1 ssb box squats in briefs
62 kg x 5
102 kg x 3
122 kg x 2
142 kg x 1
152 kg x 1
162 kg x 1 - PR
172 kg x 1 - bigger PR
182 kg x 1 - WTF?! Actually squatting up was not that bad/ hard. Havin the weight on the shoulders and sitting back on the box was terrible
2 farmer’s walk (legs were shot, times were ridicoulus)
65 kg per hand x 40 meter
85 kg per hand x 40 meter
Notes:
Let’s hope these squats make me a better strongman. They are pretty painful, so that might help, haha
I sure hope so. I am willing to give it a try. If I am honest it is hard for me to give up the barbell back squat as a main movement. It is kind of silly, since I am not a powerlifter and therefore not bound to the big three but it is somewhat engraned in my head.
Like the squat depth. @T3hPwnisher made a case for using ‘high’ squats to progress a while ago. Makes total sense and I am not judged by the depth of my freaking box squat but still, knowing that I am squatting high bothers me. Maybe I will get used to it, haha.
As for the briefs ans the marks: I have no clue, haha. Feels terrible and painful. Since this is what @MarkKO described to me, I guess it is working.
I think you’ll get plenty strong with those squats dude. Something I used to do for assistance work when I was doing a lot of high squatting was to do “no-lockout squats”. Get good depth, come out of the hole until you’re about to reach lockout, then go back down again. It’ll fry your legs well and still get some work in the hole if you feel like you need it.
Like this
Cool to see you running the Kroc programs. I liked the bench one pretty well.
Same here man. I made a declaration to myself that I’m going to run my next 531 cycle with the front squat as my squat pattern. It’ll take me through most of the summer but I think it’ll do me some good.
You may not have to give it up. If this exercise truly makes you stronger, you should be more aware of your lower body during squats and deadlifts. If it really works, your squat and deadlift should get better too.
Hey man, thanks for weighing in, I appreciate it.
As for work in the hole: I figured I will do front squats on deadlift day after my deadlifts. Obviously this won’t give me the greatest squat strength, sind it is after fatiguing myself with deadlifts and I suck very bad at front squats but it should work out, right?
I really like his/ hers stuff (seriously I don’t want to be rude but no one answered my question from a few posts ago), an amazing athlete! I think the squat work will feel rather light. I have seen the bench program, it also looks very good.
Yeah I am really looking forward to test this. After all it might make me a better squatter. I think I am in a good place to experiment with these kind of things. If I give it an honest shot and feel like it wasn’t worth it? So what, I won’t lose too much.
I think it is hard for most people to not buid everything around “the big three or four”. There is sense to that in my opinion, but only if we are talking about the movement patterns squat, hinge, press (horizontal/ vertical) and pull - to add on. Not barbell back squat, deadlift from the floor with a straight bar, bench or OHP with a straight bar.
Still it is just taught this way and you get the feeling you are doing something wrong if you deviate from this pattern.
Damn right. Back feels amazing today. Not that it would feel bad after regular squatting, don’t get me wrong, but after that kind of poundage I am still pretty pleased.
6 band pull aparts
100 reps (Rest pause from 50 on)
Notes:
super sluggish but I think that is mainly because of this type of training and bad sleep. Good to get moving again before I will do some probably stupid stuff tomorrow
Went to train with the strongman crew today and I had a blast! Got to try a lot of stuff. Also got some news about the competition (the same crew hosts my next comp). They aren’t allowed to give away the events yet (and I didn’t ask) but since they are building a table for a loading event… Also, and more importantly, one of them said there will be no deadlifts!
I will do a write up and post videos of my training tomorrow.
And some very blue and bloody lines on my thighs 
