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Pow_Pow_Punishment posted...

The good thing is it's just 1 set of hell. I know of some routines like Deep Water that are a sustained effort of torment (10 sets of 10 reps), but once you've done the single squat set for that session, your other exercises almost come as a relief.

After the 20 reps, you're supposed to take a light weight (15-20 lbs) and lie down on the bench to do 20 pull-overs. It's an old school idea to further stretch out the ribcage after doing so from the deep breaths during the squat set (bodybuilders back in the day were big about working the "rib box"). Being able to lie down after those squats feels like a reprieve from death.

I get a weird enjoyment in learning about the "wisdom" of old school lifters. Like so much of it worked because those dudes were just hard as fuck, regardless of what their justifications were.

Yesterday I saw this clip of Kirk Karwoski putting an entire can of beer in his protein shake and the guy behind the camera confidently saying that it's better for you than milk. Motherfucker could squat 1000lbs for a double and really thought it was the beer. Incredible.