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    How Many Squats Do You Do A Day?

    Posts: 135 Member
    edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Just yesterday I did 15 minutes of squats. 425 squats in total! What about you? Do you do sets?

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    • Posts: 8,736 Member
      On lower body days (2x a week) I do probably around 70 barbell back squats (5x5 are my working sets but I pyramid up and down to it) and about 30-40 barbell hack squats. I do a few bodyweight squats (especially *kitten* to grass buddha type) here and there for mobility purposes.
    • Posts: 10,179 Member
      100 each day swinging a 15lb kettlebell between my legs. That's a workout.
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
      on Thursday I will do 36....but that's with 135lbs on my back.
      Next Thursda will be 42...the week after 48...
    • Posts: 5,760 Member
      Wonkasmistake wrote: »
      Just yesterday I did 15 minutes of squats. 425 squats in total! What about you? Do you do sets?

      These are body weight squats, right? Good place to start but that's a LOT of squats and wear and tear on the knees.

      I certainly don't do squats every day. More like 3 times per week and I do a wide variety of them with varying weights in sets. I don't count them as far as quantity. It's more about quality to me which means lower reps and heavier weights.
    • Posts: 1,303 Member
      I did 3x8@285lb yesterday. That came with 10 bodyweight, then 10, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with various warmup weights. So that puts me at 59 total. I do that 2-3x/week but the weight varies (typically going up).
    • Posts: 8,063 Member
      Saturday I did 4 x 8 x 115, then 2 x 10 x 35 goblet squats, then 2 x 10 x 40 goblet squats. That was the beginning of quads day. The program I am currently on has a hamstrings day, a push day, a quads day and a pull day. Fun stuff.
      God only knows how many bodyweight plies I do during a dance class...I don't count them.
    • Posts: 2,841 Member
      there is no way i will ever do 425 squats in one day. on my squat day i do maybe 20-30 working weight squats, and maybe 30 - 40 warmup squats.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      my usual work out... herm- let me count
      8 bar squats
      1 x 5
      1 x 4
      2 x 3
      3 x 2
      6 x 4

      So that's 53- depending on that last working set.
      and then I do another set of
      1 x 5
      1 x 4
      4 x 3 usually (this is subject to change)
      which is 21- so 74-

      I'd say I average 70-85 squats.
      which is more than I thought.
    • Posts: 49,126 Member
      Wonkasmistake wrote: »
      Just yesterday I did 15 minutes of squats. 425 squats in total! What about you? Do you do sets?
      Why are you doing that much? For muscle endurance?

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    • Posts: 49,126 Member
      For me (now that I'm back to it) once a week (not a day) at 5 sets of 8-10, so 50 at most.

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    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      ninerbuff wrote: »
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      Why are you doing that much? For muscle endurance?

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      because more is more don't you know
    • Posts: 1,234 Member
      I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to body weight squats.
    • Posts: 1,639 Member
      Body weight squats are great, but only get you so far. They definitely helped me with form and flexibility until I could squat with weights.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      kwtilbury wrote: »
      I'm pretty sure the OP is referring to body weight squats.

      really? you don't say!
    • Posts: 1,234 Member
      JoRocka wrote: »
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      really? you don't say!

      Hence making your response an apples-to-oranges comparison, but your snark is duly noted.
    • Posts: 1,737 Member
      It all depends on how often I go to the bathroom... Hmmm... 1 first thing in the morning... then again at lunch... and maybe one more before bedtime... so.. a minimum of 3 EVERY day...
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      jessef593 wrote: »
      Well I generally only do 5-10 reps with 4-5 sets. Gradually trying to add more weight on every session, if you don't then your progress will slowly dwindle down to nothing.
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      Trust me man, don't even bother with her. She's made snarky comments in every thread she's participated in. Some people just kind of would rather rip at the less informed rather than try and give them useful advice.

      You're right- as long as I've been here- I've only ever pissed on downtrodden and never given any helpful advice.

      sure.okay.

      Also- funny enough- you gave the same type of answer I did.

      weighted squats.
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