Just a thought

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by dmaipa

well there has been studies of guys doing max squats then couple hours later go back and do vertical jump test. they found that their vertical jump actually increased. CNS is a very powerful thing..once you activate it and have CNS in what i like the call "in an arousal state" your body is prime for performance.

Good post.

I noticed this a bit today on a smaller level. My CNS was fried from being sick, and my warmups felt real heavy, but in my later sets as my CNS started to wake up, I felt like I was getting stronger.

[big valsalva]

Originally Posted by dmaipa

well there has been studies of guys doing max squats then couple hours later go back and do vertical jump test. they found that their vertical jump actually increased. CNS is a very powerful thing..once you activate it and have CNS in what i like the call "in an arousal state" your body is prime for performance.

Beautiful, just beautiful.

Jwood, since when would light to moderate squats hurt anything? Yep, if you're not already squatting three or more times a week, go for it. You're either on to something, or you're on something. Keep us posted.

[jwood]

thanks so much for all of the responses guys, I am going to try this out starting this friday. I will not go all out on squats, I am going to do ATG squats light and then do one moderately difficult set to finish up, I will also keep this session to around 20 minutes including the warm up.

I think this will have two benefits: 1. help me get my bench moving 2. Loosen up and stretch out my legs 2 days after my heavy squat session. Anyways I am going to do this and it is going to help. This will be my claim to fame, haha.