100 Squats a day for 30 days!!!

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Fat2FitMom19
Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
edited June 2018 in Challenges
This challenge would go June 19th - July 19th.
I watched a video of 4 people who did 100 squats everyday for a month not a lot of weight loss but there was a lot of toning.

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Who is with me!!!!!

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  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 885 Member
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    Sounds good ! I think I can handle this.
  • LynnMichelleB
    LynnMichelleB Posts: 15 Member
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    I am in, I just started doing 20 a day, but I can break it up and do 100 a day!
  • natshaw19
    natshaw19 Posts: 31 Member
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    I'm in!
  • camethrudrippin
    camethrudrippin Posts: 1 Member
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    I'm in!
  • Fat2FitMom19
    Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
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    LynnMichelleB wrote: »
    I am in, I just started doing 20 a day, but I can break it up and do 100 a day!

    Yeah I may break mine up in 25's :)
  • Fat2FitMom19
    Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
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    cqbkaju wrote: »
    High-volume bodyweight squats are mostly pointless for many people because they do not have the proper technique, intensity, or endurance. It becomes such low-impact that it could be considered activity instead of exercise for most of the population.
    You might as well get in and out of a chair -without using your hands or arms to push yourself up- 100 times a day. At least that way you would be consistent with your squat depth.
    This is similar to what is called a "box squat". You are forced to go all the way down to a specific depth before you drive back up.

    You would get far better results following a proper strength training program that includes compound lifts like barbell squats for 3 months, such as:
    https://www.stronglifts.com/5x5/
    https://www.amazon.com/Thinner-Leaner-Stronger-Building-Ultimate/dp/1938895312
    "Better results" means improvements such as losing 10 or 20 lbs of fat (depending on nutritional compliance and discipline), losing 2-4 inches off your waist, and doubling your functional strength.

    BTW, "muscle tone" and "toning" isn't a thing.
    There are only stronger/larger muscles or weaker/smaller muscles.

    As for "not a lot of weight loss" from the activity, that is due to the reasons I mentioned (intensity, etc.) and because "weight loss" requires a calorie deficit.
    Most untrained people do not and/or cannot perform bodyweight squats with enough intensity to drive adaptation but still count them as "exercise".
    Then they frequently eat back an extra 100 or 200 calories they wrongly think they burned.

    All of this presumes you do not end up with some sort of repetitive-use injury due to that much volume and poor technique from all of those "bodyweight squats" you are trying to do.

    People often gravitate to stuff like this because it seems easy. Problem is, just because it is "easier" doesn't mean it is good for you or very effective.
    If things that were relatively "easy" got good results then about 60% of the population would not be carrying too much body fat.

    DISCLOSURE: I am a coach, but I'm not your coach.
    This advice is free, just as you are free to ignore it, forgo the results, make excuses, and waste "100 days" on an inefficient activity.

    What about squats with kettlebells. I went to a bootcamp and they had up do those.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    edited June 2018
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    I totally agree with @cqbkaju . It's much more productive to commit to 30 days of a well rounded program that focuses on the body as a whole and functional fitness. Although, I admit I am guilty of falling for the 'challenges' in the past - I did find that they can be motivating. But in the end, if I'm going to put out the energy and put the time in I want to get the most bang for my buck. 100 squats a day just isn't that for me. To each his own!
  • cqbkaju
    cqbkaju Posts: 1,011 Member
    edited June 2018
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    Fat2FitMom19 wrote: »
    What about squats with kettlebells. I went to a bootcamp and they had up do those.
    In the long-term, you cannot load kettlebells progressively enough -or eventually, heavy enough- to break homeostasis / drive adaptation to get much in the way of results.

    What is the heaviest kettlebell you started with in the boot camp?
    What is the heaviest kettlebell you used at the end?
    How long was the camp?

    Now with that in mind, if you did not add 2.5 lbs to 5 lbs or more to each lift *each week* as a novice then you are not training. At best you are exercising and mere exercise is not sufficient.

    Training > exercise.

    In many cases for the majority of people, kettlebell work is little more than an endurance test because the kettlebells are too light in the first place.
    Kettlebells can be a great accessory exercise and they are better than nothing, but KBs not in the same league as barbell compound lifts.
    Most people just aren't athletic/fit enough (think Crossfit, Russian Special Forces, etc.) to work at an intensity level to make KBs very effective even as an aerobic exercise.

    Goblet squats with a 70 pound kettlebell is not equivalent to barbell squats with 70 lbs on your shoulders.
    When was the last time you saw a 70 lb kettlebell anyway?

    Every woman with the standard number of functional appendages should be able to "barbell back squat" with the equivalent of her body weight on her shoulders after sufficient training, discipline, and dedication. Easily within 3 months. How much do you weigh? Now tell me where you are going to find that size kettlebell (or even 1/2 of it!) and every one leading up to it?
    Of course, most women will lose 20+ pounds of excess fat along the way but that is a different discussion.

    There is no comparison between kettlebells and barbells when it comes to versatility and efficiency. Furthermore kettlebells are definitely not a substitute for barbell compound lifts.

    We are talking about 3 or 4 months of dedicated barbell strength training just at the novice stage, not a "boot camp" that might last a month or two at most.
  • TammyHMurphy
    TammyHMurphy Posts: 1 Member
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    Fat2FitMom19 wrote: »
    This challenge would go June 19th - July 19th.
    I watched a video of 4 people who did 100 squats everyday for a month not a lot of weight loss but there was a lot of toning.

    6/19
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    Who is with me!!!!!

    I'm in!
  • Fat2FitMom19
    Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
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    6/19 Done ✔
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  • 2005HAK13
    2005HAK13 Posts: 2 Member
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    This sounds like a dumb idea. Exercising the same muscle group every day isn’t very efficient as you need to have rest days so your muscles can recover. Muscle growth is caused because when you work out you damage muscle fibers, when you rest, you repair the muscle fibers and add a bit extra. After you workout you need 24-48 hours of rest for your muscles to repair.

    This is a stupid idea.
  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 885 Member
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    100 squats a day for 30 days
    6/19: 100 : 25, 25, and 5 * 10 bodyweight squats - but more like utkatasana
    6/20:

  • ahelgers10
    ahelgers10 Posts: 376 Member
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    I am in!
  • rosa18814
    rosa18814 Posts: 1 Member
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    Im in!! :)
  • Fat2FitMom19
    Fat2FitMom19 Posts: 56 Member
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    6/19 Done ✔
    6/20 Done ✔
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  • mayracrane
    mayracrane Posts: 2 Member
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    Im in. I’m a day behind, but I’ll make up for it.
  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 885 Member
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    6/19: 100 : 25, 25, and 5 * 10 bodyweight squats - but more like utkatasana
    6/20: 100 : 30 w/10lb dumbbells, 6 * 10 utkatasanas, 10 bodyweight
    6/21:
  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 885 Member
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    100 squats a day for 30 days
    6/19: 100 : 25, 25, and 5 * 10 bodyweight squats - but more like utkatasana
    6/20: 100 : 30 w/10lb dumbbells, 6 * 10 utkatasanas, 10 bodyweight
    6/21: 100 done
    6/22:

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