BJJ Shawn
Level 6 Valued Member
Hi All,
I guess the method could be used for any lift, but I have seen @Period talk about squatting with an equal sized person on your back for 40 reps in wrestling and I believe @Boris Bachmann (maybe?) talk about doing a set of squat with 1x body weight on your back equal to his age.
I’m not planning on doing this, but it got me thinking about how the best method for training to do this would look. I came up with three logical ways, but not sure if any or all of them would be smart.
1. Start with a weight you could do 40 reps, and slowly add weight until 1x body weight.
2. Start with 1x body weight and slowly add reps.
3. Try to add strength with low rep sets, but try to get as much strength as possible to where 1x body weight is a very low percentage of 1rm so it feels easy.
A combination of these? None of these? How would you go about trying to accomplish something like this?
I guess the method could be used for any lift, but I have seen @Period talk about squatting with an equal sized person on your back for 40 reps in wrestling and I believe @Boris Bachmann (maybe?) talk about doing a set of squat with 1x body weight on your back equal to his age.
I’m not planning on doing this, but it got me thinking about how the best method for training to do this would look. I came up with three logical ways, but not sure if any or all of them would be smart.
1. Start with a weight you could do 40 reps, and slowly add weight until 1x body weight.
2. Start with 1x body weight and slowly add reps.
3. Try to add strength with low rep sets, but try to get as much strength as possible to where 1x body weight is a very low percentage of 1rm so it feels easy.
A combination of these? None of these? How would you go about trying to accomplish something like this?