What's your thoughts on squatting 2 times a week?
I am thinking about training legs 2 times a week and doing squats in both sessions. I already do heavy squats Wednesdays and thinking about working up to my 1 RM Sundays?
Would this be too much?
What's your program/stats?
>>37440138
Currently Wednesday is my only lower body session centred around dead lift / squats.
Squats are 120kg 5x5 (265 lb)
deadlift is 140kg 5x5 (208 lb)
I have more time to train so going Sundays and thinking of adding leg press, leg curl, lunges but also throwing squats in.
>>37440132
Elite weightlifters squat 10+ times a week you buffoon, of course 2 times isn't too much.
That said, working up to a 1RM on a regular basis is stupid as fuck. 1RMs test strength, they don't build it. Even if maximal strength is the goal, stick to doubles or tripples, and don't go all-out on these sets.
>>37440161
140kg - 308lb
>>37440132
I squat every day. Heavy 5x5 twice a week for my leg days and lightweight front squats on non-leg days for dat dere mobility. 1RM shot up since I started doing this.
I squat 3x10 (warmup set, medium set, heavy set) three times a week, so I do a total of 90 squats/week. Mondays and Fridays I go a bit heavier, Wednsdays I go a bit lighter.
>>37440190
Is OP an elite weightlifter? No. Why would it matter to him what they do or do not do?
>>37441181
because it gives you a perspective
if professionals do it 10 times a week you know the limit.
2 times if far off the limit so it is a decent amount for OP
I squat 3 times a week, 2 light days, 1 heavy. Most strength athletes do at least two times a week, if not more.
>>37441329
Add to it I bike every day 30km. I found doing heavy weights more than once a week affected my strength gains, but having a couple extra light days actually have helped.
Candito did a good video on this subject. You kind of have to experiment a little, some people find once a week is enough, others find they can squat every day and it works for them.
can i borrow thread for a quick Q?
I did squats yesterday and today i really feel like doing deadlifts, is this a smart thing to do? would you ever do this /fit/? thanks
>>37441794
I personally would think if you did heavy squats it would affect your ability to do heavy deadlift's. Maybe see how you feel and go from there or maybe just do speed deadlifts.
>>37442138
Not really, i was doing smolov and would chain the days quite often. I could easily pull 190-200kg beltless in oly shoes after squatting. The body adapts.
>>37440132
Do it three times a week and you might just make it
>>37442138
>speed deadlifts.
kill yourself and never give advice here ever again newfag
>>37441346
I bike a lot to, minimum 20km a day. I feel my progress on squats and bike are slow since I go hard on both :/
>>37440132
I've done shit like that and it's not worthy. You get not much benefit and risk injury.
What I'm doing right now and seems to work better -at least for me- is to do normal volume work and then finish with 2 more intense sets.
e.g.
Tried 1RM squat was say 405lbs.
I work around 85% of that so 345lbs 3x5
and then add 20 lbs and perform 2 sets around RPE 9-9.5 (one rep left in the tank). That's usually 3s but sometimes is 4s or 2s in a shitty day.
Next week increase 5lbs and keep moving up.
>squat higher than DL
>not trying to fix that imbalance
>trying to max every week
>>37440132
What? I do full body 3x a week, that includes 3x5 squats. my 1rm on squats is 115kg so im not a whole lot weaker than you. i dont know why youd train anything once a week.
>>37440132
You could also train front squat if doing legs twice a week?
Or maybe even overhead squats, with snatch grip.
I currently do 5x5 squats, three times a week with a 2,5kg increase each day I squat. Stronglifts 5x5 works good enough for a beginner like me.
