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Strength & Conditioning >> Bodyweight Squats for high reps=worthless??
| 12/27/12 3:56 AM | |
Leigh
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 31055 |
I have been doing this progression for the past few weeks. Its not bad at all, legs got stronger (not worked leg strength for a couple of years) and my cns doesn't take anything like the pounding it does from squats. Ultumately though, balance became the limiting factoe - doing deck squats with a 20kg plate was doable but that's about it. I started banging my knee on the weights and other small things like that when I went heavier |
| 12/27/12 4:02 AM | |
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Leigh
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 31056 |
Apologies for typos - I had to use my phone browser to use the search function 
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| 12/27/12 9:49 AM | |
Wiggy
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 10313 |
I know I'm late to the party on this thread, but here's a few of my thoughts that haven't really been touched on yet... I look at BW training the same as I do KB training or DB training or sandbag workouts. While the tool and/or exercises being used are definitely a part of the reason why certain protocols are effective, what's more responsible for the results are the principles being employed in the first place. By that, I mean if you think BW squats are better than barbell squats, why is that? Simply saying b/c they're done with bodyweight isn't a good enough answer. I can do barbell squats for 4 sets x 6 reps with a progressively heavier weight and get strong as hell. However, if I did BW squats for 4 x 6, it would be largely useless b/c the volume wouldn't be there. Conversely, if the notion that BW squats for high reps are a good idea, what constitutes "high reps"? If you do 300 BW squats but I do 200 squats with an empty bar on my back and person #3 can do 100 squats with 135lbs on his back, aside from the total volume being done, is there really a difference? Not really - the principle being employed in the same. Tools create fanboys. Principles create results. Figure out which principles will lead to the results you desire and proceed from there. |
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