200 squat challenge

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  • RunningAddict
    RunningAddict Posts: 548 Member
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    W3L2D3-22,29,20,21,29=121
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    W3, L3, D2 - 27, 34, 21, 21, 40 - 143

    This is quite hard for me as literally ll my workout DVDs have quite a lot of squats in and I'm doing these on top. There is only one day a week that I don't do a workout DVD - Monday, so I'm little unsure when to do the other sessions :-z
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    W3, D3, L3 - 30, 38, 27. 27, 45 - 167. Noticed I was very focussed on getting to 45 in the final set, was counting how many still to go and did break a sweat so must be doing something!
  • RunningAddict
    RunningAddict Posts: 548 Member
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    W4L2D1-24, 30,22,22,33= 131
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    W4 L3 D1 - 29, 34, 29, 29, 50 - 171.

    Just seen we have to do another exhaustion test at the end of this week, not especially looking forward to that!! I found the 50 in my final set hard going today (to be fair, the min required was 43 so I could have stopped sooner, but 200 still feels a loooooooong way off!!
  • jgic2009
    jgic2009 Posts: 531 Member
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    Don't think I will join now but I do want to save this idea for later. Thanks for sharing!
  • RunningAddict
    RunningAddict Posts: 548 Member
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    W4L2D2-27,34,27,27,38= 153
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    Humph, I did not feel good yesterday or today so am going to be really late with my next set, should have done them yesterday..
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    Felt better this morning so got straight onto it before my body could change its mind!!

    W4, L3, D2 - 34, 40, 34, 34, 55 - total 197. final set of 55 was really hard going, the min target for the final set was 49 but I had wanted to get to 55 because I did 50 in my final set the other day so just kept goingt!! I know I had breaks, but it is nice that total number of squats is now so close to 200, it makes me feel this is actually doable! :laugh:
  • RunningAddict
    RunningAddict Posts: 548 Member
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    W4L2D3- 31,38,31,31,45= 176
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    Nice total running addict, when are you doing your exhaustion test??

    I did mine today after all as had forgotten today is my day off exercise DVDs, so actually given I have no other squats to do probably my best day to get it done!

    W4, L3, D3 - 40, 45, 40, 40, 60 - total 225. Final set of 60 really hard going again! I will be doing the exhaustion test tomorrow night which should be between the 24 and 48 hours later recommended. Going to be interesting!!
  • zumbawhit
    zumbawhit Posts: 115 Member
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    Cool Idea!!!!!
  • bmfrazie
    bmfrazie Posts: 2,391 Member
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    I have found myself majorly slacking the last few weeks. This morning I am going to do the exhaustion test again and will start on week 4 AGAIN!
    60 squats
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    Did my exhaustion test tonight and did 61 consecutive squats. I did kind of cheat though as I had looked in week 5 and seen anything over 60 put you on L3 so just stopped once I got over 60 :blushing:

    It was interesting though as I found some of the early stages remarkably tough yet I have done 60 in a final set having done shedloads in prior sets before - not sure if its psycological or I actually need to warm up properly to do better?
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
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    Tha'ts just bodyweight squats? :( Do you think i could add weight to it? I already do over 500 bodyweight at a time.
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    I definitely think you could easily add weights to it. If you were lifting the weights at shoulder height and bringing them forward each time you squat down tbh I think you could take your pic what weight. I was also thinking this would be an interesting way to take the challenge up to the next level, lots of the exercise DVDs I do have squats with weights so I don't see why this would be any different?
  • bmfrazie
    bmfrazie Posts: 2,391 Member
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    W4L3D1: 29, 35, 29, 29, 43 = 165
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    W5, L3, D1 - 49, 54, 40, 32, 60 - 235.

    finally over my bug so felt like I had loads of energy and could have kept going with the final set, but I knew the min was 54 so I got to 60 and thought 'that'll do!' :laugh:
  • shoppie
    shoppie Posts: 618 Member
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    W5, L3, D2 - 27,27, 32, 32, 24, 24, 30, 68 - total 261.

    Felt like way more than that because of the 8 sets instead of 5. Final set was really tough, my bum was killing me!!
  • RunningAddict
    RunningAddict Posts: 548 Member
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    If I ever skip another whole week of doing NO squats, someone beat me with a stick lol! This set was very hard!!
    W5L2D1-38,47,34,30,47= 196

    After skipping a whole week I don't think I want to try an exhuastion test until at least after this week.

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