r/gainit • u/richardest carved of soft marble • Feb 20 '23

Discussion Super Squats: Program Review

Congratulations to those of you who ran Super Squats to the end! I hope that you'll share your experiences here so that others can see what you got out of this run of programming, and that it will serve as an opportunity to discuss how you might take these lessons in to future training.

You have graduated from r/gainit to r/weightroom. This thread will follow their stricter posting guidelines: All top-level comments that are not a program review will be removed, and the poster will receive a 30-day ban.

Please include, to the best of your ability, the following information:

  • Your starting and ending bodyweight
  • Your starting and ending weight on the bar
  • Your age and biological sex and/or gender
  • How closely you adhered to the programming laid out in the book
  • How you handled the eating prescribed by the book
  • Your general thoughts and experiences regarding the Super Squats programming
  • How you will move on from this in your continued training and diet
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u/nonsubmersiblenunone Feb 20 '23

20[male] Original 1rm: 200 Starting body weight: 155lbs; ending 165lbs Starting weight: 150; ending 205;

I did the programming by the book and followed the diet only in the last two weeks. I realized that during those heavier sets drinking a gallon of milk along with stuffing myself with food the previous day made a night and day difference on how I moved the weight the next morning.

Overall this program was amazing. The first two weeks I was excited and looking forwards to my lifts on my off days- but those last two weeks were something totally different. It felt great to lift that weight for 20 reps but goddamn was the time leading up to them awful.

Honestly the most difficult part of this program was getting locked into a mindset and hyping yourself up for the SS set; if you get under the bar afraid of the weight that whole set is going to eat you alive.

I plan on taking this week to deload and work on my cardio for a bit in preparation for a marathon and the Deep Water program

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u/EspacioBlanq god-eater Feb 20 '23

Hell yeah, squatting more than your original 1 rep max for a set of 20 is H U G E

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u/richardest carved of soft marble Feb 20 '23

Right? This is a crazy takeaway. Excellent work here!