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Originally Posted by Eric3237
With all that said, I have no problem with what you are trying to do. I just think you need to adjust loads and raise the intensity, even if that means cutting the total sets. Consider, once you do that, whether you can maintain the workload, and keep up the frequency, high frequency being one of the keys to a total body routine.
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i know what your saying Eric and thanks for taking the trouble of writing so much...
let me explain myself...
i was sick last week... i lost over 3 kgs in 4 days... so you can imagine how badly my strength was affected...
my max on bench is 90 kgs (including the weight of the rod = 10 kgs) for 2 reps
with a spot... however, without a spot i can pull of 80 kgs (including the bar's weight) for 3-4 reps... however, you must understand, my deadlift and bench records were made when i was on Total Body Training, in which i had 1 day every week to test my 1 rep maxes for these two lifts..
the reason why i dont do 1 rep squats is because i don have a squat rack at my gym...
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Originally Posted by anuj247
yes, i know its hard to believe, but the truth is: we dont have a squat rack...
so your probably wondering how i manage to squat such heavy weights without a squat rack right ?
this is what i do: i place the barbell on the pull-up machine (its a machine which has two protruding rods for parallel bar dips and one rod at the top which is parallel to the ceiling and meant for pull-ups). i place the barbell on the parallel bars of the machine. then i add weights on either side..
then, i clear the bar and take 2-3 steps behind so i can squat freely...
now, the danger is, that if the weight is too heavy, i'm gonna get stuck at the bottom position of the squat and there's no way to get the weight off me...
thats why i don't do such heavy squats all the time (i'm referring to my max effort days).... i've had a bad experince... a while ago, i had taken 90 kgs for the squat (if you include the weight of the barbell, its gonna be 101 kgs) and i finished 1-3 reps with perfect form, and then i got stuck at the bottom position and i could not get back up... my thighs were screaming in pain.. thats when 4 instructors came running and "deadlifted" the weight off my back...!!! damn.. i was so shaken up with that, i decided that no more less than 6 rep squats for me: instead i'll do deadlifts...
thats why i do deadlifts on my max effort day: to me its a substiute of the squat but just more fun....
i know your gonna say that if there's no safety bar how do i know that i'm doing my squat A2G? but the answer is simple: i always have a trainer / instructor (we call trainers "instructors" out here) watching my form and plus: the mirror in front of me speaks volumes
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also, i forgot to mention this, but i've hurt my ankle because of a jump stunt i did in school while running down stairs
and thats why i took such a light load... i did not know if i'd get hurt more while doing squats or not... however, i know for a fact that i'll prbably be able to take 60 kgs next time...
and yes, my bench was weak because the fucking AC in my gym conked off, and though there wasnt a rush (thankfully), i did not want to load it up really heavily because (a) i'm still not very strong / as strong as i was :( and (b) the AC had conked off...
thanks for taking the time again eric for correcting me.. i really appreciate it....