For no particularly good reason I want to write about something that has already had endless words written about it and that I probably won’t contribute much meaningfully “new” to the topic on. But so it goes.
That topic is the 20 rep squat (sometimes called more specifically the 20 rep breathing squat). This is kind of the original rest-pause training, an entire book has been written about it although if you gain 30 lbs in 6 weeks, it’s not gonna be mostly muscle, and I imagine most have at least heard of it.
But I’m hoping not to make this just the same old generic article that everyone has seen. Yes, I want to look at the 20 rep squat in a general sense, in terms of how it is done but I also want to look at variations and a couple of things about it that many may not be aware of. … Keep Reading