[quote]kakno wrote:
And there are probably a million threads on this, try searching for them.[/quote]
One thread from last year, where we discussed the idea in general:
http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_training_performance_bodybuilding/its_time_to_20_rep_squat
[quote]lemonman456 wrote:
[quote]buddaboy wrote:
if you squat your ten rep max twenty times it’s not really your ten rep max is it?[/quote]
You’re supposed to use a weight that you can do 10 times rest with the weight on your back and crank out 20. you can take as many rests as needed.[/quote]
Originally, in the 1920s, it was actually more common to take a few breaths in between each rep, not just after hitting failure at 10. But the method you described is more common nowadays.
[quote]illgixxer wrote:
And that’s the workout right? Done after those 20…[/quote]
Yes and no, depending on who you ask.
Randall Strossen’s popular “Super Squats” routine from the '80s, and most of the earlier 20-rep squat-focused programs, recommend lower volume full-body training as part of the same workout (1-3 x 10-20, 1 exercise per bodypart). To say the program is challenging is putting it lightly, but that’s half the point.