well well well--HELLO EVERYONE!!

[tugs]

So this is the new home!Pretty cool.Glad to see some familar names here--I too,as many of you might know,is an ex mc member--kinda like that--anyway--glad i found you guys
now,,,let me get my first of many countless dumbass questions in--while being stranded,without a home(the demise of mc),I wound up on another board asking about squats--As i posted before,i recently bought a power rack and for the last 5 weeks have really been into the 20 rep squat routine, and i,m now into my 5th workout,5th week.I was advised stongly that doing the 20 rep squat routine 1x weekly is no good--its too much,IN FACT,THEY SAID THAT THE 20 REP SQUAT ROUTINE SHOULD ONLY BE DONE 1 X MONTHLY!--now my whole workout week is devised around doing these 20 rep squats,so needless to say this was really bad news--IF IT WERE TRUE--SO FELLOWS--WHATS THE REAL DEAL?help,thanks,tugs

[SuperSport]

Hey tugs!!! Good to see ya my man.
I say do the 20 rep squat sets every workout. I usually do 12-15, but 20 is no biggie.

It is the intensity of the set that is more important than anything else IMO.

And I find that I get better results by doing higher reps for lower body as opposed to upper body. On upper body exercises I notice that when I get close to failure that I can squeeze out 1, maybe 2 more reps.
With legs, even when I am pretty sure I am at failure I usually can get 3-5 more.
Maybe I am just weird, i dunno!!

[tugs]

the 20 rep squat i,m doing(im sure you know what it is but anyway) is this--2 w/u's then enough weight so i cant get more than 10 reps--then instead of racking the bar ,i hold it ,brethe for 10 to 40 secs,then do 1 more--continue this till i get the full 20--i usally only get 18 maybe 19--its the most intense thing ive ever done--after the 20 th rep,i rack it and just stand there in shock,until i limp over to a seat and try to recover,swearing NEVER AGAIN--funny,as soon as i,m done with my post shake,i start jonesing again for the pain!

[SuperSport]

That would be really high on the intensity scale I must say.

If you are doing that once per week I really don't see an issue. Just take a close look at things if you quit getting stronger or bigger. The body is an adaptive mechanism, so you may want to change it up every once in a while. Me personally, I never do the same workout 2 times in a row.
My advice would be to continue doing it if you like it...be conscious of muscle soreness. As a rule I do not train any muscle group in which the muscle has not been free of soreness for at least 48 hours.

[mark mcgwire]

Tugs - I got your email about an hour ago. I'm glad you posted this here because I was going to ask you to post it here so other guys could respond.

I don't see a problem with doing this workout 1x a week. When this was suggested to you I hope I didn't imply that this should be the only workout you do. I definitely mix my workouts up, generally alternate low rep/heavy weight with high rep/moderate weight.

The key to what you do is like SS suggested. Keep an eye on your legs. If they don't seem to be responding to your workout then change it up.

In other words.....if the 20 rep workout is still working for you, then keep doing it.

[Kidrok (Hop)]

yo tugsy! lol

[tugs]

tugsy???I,ll get you back for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Centaur]

Tugs...I am doing something similar. On my 4th week right now, completing 20 rep squats for 5 sets. Burns like hell and my legs are swelling up good. I've done low-reps with high weight for years and did not get the size I am getting now. Ya gotta love the pain bro!