has any one on here tried squatting according to that routine? 8 -12 sets and 5-20 reps? If anyone has , what % of weight of your max are you supposed to load on the bar on your first set for example if you add more and more on the next ones. When I did 20 rep squat routine for 6 weeks on the first week I used 75% of my max to start off. What do you guys think? 20 rep squats added 20kg to my max olympic back squat in 6 weeks so thats why im interested in trying his squat routine .
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Thread: Tom Platz squat routine
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01-01-2010, 06:21 AM #1
Tom Platz squat routine
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01-01-2010, 07:03 AM #2
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01-01-2010, 07:14 AM #4
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01-01-2010, 07:14 AM #5
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01-01-2010, 07:16 AM #6
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01-01-2010, 01:15 PM #7
That routine is bull****.
Tom Platz didn't do anything like that in his prime.
Tom squatted only twice every month on week 1 and 3 for 1 set of all out high reps, on weeks 2 and 4 he would do Hack squats and leg extensions.
TP: Let?s take one month as an example. There are four weeks in a month. The first week and the third week I would do squats. And I would go into the gym on the first and the third week on a predetermined leg day, okay? And I would go in relying on my instincts really ? I mean, I wouldn?t go in to train with any specific weights, I would just do what felt right for that day. At one point that was, you know, 635 for 15 below-parallel reps. Other times it was 495 for 25 or even 30 reps. You know, I never counted reps ? my partners usually did.my body is an army and my minds a general. I keep the body in shape and it does what I tell it to do. An army needs discipline, just like a man does. Herschel Walker
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01-01-2010, 01:59 PM #8
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01-01-2010, 06:18 PM #15
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01-01-2010, 06:40 PM #16
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01-01-2010, 07:46 PM #17
"Here?s the way I set up my leg training. One day would be my heavy day in the squat. That heavy day would consist of anywhere from doubles, two reps, up to, say, six reps. Maybe as high as eight. Two to eight reps would be a heavy day; depending upon how I was structuring my training at that particular time ? whether I was peaking to handle heavy weights or just training prior to that point.
Then in my other squat workout for the week I would train for reps. On the rep day I would do two sets of reps only. I did that because it felt right at that time. It just felt right for me. In fact, the Olympic lifters had a similar program where they would lift various percentages on different days. And I followed suit according to their protocols and their training strategies.
On the rep day the reps would be somewhat higher, obviously. Usually between 15 and 20."
But he did this before he did the twice per month workout you mentioned. You need to get strong before you can just do an all out set every 2 weeks.
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01-01-2010, 08:43 PM #18
Not sure what you are contesting about what i said here.
I was talking about his training in his prime.
My post above yours explains that he got vary strong before he started squatting twice a month.
Why do you think someone would not be able to squat all out once every 2 weeks?
I would think a novice could do that every week because the weight would be to insignificant to effect the nervous system enough for them to have to wait 2 weeks to do it again.
The only reason he squatted only once every 2 weeks was because he could squat with a vary large amount of weight.my body is an army and my minds a general. I keep the body in shape and it does what I tell it to do. An army needs discipline, just like a man does. Herschel Walker
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01-01-2010, 09:02 PM #19
I was just clarifying that he got strong for years first before the all out set twice per month thing. So, the early days are basically his ticket to success, not the latter high rep stuff so much.
A novice obviously isn't going to get the sort of size/strength gains from just going into the high rep squatting without pushing the numbers up alot first.
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01-01-2010, 09:15 PM #20
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01-02-2010, 06:37 AM #21
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01-02-2010, 11:48 AM #25
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01-02-2010, 02:44 PM #26
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01-02-2010, 04:33 PM #27
Not sure, high rep high intensity squats generally have a reputation as great leg builders, i think Platz was one of those rare breeds of people who even if you have them do just sprints there legs get vary big and they get vary strong fast.
Ive met people who never did squats but only trained sprints and they could squat 400lb believe it or not.
As long as you eat enough (and you will have to eat a lot with that type of routine) you will be fine.
Doesn't really seem worth it in my opinion.
Stick with low volume high reps high intensity.
Personally given the option between 1x20 and 10x10 i would go will the formerLast edited by buddymander; 01-02-2010 at 04:44 PM.
my body is an army and my minds a general. I keep the body in shape and it does what I tell it to do. An army needs discipline, just like a man does. Herschel Walker
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01-02-2010, 07:47 PM #28
is it actually possible to do 1 set of 15 - 20 reps every week without exhausting yourself say after about a month or a month and a half? Well i suppose once a week maybe, but when I was doing 20 reps twice a week in the end my neck muscles were aching like **** all the time for some reason and i couldnt even do 15 reps properly.
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