Review: Super Squats. How to gain 30 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks

I have never been a fan of squats. Why? If I am going to be honest it is simply because they are hard. Front squat, back squat or overhead squat these are the exercises that you rarely see in the normal gym being performed because like so many of the gym users out there do not go to the gym to work HARD nor do they realise the importance of doing squats.

Ever since reading about the exploits of some of my friends in London CJ Lewis at CJS Fitness and his journey into strength where he raised his deadlift to over 350 pounds, I was taken astounded at what doing a bit of research and spending 40 to 50 mins, 3 days a week in the weights room what results I could gain. From all the information taht is out there on the internet and bodybuilding magazines, it is hard to really figure out what is good and what is bad and then t see if they could really help me to reach my goals. My measurable goals wer to be able to deadlift 2x bodyweight and squat my bodyweight

Reading "Super Squats" by Randall J Strossen, and putting into practice his idea where the lifter finds a back squat weight in which he can do 10 reps with ten with that same weight he does 20 reps each workout increasing the weight. I really thought that with a good technical base in Olympic weights that it would not be hard but hell was I wrong. After the first 10 reps I was already dead, the next five reps my veins were about to burst, the final five reps each time I thought that I would collapse under the squat rack. This workout is not for the shy nor for those that do not realise that to gain strength you need to lift weights. I think that has been lost as most people hate to work hard, we all want the results but without the hard work and do not realise that without the hard work, you will achieve very poor results. Strossen notes that the squat is the cornerstone of your efforts to get big and strong. McCallum (1968) says that lifting 150 percent of bodyweight is a good minimum figure for ayone serious about gaining strength. How many of us out there have thought about that? Very few I would imagine. I tghink it is important to add though that unlike the elite athlete who regularly goes to the weights room and has the technical foundation to lift heavy each time, evryone needs to be honest with themselves and do not set too big a goal, set your own goal but the idea being that you will lift heavy for 6 weeks.

The book includes finer points as well on motivation and discipline to work through the 6 weeks to reach your goal. Let me say I took in every word especially since on some days I did not want to train, I was scared to train hard or did not want to train hard, some days I wanted to just give up as I couldnt take the sheer energy needed to do these 20 reps but I stuck to it and I must say it works. The only point I would say is that these 6 weeks have been hard and anyone wanting to embark on this program should not be fooled that it is very hard but stick with it and the results are there. A wonderful book to read, it is short and simple and as Joe Roark from MUSCLESEARCH says ...."a jewel ....This book simply must be in your library.