AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH MAGAZINE
ISSUE 33 - 8/19/2004
1. AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Going after your dreams is great, but at some point you have to wake up.”
- Bill Cosby
Having goals, ideas, plans, and dreams are great and critical ingredients on the path to success. However, they can quickly become “delaying tactics” or forms of “active procrastination.” Many people are great at planning, but not so great at taking action. The problem is that without action all of the planning in the world adds up to a lot of empty calories. I strongly believe that there is a window of opportunity for any plan or idea. In other words, you have a limited amount of time to put it into action before it is lost forever. Many dreamers end up as bums on the beach or senior citizens with regrets. The only moment that is alive is right now and it is going to die very soon. Don’t let your dreams and goals die at the hands of the demons of complacency and mediocrity. When you have an idea, execute a plan of action immediately and if it does not work, fire off another one.
Live Life Aggressively!
Mike Mahler
2. AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH TRAINING ARTICLE
The Density Solution for 20-rep Squats
One very effective method to get stronger and bigger is the twenty-rep squat program. Here is how it works. Take your ten rep squat max and do twenty reps. Take three deep breaths in between each rep and fight until you get to twenty reps. This training is absolutely brutal and is not easy to break into. I prefer to break into twenty-rep squatting gradually by applying a form of density training that I picked up from Wakeforest Strength Coach Ethan Reeve. Instead of doing twenty reps in one set, do four sets of five with three-minute breaks. Go as heavy as you can. When you can do four sets of five with three-minute breaks in between each set, reduce the time between sets to two minutes. When you can complete all four sets again, reduce the time to one-minute. At this point, do two sets of ten with two-minute breaks. Then do two sets of ten with one- minute breaks. Keep reducing the time until you are doing one set of twenty straight. Then increase the weight by ten pounds and start with four sets of five again. This form of cycling will allow you to benefit from the brutality of twenty rep squats for longer periods of time without burning out. For more information on twenty rep squats, check out Randall Strossum’s book “Super Squats” at IronMind.com.
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Until next time.
Live Life Aggressively!
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Mike Mahler