How many of you squat everyday?

[olyw8lifter]

Noticed someone said knee tendonitis. What's the best way to treat that? I recently started oly lifting and the front and overhead squats have given me what I believe to be IT band tendonitis. Just rest ice elevate? Will stretching and getting stronger make this less likely to happen in the future as well? I raw pl squat around 320 and front squat probably around 225/250.

More than likely it's due to the different stresses placed on the leg. Mony people will get tendonitis in the knees and IT band. You need to be stretching the hip flexors. I would also work on foam rolling the IT band area regularly also. It will go away once your body gets used to the different stressors. Have you talked to your coach??

[HouseBro]

More than likely it's due to the different stresses placed on the leg. Mony people will get tendonitis in the knees and IT band. You need to be stretching the hip flexors. I would also work on foam rolling the IT band area regularly also. It will go away once your body gets used to the different stressors. Have you talked to your coach??

Not yet. I go M&W so I'll mention it tonight. So any specifics or just roll the band and the hip?

[whildchild54]

Just wondering how many of you squat everyday?

I've read up on the bulgarian approach and read the whole broz thread who also suggests squatting everyday to the max, which is what I have done for the last 2.5 weeks (singles to max then 5 back off sets with 2-3 reps with 90%). I'm pretty new to oly lifting and not sure if this is a best approach for a natural like myself. I also go to max with c&j and snatch daily.

I feel like I've burned out a bit and I think my right knee might be getting inflamed. Although I think I will keep going as my body is supposed to get used to the load after a while. What's your opinion?

I do Squats 2 times a 6 day week and I only put 67Lb. on the bar to be able to do 25 reps x 4 sets you should exercise every muscle group a minimum of 30 -45 sec. every set . you can not do this maxing out your weight for 3-4 reps . you get your cardio pumping hard to get muscle growth. then you must give muscles time for recover at least 24 hr.

[coldvein]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, tried this and it didn't do jack. Maybe its just me idk. Have had way more success squatting about twice a week.

[LadyLore420]

Hurrdurr bump hurrdurr.

Squatting every day is tits. PR's all day ice cream all night biggest booty of my life and my favorite lift all the time.

John Broz was very much right when he says what you feel is a lie.

Just stfu and squat.

[EnjoiChris]

fawk that

[olyw8lifter]

Hurrdurr bump hurrdurr.

Squatting every day is tits. PR's all day ice cream all night biggest booty of my life and my favorite lift all the time.

John Broz was very much right when he says what you feel is a lie.

Just stfu and squat.

I, too, believe in training this way. BTW, how old are you and when did you find yourself adapting to the frequent training?? Right now, I'm only lifting 5 days a week.

[Palomalo123]

So if anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.
I am currently doing the 5 X 5 workout which everything is going well there. My question is instead of me squatting three times a week what would be a good way in which I could implement the squat everyday routine and still continue to make strength gains(bench presses, Deadlift, Military press).

[FNG37]

So if anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.
I am currently doing the 5 X 5 workout which everything is going well there. My question is instead of me squatting three times a week what would be a good way in which I could implement the squat everyday routine and still continue to make strength gains(bench presses, Deadlift, Military press).

If everything is going well why are you changing it?

[Saintsqc]

So if anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.
I am currently doing the 5 X 5 workout which everything is going well there. My question is instead of me squatting three times a week what would be a good way in which I could implement the squat everyday routine and still continue to make strength gains(bench presses, Deadlift, Military press).

Just...

squat...

everyday ?

I dont see where is the problem ? You wont die if you double your volume of training on 5x5. Or do back squat a day and front squat the other day.

[jdsabatelle]

When i was starting out i was doing squats 3x a week, but that led to really tight hips. Now im at about 1-2 times a week and it feels great

[Postmanmatt]

knee is hurting and your feeling burnt out. Listen to your body and cut back a bit

[SnatchMan]

Noticed someone said knee tendonitis. What's the best way to treat that? I recently started oly lifting and the front and overhead squats have given me what I believe to be IT band tendonitis. Just rest ice elevate? Will stretching and getting stronger make this less likely to happen in the future as well? I raw pl squat around 320 and front squat probably around 225/250.

Wheres your pain?

[SnatchMan]

When i was starting out i was doing squats 3x a week, but that led to really tight hips. Now im at about 1-2 times a week and it feels great

Stretch and foam roll more.

[Clydefit]

Squatting everyday and oly lifting would murder my legs and everything inside of them! I have pushed myself to the point of sharp pains in my calves, knees, and hips-purely because of my love to olympic lift/ squat variations. For me I have learned to back off and listen to my body. Injury feels a lot different that muscle fatigue/ soreness. Acknowledge that and recover otherwise you will have some hell to pay later in life.

With all that said yes I squat/ squat variation 5+ a week.

[Jasonk282]

you can do it as long as you manage your voume and intensity.

I've been doing FS/CJ every day for the past 4 weeks, 15 singles 5 days a week.

[jacobcmurphy]

**** that man. Unless you're Layne Norton and trying to set world record squats, that's completely unnecessary.

Would you do any other exercise every day?

[Kiwibacon]

3 days a week is minimun lately its been 3 heavy days and 2 days doing front sqauts/pause squats. Mimimum 8 sets per day.
Gained 40kg to my squat in last 90 days to reach 200(440lb) finally. :-)

[meryalpes]

I usually do thrice a week.!

[crackbam]

I usually do 0 a week.
SQUATS ARE GAY!
let the flame begin.

[Braunz1]

I squat every other day, back squat, front squat, back squat, front squat, so either 3 or 4 times a week

[f4k]

As a novice, using "starting strength" a well known program for beginners I was in the gym to squat/bench/dead 3x per week.

I started with 0lbs (body weight) then holding DB with 5-20lbs then finally the actual bar 45lbs, working on wrist flexibility and depth.

After about 2-3 years of gradually increasing the weight on the bar and gaining 15-20lbs bodyweight (from 140->155~) I could no longer recover fast enough to go 3x per week. I dropped down to 1x per week and I was back to being fully recovered, something I have become accustomed to feeling now, more fine tuned to it I guess. It's like I just know now when I am ready to squat again, I wake up with that feeling and I know its time to go.

another year or so after that, another 10lbs of body weight (165lbs) again I found a similar difficult squatting 1x per week, almost over trained myself right into a joint disaster. My studies indicate that we don't get a second chance with knee joints without paying a heavy price (many years off) and so dropped down to 1x per every 2 weeks and I was once again able to feel fully recovered each time before squatting.

Its been 7-8 years since I've started lifting and still I find that at most, twice per month is about the most I can expect to fully recover from as a natural human. I am somewhat food limited (I don't get to eat as much as I would like) and so this has something to do with it, but mainly the thing I've learned about my body is that these squats have had a profound impact on my joints and bones, that is, all of them are larger and more robust, despite my bodyweight somewhat stabilizing at 165lbs my bones and joints seem to continually grow ever so slowly and it was this realization that, this is why I squat, to gain bone and joint health far outweighs the strength/muscle gains in my opinion. Key ingredient I have found are proper joint lubrication warmup (ride a stationary bike for 15~ minutes with no resistance in a wide range of leg length settings for example) otherwise friction I felt, heat and pain in the joint, if I jump right to the heavy squat without warming up (made that mistake once, never again).

As an aside, my workouts are fairly intense that on the same day I also perform clean and jerk, deadlift, assorted press and pull, situps, basically anything I can throw at my body while I am there. I wake up feeling sore, and "puffy" for a couple days afterwards as a reward and I enjoy immensely, and also a great feeling of accomplishment that keeps me going back for more.

Couple vids
My first 185lb PR set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycLG-86HGY

Typical gym day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEthaApbiAs