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Originally Posted by mrbez  Hey Guys,
I can say I've been training more effectively the past year, however, I never found myself doing squats as much as what I should have been doing. I tended to use the leg press, and I admit it, I didn't train legs nowhere near as much as what I should.
However, the past month has seen me totally sort my diet out for a bulk, and I have started to incorporate leg days, including squats.
The thing is, and I know it shouldn't be like this, I can bench more and deadlift more than I can squat, and it's doing my head in!
I have been using the smith machine to do my squats and not the squat rack, as when I squat, I sometimes feel a "clicking" on the outer part of my left knee. This occurs when i'm driving upwards and pushing.
At the moment, i'm only squatting 90KG.
Are there any tips you guys can give me, or do I jyst have to be persistant and maybe do squats two times a week?
Regards. |
I would just be persistent and squat once a week bro... I wouldnt just go in and try a one rep max everyweek, drop back with a weight you can get a good solid 5 rep's with then slowly add weight every week. Add 2.5-5kg jumps every week until you hit a wall then you can drop your rep's down a little to 3's for a few weeks. Then try a max after about six weeks. I only max out once every six weeks or get near a max. I hate failing an attempt because it knocks me back about 2-3 weeks, so I always try to go for something in the gym that I'm good to get.
I wouldnt squat twice a week or your strength will go backwards unless your going to do a speed squat on one day and a max effort squat on the other day. My opinion is that even doing it that way can lead to overtraining bro.