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 Yes, thats a much better idea, but dont use only 1 rm maxes, use doubles and triples as well.  fwiw, this works very well doing it every other day too, depending on how well you recover, some guys make better gains going to a max (1,2,3) every other day, than they do trying to lift every day.  If youre going to be playing a lot of basketball and jumping a lot, this will likely serve you much better. 


 One other thing is, if you ONLY work up to the rep max, make sure to take plenty of ramping sets on the way to the max, if you are going to hit the max, then do a few back down sets of 2's or 3's, then get to the max asap, then get the extra volume in the back down sets.  On days youre feeling very energetic and rested, the second method will be better, on days youre not, simply working up the max and stopping will work well.

I think most people take the daily "MAX" too literally where they try to lift a maximum weight every day instead of just going for a weight that is hard but far from a grinder. In Raptors case this might range from 100-150kg.

I made that mistake and didn't progress in terms of weight lifted/strength (but my form, technique & flexibility improved).

http://jonnorth.blogspot.com/2011/04/max-aita-interview.html
Here's a good interview with Max Aita (California Strength) where he talks about squatting daily and other stuff.

What if I want to stop squatting for a while? How to maintain that strength without going to the gym (and paying a lot of money)?

I'd like to stop squatting for a month or two, just to give my body some recovery time, I feel like I need it, my shoulders hurt immensly, sometimes I can't even raise my arms properly because of the accumulated pain from low bar squatting and the pressure it puts on my arms, and just in general - I need to recover for a while and not squat at all.

My thinking is use some KB swings and focus on the core more (since I suck so hard at it anyway) and play ball, maybe do some plyos if anything.

How about some pistols & king deadlifts and perhaps some max effort isometrics with short duration?

What if I want to stop squatting for a while? How to maintain that strength without going to the gym (and paying a lot of money)?

I'd like to stop squatting for a month or two, just to give my body some recovery time, I feel like I need it, my shoulders hurt immensly, sometimes I can't even raise my arms properly because of the accumulated pain from low bar squatting and the pressure it puts on my arms, and just in general - I need to recover for a while and not squat at all.

My thinking is use some KB swings and focus on the core more (since I suck so hard at it anyway) and play ball, maybe do some plyos if anything.

no go, use it or lose it

use some auto reg but set some definite baselines w/ rep speed being the major one

on days you feel good go for it but on shitty days take it easier