At 18yo, right around high school graduation, I squatted 50x195lbs while weighing 225lbs.
I was actually doing one or two high rep sets daily or nearly so, and at that point had simply gotten bored with the sets of 50 reps.
Walking around I felt very real world strong from that training.
It’s funny to me, that at 30yo, here I am now with the kettlebell – a single 40kg bell or pair of them, training with a similar but different approach.
I look to amrap every movement ; 2h swings, dbl bell front squats, one arm press, bottoms up press…
Cause if you’re hitting a set on any of these x50 reps with 40kg/dbl 40kgs, you’re SOLID.
50x40kg is not a weak person, it’s a solid level of strength and amazing level of strength endurance.
People often look at limited equipment as a limitation, while the reality of it is that you can achieve something quite impressive by pushing rep range into the stratosphere.
A 50rm is often at a % of 1rm much closer to that of a 10rm than is commonly believed.
Persistence & Tenacity