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coolcolj
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I do reps with 335 lbs, and I weigh about 182-185 ( 5'9" currently dieting down), I don't do it for bodybuilding though. I squat for sprinting and vertical leaping. I explode the weight on the way up and lower it slowly 4-6 secs, 8-10 reps. I hit failure on the last rep.
Train at home, so no spotters here, I just drop the weight on the squat rack bars.
I do find bent over dumbell rows on a bench taxing, its like my upper body and legs are tensing as like hell to stablise my body. And I don't do it like most people - again I explode it as hard as I can, on the way up, control it for a sec and then lower it slowly milking the negative. I use 80Lb dumblells for this exercise
Everything I do is for gaining explosiveness. Absolute strength is secondary. So I have to be able explode the weight with a bit of speed.
Anyway I won't argue anymore - everyone is different, and I don't find squats that intensive as other people do compared to some other exercises I do, such as bent over rows, power cleans weighted chins all with slow negative phase. Maybe its because Im used to hammering my legs from sprinting and lots of vertical jumping in my plyometric training and basketball. For what's it worth my legs and calves are by far the biggest muscle groups in my body in terms of muscle mass.
Train at home, so no spotters here, I just drop the weight on the squat rack bars.
I do find bent over dumbell rows on a bench taxing, its like my upper body and legs are tensing as like hell to stablise my body. And I don't do it like most people - again I explode it as hard as I can, on the way up, control it for a sec and then lower it slowly milking the negative. I use 80Lb dumblells for this exercise
Everything I do is for gaining explosiveness. Absolute strength is secondary. So I have to be able explode the weight with a bit of speed.
Anyway I won't argue anymore - everyone is different, and I don't find squats that intensive as other people do compared to some other exercises I do, such as bent over rows, power cleans weighted chins all with slow negative phase. Maybe its because Im used to hammering my legs from sprinting and lots of vertical jumping in my plyometric training and basketball. For what's it worth my legs and calves are by far the biggest muscle groups in my body in terms of muscle mass.
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