RPE v. PT-Interesting Ride - Page 4

jsirabella · #46 05-20.-2008

550 of anything is going to kick your ass...no doubt.

I hope you did not take my comments that Hindu squats were easy. I personally not that good at going below 90 degress that is why I have to do box squats. I need the box to tell me how low to go as my natural instinct would not work as well.

Alot of guys I talk to over 40 avoid squats like the plague as they are always worried about lower back and knees. I feel they are dead wrong and the squat is a great exercise, all types including the pistol.

-js

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Originally Posted by kopride

I don't do hindu squats to train. For me, they are strictly a tool to chill out rambunctious middle schoolers. (I unoffically and under my breath call my team "Team Ritalin") When I do them with the kids I coach, I usually do them on my heels and go down to where my hands brush the floor. And yes, the weird hand movements take their toll after a while. With wrestlers, you do try and teach the kids to keep their weight on the balls of their feet standing, and off their knees on their toes prone, so I don't usually correct them, if they do them like the video. A wrestler that gets used to standing flat footed on his heels, is a kid that is easy to take down. In any event, regardless of how you do Hindu squats, if you do 550 of them to show off to and shut up some hyperactive kids, you will feel it on the bike the next few days.

For bodyweight training on legs, I like pistols, weighted or unweighted, and I do go all the way down to the floor (well below 90 degrees), and plant my heel. I also like sissy squats. We could debate the whole barbell squat all day and whether you should break parallel. Personally, I have never had a problem with my knees from squatting, and I tend to go down pretty low. But, I am not a powerlifter, or strength coach.

Felt_Rider · #47 05-20.-2008

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Originally Posted by jsirabella

I am going to find you one shortly...than you will owe me one. If it bogs you down dawg just do not ride with it when you are with your friends.

Do not be scared of success!

-js

My wife may kill both of us. She is small, but tough as a wolverine.

kopride · #48 05-20.-2008

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Originally Posted by jsirabella

550 of anything is going to kick your ass...no doubt.

I hope you did not take my comments that Hindu squats were easy.
Alot of guys I talk to over 40 avoid squats like the plague as they are always worried about lower back and knees. I feel they are dead wrong and the squat is a great exercise, all types including the pistol.

-js

It is not that Hindu Squats are easy, but they are "too easy" if your intent is too build real max leg strength. I mean you could do barbell squats in sets of 50 as well with very light weights, but I think a 5 x3 at around 85-90% of 1 rm for squats is better to build max leg strength. The great thing about a pistol is that it is damn hard and you can build strength at lower reps. (Most people can't even do one or two in good form.) You can do them anywhere without a gym so they are great for the office or while travelling. I also like Airborne lunges, box squats, and sissy squats.

Yeah, over 40 it is even more important to do squats and deadlifts. Our spines and disks are degenerating, so building core strenth and strengthening the back muscles surrounding the spine is key. Stanford just did a study where they took multiple serial MRIs over many years for persons at risk for degenerative disk disease and found no connection between so called minor trauma, including lifting episodes, and the herniated disks and other spinal injuries. People are avoiding the very activities and exercisies that could prolong the functionality of the spine. I can't speak for knees.

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