You would get that inflated ego checked if you came to the us 
There seems to be a trend on here of pushing reps to the limit of squats and deadlift
I confess that no matter how beneficial it might be to test my limits, Iām simply unwilling to go there. I like my low reps and long rests
I could say Iām āmaking a decision given health problemsā but in reality, Iām just lazy and donāt want the pain
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Thereās a fake āhardcore lifterā element at play here. Most of the people that talk about lifting this way do so because itās the only intensity theyāre exposed to. Same as the people that dry-scoop their preworkout on camera to look tough. (No, not complaining about people that do it out of necessity).
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Fixed it for you.
I get irrationally angry when people describe a comment as āsavageā or that someone got āroastedā or ādraggedā. Guys, weāre just saying slightly mean things to each other, letās not pretend this is something meaningful.
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Haha thatās possible (and sounds comfortable).
Are buses wider in total to allow for bigger seats?
I also lump āslamā and ācondemnā into this. Mostly revolving around news reporting on politics, but equally chickenshit in all forms.
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Iāve seen people recently describe saying slightly mean things on the internet as ādraggingā or āput in body bagā, like this is some fight to the death in the Coliseum. I totally get that using hyperbole in writing is useful and makes things more interesting but at a certain point, weāre taking social media a bit too seriously
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Fixed it 
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I have a regular bar I frequent. In the bar there is a narrow choke point, that recently I have to walk through at an angle. This makes me happy.
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I confess it took me 3 re-reads before I realized ābarā referred to āestablishment that serves alcoholā vs a piece of equipment utilized for strength trainingā¦
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I confess I finally did 20 rep breathing squats at 275lb yesterday and thought I was going to die. Iām not sure if iām proud of myself for doing it, or terrified I was dumb enough to try, but I confess my feelings towards this exercise are mixed.
@T3hPwnisher idk how you do this shit regularly man, I canāt imagine a more painful way to die (sarcasm, kind of)
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Dude, I havenāt done breathing squats since 2006, haha. F**Kā¦thatā¦
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You know, I couldāve sworn I saw this in your log, but maybe my mind just replaced all your actual training info with the most pain-filled exercise I could think of.
I guess what Iām trying to say is, if I saw 20 rep breathing squats in your log - I wouldnāt think it to be out of place lol
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The thought crossed my mind during my second round of Building the Monolith, but I ended up going with a more traditional widowmaker to prep me for Deep Water on the follow up.
Breathing squats just suck. SO much. I got the itch for them again, but fitting them into the programming will take some doing.
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I confess that I caught Covid and managed to throw my back out coughing. The back is currently worse than the Covid.
I read a paper today.
We starting to get overwhelmed when I realized that it was all just basic probability and algebra.
This is the first time I paper just clicked like that. I am sooo happy
I confess idk what a breathing squat is. I googled it and it said a set of 20 that is your 10RM. But if itās your 10RM then itās either impossible or you suck bad at pushing yourself
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No, you read that right.
Take your 10RM for squats, and youāre going to do 20 of them in one set. Take a few breaths in between reps, and no matter how long it takes - you donāt rack the bar until youāve reached 20 reps.
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It has little to do with what your 10RM vs 20RM is, it has everything to do with how good you are at enduring pain.
Then itās not your 10rm. Itās your 20rm. Maybe Iāve been squatting (when I did) wrong. Hell I still do it on hack squat. The heavy shot usually gets multiple pauses with breathing trying to convince myself to do another rep, even then I give up before I really give up lol
I tried 20 reps with my true 10RM (315) and failed right after 10 lol. That being said, itās a tried and true method to getting tougher and stronger. I believe it was a Tom Platz thing originally (I very well could be wrong here), but itās in Super Squats and DoggCrapp training too.
They wouldnāt use it if it didnāt work 