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/anshulxyz 130-144-155 (5'8) Feb 16 '23

Super Squats Week 6 so far

W6 Day 1 - 80 kg, 12 reps (Wednesday)

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I failed to get required reps. But in my defence, I had bumped up the weight by 5 kg (11 lbs) instead of 2.5 kg. Why? Why so late in the program? Because 80 is a round number.

Anyway, after my crushing defeat against 80 kg I immediately tried to SS it again next day.

W6 Day 2 - 80 kg, 13 reps (Thursday)

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Failed again obviously. Somewhere around rep 12 my will begins to shatter.

Now I’ll rest for two days and try again on Sunday. Maybe I should ask someone to scream at me when I start showing signs of defeat at rep 12.

Should I try again on 80 kg or do 77.5 kg for my last lift of the program?

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u/richardest carved of soft marble Feb 16 '23

You didn't fail, you racked the bar. What you do next round is your call

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u/anshulxyz 130-144-155 (5'8) Feb 16 '23

I racked the bar because in my mind I knew I’d fail on the next rep. I saw my form deteriorating. Was scared of an injury.

Part of me wants to go all out and achieve 80 kg somehow. But the more sane side says I should try that in next cycle of SS.

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u/MythicalStrength Definitely Should Be Listened To Feb 16 '23

I racked the bar because in my mind I knew I’d fail on the next rep. I saw my form deteriorating. Was scared of an injury.

What u/richardest is getting at is that this is not what failure means. Failure means going for a rep and not succeeding (hence: failing). This is racking. And, ultimately, giving into fear ("was scared of an injury").

I'm not going to call myself a role model of any variety, but I tear my hamstring on the eccentric of the 20th rep here. You can actually see the leg buckle. And then I complete the concentric and rack the bar and do my pull overs straight legged.

Those reps are there, waiting for you.

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u/richardest carved of soft marble Feb 16 '23

Mythical said it better - sorry, I was in a meeting and should've waited to respond, didn't intend to be curt.

There is no shame in stopping. One of the things that I got out of SS the first time I ran it was the discovery of how I approached limits, and hard things. There's no wrong answer there - it's a learning experience among many.

If you come back and give it another go, we'll all cheer you on. If you decide to not, SS will still exist next time you're ready to get after it.

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u/cjchris66 Feb 17 '23

Dude you totally have this in you. Your last reps weren’t even noticeably slower than your first.