Squats everyday

[Thanos7Rocks]

What would happen if someone squats 365 days per year heavy, doing just one set per session?

[JoshLV]

You’d be tired and would have **** all growth.

[Thanos7Rocks]

You’d be tired and would have **** all growth.

Thank you for the answer.
I dont argue for or against the argument. Whats your reasoning?
The weekly total volume and intensity seems fine as far as I am concerned

[TolerantLactose]

Thank you for the answer.
I dont argue for or against the argument. Whats your reasoning?
The weekly total volume and intensity seems fine as far as I am concerned

You didn't say what the intensity was.

[Paul Kreul]

Are you trying to increase weight weekly?
Don't think you are allowing enough rest to see good growth/gains..but I typically warm-up with squats just half of my max

[JoshLV]

You didn't say what the intensity was.

This essentially. If you’re blowing your ******* out each session, I believe you’ll grow. Not ideally, but grow. You will be wrecked though and progression will not last.

[WolfRose7]

Depends what you did.

Overuse injuries of some description probably likely

[Thanos7Rocks]

You didn't say what the intensity was.

The intensity of a single set in my book is low because the total work performed is low

[Thanos7Rocks]

Are you trying to increase weight weekly?
Don't think you are allowing enough rest to see good growth/gains..but I typically warm-up with squats just half of my max

What about the bukgarian training system where athletes were performing basic compounds they needed, including squats, multiple times per day?

I have good reasons to believe that the motor skills to perform the lift will be improved and weight will go up as result of adaptation

[Thanos7Rocks]

Just to be clear, its a post clearly for the sake of challenging and discussing a concept.
i dont know the answer, but I challenge the conventional ways to learn more

[TolerantLactose]

The intensity of a single set in my book is low because the total work performed is low

That's not how intensity is defined.

[air2fakie]

Just to be clear, its a post clearly for the sake of challenging and discussing a concept.
i dont know the answer, but I challenge the conventional ways to learn more

Why not do it, then you'll know the answer. At least as it pertains to your body, which I assume is where your interest lies.

There's no point in us guessing, especially since there's lots of ways you could approach that "one daily set" over the course of a year both by itself and integrated as part of an overall routine.

[JoshLV]

The intensity of a single set in my book is low because the total work performed is low

There’s an established definition for intensity. Yours is not of convention.

[SuffolkPunch]

You could make it work if you controlled exertion levels.

[Thanos7Rocks]

Thank you all.
INteresting read on the issue
https://breakingmuscle.com/fitness/s...e-set-training

[SuffolkPunch]

In fact 7 sets a week is on the low side volume wise...

[Thanos7Rocks]

In fact 7 sets a week is on the low side volume wise...

exactly. whats the reason something like this not to work

[TolerantLactose]

Thank you all.
INteresting read on the issue
https://breakingmuscle.com/fitness/s...e-set-training

That article touches on a different mode of training to achieve a training effect. You're talking about everyday training which is something else entirely.

[Thanos7Rocks]

That article touches on a different mode of training to achieve a training effect. You're talking about everyday training which is something else entirely.

There are two parameters involved. Is there enough rest and weekly volume for growth

[TolerantLactose]

There are two parameters involved. Is there enough rest and weekly volume for growth

Perhaps you should reread the article.

[TheShadowMan]

When would the affected muscles grow if they're never allowed recovery time? Especially if it's a failure set, yikes. Anything can be a dangerous exercise if it's overused, in my opinion.

[paulinkansas]

I remember reading you need about 24 hours to recover and 24 hours to grow. If you are working them (even light) you are constantly recovering and don't have time to grow. Maybe double your volume but do squats every other day.

[SuffolkPunch]

When would the affected muscles grow if they're never allowed recovery time? Especially if it's a failure set, yikes. Anything can be a dangerous exercise if it's overused, in my opinion.

In the ~23 hours between exercising. Of course that period might not be long enough (cumulatively) if exertion levels are too high.

I remember reading you need about 24 hours to recover and 24 hours to grow. If you are working them (even light) you are constantly recovering and don't have time to grow. Maybe double your volume but do squats every other day.

Maybe, maybe not, it depends on volume tolerance and cumulative muscle damage. It''s additive over time, so there is probably no discernible difference between what you're describing

The main reason that every day training can lead to overreaching is because it actually much easier to get a much higher weekly workload compared to what you were doing before

[Seanbroadie]

You can do squats every day with a low enough intensity that your body will recover from in 24 hours, no problem. But after those 365 days, you will see less muscle gain than if you followed a standard structure. If you do just one set per day, even if you go to failure on that one set, you probably fall into this category.

If you start on day 1 and go in at max intensity with multiple sets, then on day 2 you will manage a lot less volume because you have not recovered from day 1. Then on day 3 you will see even less volume. You will continue to see decreases your volume each day, and you will feel more and more like poop. You will never recover and never build muscle or make any strength gains. You will quickly develop many injuries. After a just a few days, you will feel like poop every single day, and you will not be a happy bunny until you stop doing this. No-one would actually be able do this even if they tried really hard. If you aren't forced to stop due to injury, you will be so exhausted that you will not be able to keep the intensity, or you will just quit. I think i would quit after 3-4 days. Even if someone was paying me to do this, i don't think i could do it for a week. If you kept going, you would have to keep dropping the weight on the bar until there was no weight, and then you would need to do assisted squats because you can't even handle body-weight. It won't be long until you can't get up from the sofa or walk any more. You will need hire someone to do your cooking and cleaning for you. You will spend most of your time crying into your pillow. If you did this for 365 days, then on day 366 your doctor will recommend you get your legs amputated because they're never gonna work again.

[WolfRose7]

I can't believe we are still getting testosterone from lifting and 24 hour muscle recovery comments on this forum.....


Squatting frequently is fine and easily achievable guys, probably even up to 6x a week for a while, or even daily for a set period.

A year is probably overkill and unecessary since you will have long maxed any neural gains before that point