squat!!
Thanks, man!!

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:32 pm

New PR before I drove my fam to a rented RV up north.

Squat 215 lbs x21 reps

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Post by Hardartery » Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:16 pm

Famendoza1981 wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:32 pm New PR before I drove my fam to a rented RV up north.

Squat 215 lbs x21 reps
Very nice!

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Post by Renascent » Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:12 pm

Hardartery wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:16 pm
Famendoza1981 wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:32 pm New PR before I drove my fam to a rented RV up north.

Squat 215 lbs x21 reps
Very nice!
Ditto!

Brave man.

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Post by Famendoza1981 » Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:03 pm

Renascent wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:12 pm
Hardartery wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:16 pm
Famendoza1981 wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:32 pm New PR before I drove my fam to a rented RV up north.

Squat 215 lbs x21 reps
Very nice!
Ditto!

Brave man.
Thanks guys. I did my best effort yet with grilling burgers, but failed miserably toasting marshmallow for s’mores. My mallows got burnt. But my burgers were delish. Le sigh!

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