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Mon
Jan 30, 2012

Daily Squats High Rep - Paused Rep Warmups / Non-Paused Back Up
[200,250x4][300,350x2][400,420x1]
- 350 4x2

Jumps/Speed
- 4 rep submax jumps focusing on quick and smooth force absorptions - multi sets
- SVJ 2 hand dunks

* 420x1 felt like 400. 100% i was going to get the paused concentric up by the way it felt light on my back. i was trying out how the 4-6min rest (that some people say will have some sort of strength carryover) works for me and it did well until i get to 420-440. 420 felt easy and i attempted 440 after 6mins. bad idea. got stuck halfway up, lowerback leaked energy. IMO - most likely the lower back is not as strong - being hammered from all the volumes of 350x8.
* day 2/2 of recovery workout and decided to just go 350x4 x2 to get the same volume - with less beating to the lowerback. i killed my erectors more than i need to today anyway with that 440x1 blitz crap idea. i did finish the 200-440 lifts in less than 45mins.
* i used to aim for 40 total reps per volume workout in the past, 2x a week. total of 80 total reps a week. with 8x1-2 back up sets, i only have to do 3 days of 8x2 back up sets a week to match that volume. i already did 2 days of 350 8x2 this week. will continue with this routine until 8-12 weeks and hopefully at 370-390 by then.
* i am 174lb wet BW, 172 in the morning. must be the 6lbs of dinner i had the other day. i won't mind being in the 174-176lb BW during this leg building routine.

^ power phase IMO is not really necessary to improve the SVJ. unloaded near-max jumps for skill work is so simple to do and gets results too.

about the supra-max half squats - aside from teaching me to handle some very heavy weights, it also emphasized the reversal depth and being really strong in that area.

Sat
Jan 28, 2012

Daily Squats High Rep - Paused Rep Warmups / Non-Paused Back Up
[200,250x4][300,350x2][400,420x1]
- 350 8x2

* 420 felt heavier today. 430x1 max. will do an easier workout tmrw to get recovery to catch up. the 2nd set of 350x8 was smoother but also got heavier faster at reps 7-8.
* 350x8 is just about right for my high rep back up sets for now. even if the reps 7/8 were heavy, they were not grinders. still explosive at the full depth reversal without slowing down to a crawl on the concentric.
* if i were aiming for a max rep, id probably get to 10-12 reps with 2-3 breath pauses per rep.. and all the way to 12+ if i stand there and camp again like i usually do at some point before - not efficient IMO because it takes me 2-3 days of skip squat days to recover. right now, even with just an 8x2.. doing them daily really gets the volume higher.
* had company dinner at work last night and i ate some serious volume of good quality beef - 30oz poterhouse with a side of 30z chicago rib steak .. 60oz of steaks with fresh vegetable sides and shirmps/oysters. killed them all. strong dinner + high rep = win

Thur
Jan 26, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps
[200,250x4][300,350x2][400,420x1]
- 370x4
- 320x8

* legs were quad locked a bit/hammered from the heavy paused singles yesterday but surprisingly, i was still strong today. it felt so good at the 350x2 - i thought i loaded the bar wrong. 350 felt like 300.. did 400x1 and i overpowered it easily. decided to skip the 410. 420 is heavish but the plan to skip the 410 was not a bad idea at all. i could have maxed at 440 again today.
* instead of hammering myself with heavy near max singles to get bigger - decided to build more legs with sub-max back up sets. did 50lb deloads.. 370x4 still felt heavish.. probably good for a sure 6, but i have to fight to get 8-10. the 320x8 felt so light, i did double reps per breath. will do -70/-100 next time i do these daily back up sets.. probably tmrw if legs hold up. so max at 420, then 350x6-8 / 320x8-10. eat whey protein in between sets.

^ my squat goal for the year is 500lb full squat at sub 180lb BW ~ 2.8BW.  that peak strength is not going to get me jumping higher.. its the way the 500x1 makes the 440-460x4-6 doable/repeatable/routine... more speed/SVJ practice and i should be in the  42-44"SVJ after i trim back to low 170s..

im focusing more on getting my 60m sprint faster, and to powerclean something decent. getting stronger legs is always a good thing thats why im still doing these endless daily squats.

After thinking about it, I do not agree anymore that jump squats are more quad-dominant. I do not disagree either, though. I would like someone to explain to me what quad-dominance is, what it means and how it can be measured. I realized that I am not really sure about those things and I would like those who regularly bring/brought this up (AlexV, Avishek, adarq, Raptor,...) to explain this to me. My former agreement was stupid.

i had my cycles of barbell jump squats and yes.. they are quad/glute dominant. hours/days after the workout, you feel that your glutes/quads were hammered. simple as that IMO.

Mon
Jan 23, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps
[200,250x4][300,350x2][400,410,420x1]

Jumps/Speed
- 4 rep submax jumps focusing on quick and smooth force absorptions - multi sets

* not really the kind of performance overshoot i was expecting. the 420x1 was not heavy but it was not convincingly explosive either. would have maxed at 430 or a very heavy 440x1.. id give myself more 410-420 max workouts and give recovery more time.
* BW at 174lb wet. added more casein proteins at bedtime. wheycheap.com sold the cytosport for $20/tub.. bought a truckload.
* supplement stacks now - creatine, coffee, whey/casein protein, BCAAs (aminox), NOxplode/jack3d/1MR. cycling the preworkouts, on 4-6 weeks, off 1-2 weeks.. consistent on the whey-casein/creatine/coffee/BCAA

Sat
Jan 21, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps
[150,200,250x4][300,350x2][400x1]

Jumps/Speed
- 4 rep submax jumps focusing on quick and smooth force absorptions - multi sets

* PR on the time it took me to complete the workout.. lol. i could have started with 200x4 already - will try it out tmrw. 200-250-300-350-400.. done. less than 30mins.
* if i feel strongish tmrw and stop again at 400x1, mondays lift might be interesting.

i might have jinxd u when i asked for the "getting pinned vids".. i knew eventually something like this would happen. if it was that easy, (7 week in your case) then everybody would be squatting 4 plates... it just makes taking a 405x5 vid that much more rewarding if you get it.

IMO - you burned out because you are dishing so much effort in getting the x4 and the x7 weights.. there should be a time to focus on just getting the top set of 4, or the multi set of 7.. can't have all at once.

the worst you can do right now is stop lifting heavy. at least single a near max so you still get the form (of lifting heavy) going.