Squats As Cardio

[Set It Up]

In Musclecentres thread I read he doesnt do cardio, he does high rep squats as cardio. Does this really work? If so how many reps and how many sets are considered cardio? I obviously need to lose weight and am doing a shit ton of cardio, but am curious about this as I love to squat. Appreciate answers

[HTexan]

In Musclecentres thread I read he doesnt do cardio, he does high rep squats as cardio. Does this really work? If so how many reps and how many sets are considered cardio? I obviously need to lose weight and am doing a shit ton of cardio, but am curious about this as I love to squat. Appreciate answers

circuit training?

[The True Adonis]

In Musclecentres thread I read he doesnt do cardio, he does high rep squats as cardio. Does this really work? If so how many reps and how many sets are considered cardio? I obviously need to lose weight and am doing a shit ton of cardio, but am curious about this as I love to squat. Appreciate answers

All you really gotta do is just focus on total calories and getting and then remaining in a caloric deficit.  Nothing else matters really.

[Marty Champions]

In Musclecentres thread I read he doesnt do cardio, he does high rep squats as cardio. Does this really work? If so how many reps and how many sets are considered cardio? I obviously need to lose weight and am doing a shit ton of cardio, but am curious about this as I love to squat. Appreciate answers

you will build great quads and be more hungry and put weight on if done5days a week

[Mawse]

Cardio for the heart health right, not weight loss?

Doing 8x8 with 225 and short rest is pretty fucking brutal and will have your heart rate trough the roof but squats are really technical and if your form breaks down (which it might do with so many reps) it's easy to get hurt in such a fatigued state

[Marty Champions]

Cardio for the heart health right, not weight loss?

Doing 8x8 with 225 and short rest is pretty fucking brutal and will have your heart rate trough the roof but squats are really technical and if your form breaks down (which it might do with so many reps) it's easy to get hurt in such a fatigued state

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That would be brutal no  more than 90 sec rest

[Nick Danger]

Walking lunges with a bar on your shoulders is way better IMO. Way more taxing than high rep squats...

[Set It Up]

All you really gotta do is just focus on total calories and getting and then remaining in a caloric deficit.  Nothing else matters really.

Im gonna pm you what Im eating
I really like it and find it super easy to stick to

last time i followed what you told me I went from 275 to 252 and then gave up 

[Set It Up]

Walking lunges with a bar on your shoulders is way better IMO. Way more taxing than high rep squats...

I train in my basement so im limited on space

[Marty Champions]

Im gonna pm you what Im eating
I really like it and find it super easy to stick to

last time i followed what you told me I went from 275 to 252 and then gave up 

you needed the extra calories  natural human nature is to gain not lose learn to follow a natural craving to grow

[Set It Up]

you needed the extra calories  natural human nature is to gain not lose learn to follow a natural craving to grow

i dont get cravings since i started eating this way and i stick to it big time--in nearly 60 days i cheated 4 times and thats it --- this is EXACTLY what I eat everyday --its sbland but I genuinely like it --- I cook the vegetables in 1 tbsp ghee --i hate spices, sauces and salts

1. steak and sweet potato

2. chicken and usually asparagus or zucchini

3. chicken and mixed vegetables

4. 2 beef patties or steak or chicken and mixed veggies or small sweet potato

5. 4 squares 90% lindt dark chocolate

i drink a ton of water and absolutely no other liquid

[illuminati]

Im gonna pm you what Im eating
I really like it and find it super easy to stick to

last time i followed what you told me I went from 275 to 252 and then gave up 

If you had success with what he had you do.
Stick with it.

Don't make what you do to complicated.
Listen to one Person only if you like- agree with what they
Say & Give Them / Their advice a fair crack & time to work.

If you ask to many people likely you'll end up going not very far.
As it's often contradictory & or confusing.

PM for Advice.
 

[Marty Champions]

You just contradicted

i dont get cravings since i started eating this way and i stick to it big time--in nearly 60 days i cheated 4 times and thats it --- this is EXACTLY what I eat everyday --its sbland but I genuinely like it --- I cook the vegetables in 1 tbsp ghee --i hate spices, sauces and salts

1. steak and sweet potato

2. chicken and usually asparagus or zucchini

3. chicken and mixed vegetables

4. 2 beef patties or steak or chicken and mixed veggies or small sweet potato

5. 4 squares 90% lindt dark chocolate

i drink a ton of water and absolutely no other liquid

[Set It Up]

You just contradicted

there were no cravings
it was food brought into the house so i ate it cause it was there---more stupidity than cravings

[Marty Champions]

there were no cravings
it was food brought into the house so i ate it cause it was there---more stupidity than cravings

the food craved you works both ways . Try to be more stupid when good food is around works better than trying to outsmart it

[Thin Lizzy]

Weighted Squats hit the anaerobic, glycogen system, hard.

Once a week, I do a long, slow jog of about five or six miles at an aerobic pace. At no point am I gassed.

Also, once a week, I do a five set squat routine: 20, 15x2, 12x2. By the end of the forth set, my mind is looking for excuses to not do the fifth. At the end of the fifth set, I'm completely blow up.

That said, squats won't help you with running. No matter how much you squat, if you don't run, you'll be gassed by 1/4 mile.

[Set It Up]

Weighted Squats hit the anaerobic, glycogen system, hard.

Once a week, I do a long, slow jog of about five or six miles at an aerobic pace. At no point am I gassed.

Also, once a week, I do a five set squat routine: 20, 15x2, 12x2. By the end of the forth set, my mind is looking for excuses to not do the fifth. At the end of the fifth set, I'm completely blow up.

That said, squats won't help you with running. No matter how much you squat, if you don't run, you'll be gassed by 1/4 mile.

on day 1 I couldnt jog 30 seconds
now I can do a 12 minute mile, which I know isnt fast, but compared to 55 days ago its progress

I did 4 miles yesterday in 50 minutes

[benchmstr]

I would just stick with fasted masturbation

bench

[Set It Up]

I would just stick with fasted masturbation

bench

youre telling that to a guy who cant get it up?

fail

[Thin Lizzy]

on day 1 I couldnt jog 30 seconds
now I can do a 12 minute mile, which I know isnt fast, but compared to 55 days ago its progress

I did 4 miles yesterday in 50 minutes

Jogging isn't about going fast. It's about developing the aerobic system. For humans, run all day pace is about 10 minutes a mile.

[Marty Champions]

Joggin4 miles will put your appetite in overdrive the rest of the week

[Hulkotron]

i dont get cravings since i started eating this way and i stick to it big time--in nearly 60 days i cheated 4 times and thats it --- this is EXACTLY what I eat everyday --its sbland but I genuinely like it --- I cook the vegetables in 1 tbsp ghee --i hate spices, sauces and salts

1. steak and sweet potato

2. chicken and usually asparagus or zucchini

3. chicken and mixed vegetables

4. 2 beef patties or steak or chicken and mixed veggies or small sweet potato

5. 4 squares 90% lindt dark chocolate

i drink a ton of water and absolutely no other liquid

This is a huge key to dieting imho.

So many fatsos drink a shitload of liquid-calories.

[Leatherneck]

I envy people who can do anaerobic things like squats for cardio.

[Lustral]

My body comp improved massively with high volume. I stopped squatting 3 years ago cos kept getting injured. Will do 60/70 reps easy every workout and on leg day i do 20-40+ reps (whatever i can do til i feel i will die/get trapped under weight) often for a few sets.

High rep squats overtaxed my lower back more than my legs though. Might work for some not for me. Same with deadlift. High reps means loss of concentration loss of form and risk or injury. Do what feels right and do it well.

[Hulkotron]

I stopped doing back squats about three years ago, they just never "felt" right and I would sometimes get very bad headaches after high-rep sets.

It is too bad, I really liked 20-rep squats.

Still do front squats though, once or twice a week.