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When I tell people that I am squatting seven days a week and going for a max single each time they think I am crazy. Honestly, it goes against everything I have learned about strength training. The problem it is, it is working.

Today is day 10 of the Daily Squat Challenge and it is going well. I just broke my front squat record despite every indication that I was going to suck ass. Basically I feel like a bag of shit until I am fully warmed up and well into my lighter sets. Once I get going though, my squat technique feels better than ever and the weights keep feeling lighter.

We will see what happens once I get deeper into this challenge but for now it sure is paying off. Here is the workout I did today:

• Mobility Work
• joint circles and other fun stuff
• Dynamic Warm-Up
• empty barbell complex
• Front Squat, ass to ankles of course
• 95 x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 275 x 3, 315 x 1, 340 x 1 (PR), 275 x 3 x 3
• Log Clean and Press (one clean and multiple presses)
• 180 x 2, 200 x 2, 210 x 1, 220 x 1, 230 x 1, 240 x 3 x 1
• 180 x 2 x 8
• Dumbbell Rows
• 120lbs x 10, 8, 6, 6
• Cable Curls and Extensions
• 3 x max reps to pump the guns

Now obviously a 340lbs front squat isn't going to set on the world on fire but at a bodyweight of 220lbs I think it is a good start. Pat Mendes, on the other hand, is. He squats twice a day six days a week and then "rests" on Sunday with only one squat session, plus a ton of Olympic lifting too.



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