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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
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?