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Yup, I tried this today.  Motivated to finally give it a shot by jm1369.  First set 89×20, a warm-up set but I was a little winded at the end.  Next set 135×20, around 15 I started to really feel it but I kept going with no rest and finished the 20th rep breathing heavily.  Next set 155×20 I had to start rest/pause at the 12th rep, but I dug deep and finished the last 3 reps with no rest…totally winded now!  That’s all I could take for the first time doing them, but it’s a good start and I’ll try 20 rep squat sets again soon.  I did a set of 225×6 and finished up with 315×2.  I then went back to 225 and did 2 reps, and on the third I bailed out on purpose.  I wanted to see how it felt to let the bar come down on the safety pins and how I’d get out from under without hurting myself.  I’m trying to get more confident on my heavier squats so I can go deep and not worry about failing on the rep, just give it my all and so what if I can’t get back up?  No problem with the bail out, we’ll see if it helps my confidence when I do heavy squat sets soon.

Also did calves and abs today, did the whole workout at a fast pace and the back of my shirt was soaking wet at the end, even without doing cardio! 

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