Thib,
I’m about to start this program. What’s a good number to shoot for the eight minute duration? Or does it matter as long as the quality is good?
Thanks
Jake
My understanding is that it’s not a repetition thing, it’s more accumulating fatigue by increasing TUL. Besides, I’m not sure how accurate a rep count would be after a dizzying 6 minutes of squats.
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Exactely.
Having run the program myself, this is 100% accurate.
The LAST thing I was thinking about was counting reps. I was just focusing on not dying.
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How’d the program go? What were your results?
The first few weeks weren’t that bad, it just became a learning curve to pace myself. The last few weeks, however, were agonizing.
I 100% added size to my legs though, but it’s not the kind of size that lasts, nor did it do anything for my actual leg strength, because the weights are so low. However, I did it alongside running, and it made my knees feel fantastic for that, especially adding a deep quad stretch after the squat set.
If I were to run it again, I’d either use a safety squat bar, or the leg press, because my upper back became the limiting factor on those last couple weeks; trying to hold a bar across your shoulders for that long is awful. I’d also probably use it as an assistance program, and do something like 3-5x3-5 squats to start to maintain strength, then dive in with the timed set on a leg press, followed by the extensions and curls.
Gotcha. I imagine a lot of it is extra glycogen storage due to the demand.