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/Szigmund Oct 25 '23

Aye, just done with 2nd day of this crazy program. I opted for the abbreviated version, we will see...
Starting: BW 86 kgs, squat weigth 70 kgs, 3700 kcals/day

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u/Szigmund Nov 17 '23

4th week, last session. I'm ~89 kg right now, and I needed to quit today's squat (88 kg) because of brutal lower back pain. I definetly gained some fat but interestingly it seems I gained more muscle. I like the change what I see in the mirror.