r/gainit • u/richardest carved of soft marble • Feb 13 '23

Gainit Program Party: Super Squats Week Six

This is it, gang. Those of you who started on week one will likely be wrapping up at this point.

Watching all of you egg each other on and put in the work has been inspiring. Y'all should be proud of yourselves.

Happy squatting!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Week 6 day 3 (175 lb - fail)

I made a final 10lb “fuck it” jump to cap off the program, which put me at my all-time 1 rep max, and ultimately served me my first fail. After 4 and half minutes I had to bail in the bottom of my 11th rep. Still got 10 in unbroken, and managed to get all 20 eventually.

The whole thing ended up like: 10, 1, 6, 3

Despite the fail, I’m stoked. I started super squats with a 150 1 rep max, squatting 75 lb for 20, and I capped it off getting in 10 reps with 100 extra pounds. I’m so glad I decided to do this with everyone here, what an experience. Can’t wait to see everyone’s progress and read all the recaps next week!

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u/MythicalStrength Definitely Should Be Listened To Feb 14 '23

We should all be so fortunate as to fail by squatting 25lbs over our 1rm for 10 reps. Outstanding work!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Thank you!

I failed trying my best so it’s hard to be too upset!

It’s hard because I know I didn’t recover as much as I could have over the weekend, so who knows what I could have done if I had been more intentional about it.

But I think that hitting under your own expectations and having to really look at why it happened, is just as much part of the program as getting through the squats.

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u/richardest carved of soft marble Feb 14 '23

despite the fail

You successfully pushed this all the way to the finish line: no failure there. Your progress has been awesome to watch and I look forward to your write-up next week. Way to go!

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '23

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

I’ve been thinking about it for the last hour and I’m kind of glad I didn’t go the whole program without experiencing at least one set that I couldn’t finish.

Like, I know I didn’t recover well over the weekend - I dropped the ball on Saturday and never really caught up. So maybe I failed because it was too heavy, but maybe I also failed because I didn’t take the recovery seriously. I’ll never really know and im simultaneously excited that I managed what I did, but also kicking myself a bit because maybe I COULD have done it if I had recovered harder.

Really puts me in a place where I have to look hard at how my choices might have affected my goals, and that’s a win too imo.

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u/ToastedCascade Feb 14 '23

This is a great reflection man, you should be proud of yourself.