Two lifters run through a short daily-max squat session, working up to 157 kg belted. They're chasing 200 kg in a year and emphasize how daily consistency and small wins add up, even in 20-minute sessions.
Because I said I'm going to squat 200 kilos this year because I've committed to training every day I do this session.
We were about to go to the pool.
It's a Sunday.
But look.
It'S about.
The standards you set yourself.
It's about what's normal.
And I love seeing my daughter join.
In on my training.
We went to the pool for like.
Five hours after this.
There she goes.
She's been able to do them since maybe three and a half or four.
But I said I just need to.
Do these, this one set and then we'll go. And so I made it into one set.
Load it, lift it, load it, lift it. Are you going to hit your biggest.
All time numbers when you load it and lift it?
No.
Can you get to the weight that you want to get to in a pretty short time?
Yes.
So I literally did no other warm up.
Load it, lift it.
While my daughter was getting our stuff ready for the swim. And I'm glad that I did it.
I didn't feel like lifting that day, but I did it anyway. And I definitely felt better after.
And I almost always very rare that.
I lift and don't feel better afterwards.
You feel worse before you feel worse.
Sitting around doing nothing.
Physically. And the weights are feeling better, you know, surprise, surprise.
I don't know what my best beltless back squat is.
I would say probably 150, maybe 145, squad of 157 with the belt. So yeah, I would say probably one 145, 150, something like that.
So it's actually not that far away.
From feeling terrible with 40 kilos on.
My back on day one of this.
Here I am squatting to 110.
In.
Just a few minutes.
110, 120, starting to feel okay.
And it's game on.
You build momentum like that, you build confidence in yourself. So yeah, that was 110.
The next day was 120, but it didn't record.
So took the plates off, back to 80kg. Just a couple more reps and it's.
Time for the pull.
As simple as that.
That makes the day a win. The more days that you have a win on, the better. If you touch the bar, it's a win. 80 kilos is starting to feel like.
A nice smooth, easy weight. The body's starting to get used to and accepting squatting.
You can feel the knees adapting, the ankles adapting.
And so it's as simple as that.
Is that enough to gain?
I'm sure it is.
Win.
