Workout: Squat Base. Type: Sets. The block opens here. Five sets of five back squats at 72% of your 1-rep max, same load every set, all clean, all fast out of the hole. This is submaximal on purpose: it builds the base the heavier weeks stand on. Rack it the moment your depth or bar speed slips. The score is your heaviest working set. 1 movement across 1 section. Created by Fiz.
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Squat Base
The block opens here. Five sets of five back squats at 72% of your 1-rep max, same load every set, all clean, all fast out of the hole. This is submaximal on purpose: it builds the base the heavier weeks stand on. Rack it the moment your depth or bar speed slips. The score is ...
- Format
- Sets
- Level
- intermediate
The workout
Sets
5x5 Back Squat
5 SETS
Back Squat
5 reps @ 72%
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Squat Base is a sets-based workout by Fiz, built from 1 movement. It is set at intermediate level.
How to approach Squat Base
Squat Base loads the quads, glutes, hamstrings and core hardest. Lower back and upper back take a share of the work too.
Squat Base is scored on load: your heaviest successful lift is the number that ranks.