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Hmm... so my 75% of max squat would be a humble 5o-ish kgs.
So if I understand correctly; I would do whatever reps and weights needed to 'get in the mood', presumably building upwards, then each time I achieved a well executed 50 kgs I'd tick a mental list – until I had managed 6 such lifts and at that point I'd consider myself done. And generally there isn't much point in counting the the total number or reps needed to get to the six 'important' ones.The question then is if you are getting enough rest between sessions, and if there are gains that make all this work worth it?
starfish&coffee-
Yeah, basically.
So today I front squatted. Built up like this:
Standard warm up (single leg work, scapular work, planks)
Bar x10
40kg x5
60 x5
80 x3
100 x2
110x3x2 with about 60sec between the two sets (so 6 total reps).Today my legs were a bit fatigued from RDLs the day before so just hit the minimum. Yesterday they were feeling good so hit a couple of heavier doubles after hitting the 6 reps in a single set. The ‘quality reps’ thing is key though. If I’m knackered and need to do six singles to get it in, I will.
The recovery & gains question... I’ll get back to you in September.
Ptown
After doing a proper ‘max every day’ version about eight years ago, I’m a little older and wiser now. Aim here is more accumulating quality volume.
Hitting a daily minimum of 6 reps (not necessarily in a single set) at 75% of my max each day and if I feel like I can do more, do some more. Either push the weight up or do a couple more sets. Every week I’ll bump that minimum up a bit as my body gets used to the frequency and volume. Afterwards repeat for pressing and then I tend to do at least 2-3 sets of back work and rotate through some other assistance lifts.
To be honest, one of the main reasons I’ve gone for the high frequency thing is because I tend to slack on nutrition/sleep on non-training days. Hopefully going from 2-3x a week adherence to 6-7x will have the biggest impact on gains.