Some Ready Made (yet Do-it-Yourself) Size and Strength Programs In the 5 th grade, way back in 1983, I was obsessed with “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. If you were a kid in the ‘80s, you may very well have experienced this obsession yourself. According to Wikipedia, between the years ‘79 and ‘98, the books sold 250 million+ copies, so apparently it was, in the words of Ron Burgundy, sort of a big deal. In fact, until I started reading muscle magazines voraciously starting around ’86, I’m pretty sure that the extent of my reading was comprised of Choose Your Own Adventure books, Conan the Barbarian novels, and various-assorted comic books. (My favorite comic book series at one point was “Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters,” so take that TMNT.) Choose Your Own Adventure books, if you’re not familiar, were exactly what they sound like: books where you, the reader, decided what happened to the m...
Now that was impressive! You made it look like it was easy.
ReplyDeleteNot only do I not have the strength to squat that much weight, I don't even think I could squeeze myself under the bar that low.
What kind of weight-rep scheme do you recommend for the bottom position squat with (almost) daily training? Started with 3x3 today using my SSB.
ReplyDeleteAnything similar to one of my "high-frequency" training schemes would work fine, as would the "30-Rep Workout" or, possibly, something along the lines of Big Jim Williams's "21-rep workout."
ReplyDeleteOne other thing, Mike, don't JUST do BPS alone when training them high-frequency. Most lifters, myself included, will find them harder on the lower back—when starting really deep—than traditional squats. On the flip side, they ARE easier on your CNS.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback.
ReplyDeleteI found doing singles suits me better, so I've started doing the Justa singles routine. Having to set up fresh for each single is easier than to do reps with the BPS. When doing reps it was easy to get out of the groove.
I am doing Kb C&P Russian Ladders beforehand and DLs afterwards depending on how my back feels.