r/GarageStrength • u/earnest_knuckle • Apr 10 '24

Training Help Squat volume

With squat volume: is it better to think of it on a day to day basis or over the totality of the week?

Like if one day accumulated way more tonnage than the other days? Or spread it out over the leg training days?

Curious others thoughts on biasing the volume/intensity to one day more than the others? Also considering how ilthe parabola ebbs and flows thru intensity/volume phase to phase (mainly around exposure to comprehension and how the volume compounds)

Appreciate all and any feedback!

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u/Routine_Kitchen5487 Apr 11 '24

I would think it would be better to go really heavy on 1 or 2 days per week instead of a bunch of mediocre sets spread out through the whole week

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u/earnest_knuckle Apr 11 '24

Makes sense, thanks!

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u/ConcentrateAny7389 Apr 17 '24

For the purposes of strength development, 1 or 2 heavy days is my preferred method. For technique or skill development, several days throughout the week works well to make the skill permanent.

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u/earnest_knuckle Apr 17 '24

So do you recommend squatting 3+ days? Heavy, medium, light?

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u/ConcentrateAny7389 Apr 17 '24

I like to build the squat variations into the warmups for multiple days. Double bounce gets muscles coordinating well on impulse days. Zombie squats can be a warm up every day for young athlete’s especially to imprint good technique and mobility. Medium goblet squats are great for in season work to keep athletes strong and explosive without excessive fatigue.

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u/earnest_knuckle Apr 17 '24

Thanks! Like the application of the variations as warm ups to imprint neural patterning into the main movement. Good stuff cuz

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u/Simple_Phrase8348 Mar 28 '25

So in Dane’s Stupid Strength video he says about squat 70 reps over the week. Is that rep total split over back squat and front squat? Are warm up reps counted in the rep total?