tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post7072983255874719707..comments2024-01-09T14:09:20.170-06:00Comments on Squat Rx: Pace LaddersBorishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965125392095147170noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-64538587089639678892009-03-26T22:10:00.000-05:002009-03-26T22:10:00.000-05:00Yup, that is what I am so envious about.Yup, that is what I am so envious about.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07881403052370172282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-52282741047381439232009-03-26T21:21:00.000-05:002009-03-26T21:21:00.000-05:00Sure thing Ron. Yes, everyone's pace ebbs and flow...Sure thing Ron. Yes, everyone's pace ebbs and flows throughout a long set - this is just a way to regulate that and force yourself to slow down or speed up.<BR/><BR/>Vikrant,<BR/>That guy's squat looked fairly solid to me.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965125392095147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-64391678812274486642009-03-26T18:41:00.000-05:002009-03-26T18:41:00.000-05:00Thanks for clarifying my misunderstanding. For wh...Thanks for clarifying my misunderstanding. For what it is worth, I do pace ladders all the time...just not on purpose. I am currently working on maxing out a ten minute set with 100 reps. I will start out at 8rpm but after a while I get slower and lose heart. Then I kick figuratively kick myself and kick it back up a notch. So I do oscillate my cadences...just never by design.Ron Ipockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228237753124186725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-28546139041518971172009-03-26T14:09:00.000-05:002009-03-26T14:09:00.000-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtyuI_h6dIThought ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtyuI_h6dI<BR/><BR/>Thought you should check this out. Bulk is not an excuse for poor squatting form. So unfair :-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07881403052370172282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-75765877773657218812009-03-26T10:58:00.000-05:002009-03-26T10:58:00.000-05:00Ron,I think you are missing the point - they are n...Ron,<BR/>I think you are missing the point - they are not to be a substitute for time with the bells, just a way to organize/allocate your effort within the given time. <BR/><BR/>I don't consider 'strength' to be a strength for me particularly. Holding onto the bells is a weakness however and pacing myself will help me hold onto the bells longer, so, as long as I am doing longer sets, it will be working my weakness.<BR/><BR/>If you opted for shorter intervals (time w. bells in hands), you would indeed be cheating yourself.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965125392095147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3040363452505236063.post-2772637515900020272009-03-26T10:29:00.000-05:002009-03-26T10:29:00.000-05:00Boris, the ladders looks fun but I do not think t...Boris, the ladders looks fun but I do not think they will do much for GS because the ladders favor your strengths (strength) and sidesteps your weakness (being stubborn enough to go ten minutes). For example, I believe you could go three minutes with 40kg kettlebells but I do not think that is going to get you closer to a full ten minute set.<BR/><BR/>What I mean is this: all of us who have trained hardstyle have the strength and the wind to go the distance, but lack the mental toughness. <BR/><BR/>Speaking for myself, after three minutes, every rep feels like the last one but there is always another rep in me. My failure resides in listening to myself and succumbing to the suggestion to stop the pain.<BR/><BR/>In sum, I guess I am trying to say those ladders are great for what they are--and I do plan on incorporating them as supplementary training--but I think nothing can replace the value of psychologically torturing yourself with longer setsRon Ipockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16228237753124186725noreply@blogger.com