re: Annual Squatober Thread - TigerDroppings Year 4: SEE YOU IN 2024!!!!

Let’s go! Week 4!

Damn man! Drink extra fluids and rest up!

My wife had it a few days back. Thought I had escaped it. Finally able to eat a little and I think I’m done living on the toilet. So trying to get rehydrated. The body aches have been terrible. May end up a day behind on week 4.

Boom got 14 sets at 295lbs (12@290 last time)

//edit and since we were swapping weights (my sons bench/OHP is a lot lower than mine) we ended up doing sets of 10 instead of 5 on shoulder press because we were spending more time swapping weights than pressing. We got 2 sets of 5 and 5 sets of 10 but we were closer to 9 mins I think by the time we were done.

Day 22 down!

Today felt great! The more sets I hit the better everything started to feel. I had a good sweat going during the 10 minutes of squat, but no REAL burn. The burn came during the OHP sets.

On Day 8 I hit 12 sets at 85%, and today I pushed it to 16! I used the upper end of the suggested ranges for bench and OHP. Bench felt great and the bar moved at a good speed. I did feel the rests were a little too long, but I honored them as written. I hit 11 sets on OHP. The first 5 were smooth and easy. Form stayed good until sets 10 and 11. Those were burning pretty bad and while form never went into the bad range, it definitely wasn't as good as the first sets.

I did 13 today and 12 last time. Did 9 sets on cardio. The sweat was real today in the garage, but it’s also just too friggin hot for late October

14 sets today. 12 sets last time. I was shooting for just 13 but I had 25 seconds left when I racked 13 and I just banged out one more.

I only got 6 on the cardio. I was pooped.

Beyond the raw rep gains, I would also say that my squats are getting deeper and more controlled. Practice makes perfect I guess.

I occasionally see people using a plate under their heel or wedges under their feet when doing squats. I tried searching some online and seem to get conflicting information about who should do this and when. Some of the articles I've read say raising the heel helps the lower back, but tends to hurt knees. Also it helps people with mobility issues in the ankles, but doesn't resolve the root issue.

What's the general thoughts here on using something to raise your heels while squatting?

Knocked out Tuesday Tuneup just now. Didn’t have a huge amount of time so we did 3 sets of 5 on squats and supersetted the curls and shrugs. 50 mins including warmup. Good shite