Must punish quads!!

[Gym rat]

I was wondering about that after I watched the video of that dude squating 405kg for twenty reps maybe that dude might be Tom Platz 2.

[mr natural]

405lbs = 180kgs = 20 reps.

no wraps either ...

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his squats would definatly would not pass in a powerlifting comp, but hats off at 20 reps for that weight.

personaly i think that if the lift is not a full ROM rep then you should go lighter untill you have the full ROM.I'm totally impressed when i see full reps and a little less impressed seeing half reps or 3/4 reps, just my two cents.

[samoan_muscle]

You must want to commit suicide then, when you watch yourself train in the mirror.

[Matrix]

The video of Tom Platz doing 20+ full range reps of this sort of weight shows his squatting style. Higher bar, narrower stance(more of a bbuilding v powerlifting style) and an explosive, almost plyometric concentric portion of each rep to really hit the Type 2b Fast twitch fibres.

The guy on the videohas impressive leg strength and looks to me like a powerlfter who has worked up to a high rep set as opposed to a BBuilder IMO judging by his set up.

The debate over how deep you go will rage on eternal. Some people stop shy of parallel and still get good results for BBuilding(Gustavo Badell) some go to parallel or slightly lower for BBuilding or there sport and some go calves to hamstrings as in an olympic clean.

The main thing for bbuilding IMO is the results, after all the judges dont care what training techniques you employ or what you lift they just judge you on the results and as Nato said, sometimes real heavy training can be over rated especially if its not giving you the results you want.

Look at Olympic Speed Skaters, they usually have massive legs, yet many do high rep squat work with just 60kgs. Message: There is more than one way to skin a cat.

[IanH]

all I can say is OOOOOOWWWWW!!!!

saturday mornign went as follows:

4:30am get up and eat

-scrambled eggs, toast, oatmeal

5:30am protein shake

back to bed and doze till 6:45

get up pack gym bag, have strong coffee

7:30am drink pre-workout drink(ganic-f) and testoblast(zma + tribullis)

8am warm up(rowing) and get started

leg extensions

3 x 25 reps not to heavy just enough to feel a light burn

squats 20 reps empty bar twice as warm up with some stretching.

80kg x 15

100kg x 12

110kg x 12(started to get tired around 10)

120kg x 10

120kg x 10

140kg x 8(felt good but started seeing stars on 7)

140kg x 5( wanted 8 but I was buggered and felt like I was gonna upchuck for the rest of the workout )

back to leg extensions

5 sets to failure gradually increasing the weight on the stack ending at 120.

hamstring curls similar to above

and donkey calf raises with 200 kg 3 sets to failure.

and today.... I cry when I walk...

[teamfatboy]

Impressive workout - bet the quads feel just a little like they've been suitably punished :pfft:

[Bluto]

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[IanH]

ok I see what you`re getting at :nod: , I`ll give a try next leg workout. Thanks.

[HQ308]

My one off quad scorcher is the classic unloaded olympic bar, and set off at a nice easy pace aiming for 100 reps without stopping (collapsing). You need someone (or more than one) alongside who can start shouting when it starts to bite - and use the safety rails in the power rack for the upcoming leg failure.