13" ROM (31" Chain) PMT Axle Squats - 315 x 11, 12
For the fun of it, I took video of one of the sets. Low lighting and street clothes. I actually got off balance on a couple of the reps. Which makes it more fun.
LoRez, why do you believe that this style of training is going to bring you quicker results to achieve your goal? Itās such an extreme variation: supra-maximal, limited ROM, non-fixed swinging weight. I just have a very hard time grasping any reality that this method would be a quicker way to achieve any goal.
Please donāt take this as an attack, Iād just like to hear your reasoning.
Itās a good question.
My goal for this was twofold: 1) to improve my torso strength and stability, since that was one of the failure points with my overhead pressing, and 2) rehab my knee and hips so that I can start squatting again. I stopped squatting almost two years ago because I was getting very sharp knee pain on my left knee and couldnāt figure out how to fix it.
Farmers walks pretty much seem to take care of the first one, but didnāt do enough for the second.
This is really about getting my body able to squat again, and not about improving my squat. Thereās a million simpler ways to improve the squat, and Iāll probably move to one of them in the future.
Basically itās like the wobble board/instability rehab stuff + the high rep ROM progression rehab stuff, but with some actual weight thrown on.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, I understand now. I didnāt realise you were starting from the bottom so I couldnāt work it out, but that makes complete sense. Seems like a really cool way to train, both regarding the ROM and the instability. High reps, instability and a heavy weight like above must really take it out of you. Whatās the plan when you work your way down to doing 315lbs from parallel? Will you increase the weight and ROM and start again, or will you try regular squatting 315lbs to consolidate it?
Also Iāve started logging again. Also also have you heard Nexus - Supernova? I really enjoyed the music you posted and found it through that. I really like it.
Hey man, how are things? Hope everything is ok!
Yup. Things are good, just very busy between work, travel, and building the house. Itās a completely custom house so Iām just having to oversee a lot of things, which is fine, just time consuming.
Training got backburnered there for that. A friend and I are training to climb Mt St Helens in a couple months so Iām also working toward that. Just working my way up with higher elevations and stuff.
Did a bit in the gym today, just some incline benches and squats. Trying to stay a bit light since I have a 14 mile climb this weekend, with roughly 4000ft elevation. Not that steep, but longer than Iāve done for a long time.
Sunday: 80 degrees, 4.8 mile roundtrip hike/climb, 1800ft elevation gain
Monday: 3 mile run, treadmill 3%, 8:30 pace
Wednesday: 1 mile ruck 50lbs, treadmill 2%, 15:00 pace
Thursday: 4x400m with 300m walk breaks, on a track: 90s, 80s, 90s, 100s (target was all at 100s)
Pullups daily. Up to doing 9 in a max set.
Still training for hiking/backpacking/mountaineering.
Friday: 2 mile run, treadmill 2%, 7:30 pace
Sunday: 4.something mile hike, 1300 ft elevation gain, 2.8mph up, 3.0 down
Monday: 3 mile run, treadmill 2%, 8:00 pace; 75 pullups in sets of 7 over the course of the day
More cardio stuff. More hiking stuff. More rucking.
Bought a goruck bag (GR1) to use for rucking; modified it to hold my weight plates and hydration bladder. Works great for that. Works great as a laptop bag. Works great as a tool bag. Highly recommend.
House should be done mid August. All the final bits are getting crazy. Wedding stuff is also getting crazy, because, again, final bits.
Started doing the 4-day routine from Kingbeefās thread, but skipping leg day. Wedding shape and hiking shape are my priorities, and I canāt do a leg day and run 3x a week and ruck/hike 2x a week. Seems to be working well for me, hitting things in ways theyāve never been hit before. Never really did BB work for my upperbody before.
A little sick, so cut my 4 mile run down to 2.25 @ 8:00. Did a 3 mile last week with a 7:10 average so this is all coming back to me.
Using an inhaler before every run makes a huge difference too. Wish I knew this in high school.
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