What do you think about every day squatting for a period. My plan is to get into that in February. Basically, squat a total of 8-10 reps per day with a very heavy weight. Say 90-95%. One rep and then pause for one minute, another rep etc until I finish all my "1 rep sets" so to speak. That should make me "learn" to generate great strength voluntarily.
I want to do this about 5 days per week (Monday - Friday) with 2 days of rest. What do you thino about this? Anybody done anything similar?
If youre going to do a high frequency squat routine youre going to have to make sure to do plenty of prehab work, especially with your nagging injuries (from squatting etc.). I would also ramp up to a daily max, then back off 20-40lbs and do doubles or triples for a few more sets. I have done high frequency squatting a couple of times, one was with smolov and the higher rep ranges didnt work nearly as well for me as going to a daily max (at good bar speed), then backing down 20-40lbs and doing a few more sets of dubs and trips. Adarq has an awesome outline in his high frequency experiment in that thread and shows what to do and what not to do so that the trial and error work is already laid out for you. I think you can make some great progress at the point youre at currently without having to go high frequency but if you wanted to give it a shot it can definitely work well and raise your work capacity to very high levels.
Just a couple of things that are going to become more and more important is making sure to warm up EXTREMELY well, as well as doing plenty of pre hab work after workouts and on off days. Myofascial release and pnf stretching + tonic knee joint work (ie high rep/light weight leg curls) are invaluable during high frequency leg training blocks.
x2, can't say it enough about how important warming up extremely good is, when on a high frequency squat routine.
I have plenty of experience with that raptor, what you propose would definitely work. You really learn to just go on feel day by day, throwing in rest days when needed. If you try and prescribe something with exact numbers etc, then you'd set yourself up for more risk of injury, ie, to hit a certain number when you might feel like shit. Every time I've done something like that (which i'm just now getting back into), I've definitely improved strength on the singles and improved my jumping.
The one thing that might be a problem, is your shoulders. Clusters of singles, MSEM style, kill my shoulders more than 5x10, 1x20, etc.. Unracking and re-racking really heavy singles for 8-16 total reps really makes me cringe after re-racking the weight, so it's something to keep in mind, it's actually harder on your shoulders than a few repped sets IMO.
4-5 days per week is optimal, i wouldn't go more than 5 days, those two rest days will definitely help you recover.
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