EricMilfeld Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Thanks a million for all the support, guys! The psychology of it was a amusing. I tried to stay calm and unemotional for as long as possible. This got me to maybe 6 reps or so. By 10 I felt as if I had just competed a very hard work set and I should be taking off my belt to have a seat and catch my breath. Around 12 or 13 it was a miserable thing to be in a lot of pain and realize you still have to complete another "high rep set". So, reps 11 through 15 were the most mentally challenging. By 16 or 17 I realized I was actually capable of doing it, and could see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. This gave me my second wind, psychologically. Physically it was still sheer torture, only not as much fun. On paper, I should have only been good for fifteen. So, it must be true what I heard about 20 rep squats. Do a max set of 10, then just do ten more. I love that. It was a great experience. One I hope to never relive. Lol! man i got tired just watching! I think your 1rm has to be mid 600's now I ran the numbers in a one-rep-max calculator and it said 656, but for me personally that's a bit inflated. More like 620 would be my estimate. Perhaps I'm just better at high reps. Very inspirational work Eric, great strength and endurance on display! You must have felt like you were running with a fridge on your back! Great description, Bob! Very awesome Eric!! I'm thinking your gonna be sore for awhile! Knock on wood, I'm feeling pretty good today. Incredible. Did you post this from a hospital bed? Lol. I had an insane lower back pump afterwards. Great work Eric. Very strong pulls. Looked like you had more in the tank. It's funny, but I actually considered making it 21 after locking out the final rep. Almost regret not doing it now. Guess I was just too obsessed with just making it to 20. Eric- That is rugged work that not many people would want to even try because of the total discomfort imparted on your entire being. Great effort! Thank you, Steve. Another very appropriate description of the pain. I got the idea of doing it at work while considering what I wanted to pull when I got home. Being that last week's deadlift session wasn't quite up to standards, I wanted to do something "new and improved". Once I had decided on doing it the rest of my workday was a mix of impending doom and gleeful anticipation. Nice work! Real deadlifts, no touch and go BS for you. I trained bouncy deadlifts for a brief while as an early teen, till I became suspicious of the benefit for a powerlifter, when my second and third reps were easier than my first. Good job Eric. Way to stick with it. But why not make it an even four plates! Oh, damn you! Now I have to do it again, because this is going to start gnawing away at my obsessive personality. I wanted four plates, but I own only six 45s in total. Also, my fist warmup on deadlifts is always with a 100 plate on each side (less changing of weights). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Thanks a million for all the support, guys! The psychology of it was a amusing. I tried to stay calm and unemotional for as long as possible. This got me to maybe 6 reps or so. By 10 I felt as if I had just competed a very hard work set and I should be taking off my belt to have a seat and catch my breath. Around 12 or 13 it was a miserable thing to be in a lot of pain and realize you still have to complete another "high rep set". So, reps 11 through 15 were the most mentally challenging. By 16 or 17 I realized I was actually capable of doing it, and could see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. This gave me my second wind, psychologically. Physically it was still sheer torture, only not as much fun. On paper, I should have only been good for fifteen. So, it must be true what I heard about 20 rep squats. Do a max set of 10, then just do ten more. I love that. It was a great experience. One I hope to never relive. Lol! man i got tired just watching! I think your 1rm has to be mid 600's nowI ran the numbers in a one-rep-max calculator and it said 656, but for me personally that's a bit inflated. More like 620 would be my estimate. Perhaps I'm just better at high reps.Very inspirational work Eric, great strength and endurance on display! You must have felt like you were running with a fridge on your back!Great description, Bob! Very awesome Eric!! I'm thinking your gonna be sore for awhile! Knock on wood, I'm feeling pretty good today.Incredible. Did you post this from a hospital bed?Lol. I had an insane lower back pump afterwards.Great work Eric. Very strong pulls. Looked like you had more in the tank.It's funny, but I actually considered making it 21 after locking out the final rep. Almost regret not doing it now. Guess I was just too obsessed with just making it to 20.Eric- That is rugged work that not many people would want to even try because of the total discomfort imparted on your entire being. Great effort!Thank you, Steve. Another very appropriate description of the pain. I got the idea of doing it at work while considering what I wanted to pull when I got home. Being that last week's deadlift session wasn't quite up to standards, I wanted to do something "new and improved". Once I had decided on doing it the rest of my workday was a mix of impending doom and gleeful anticipation.Nice work! Real deadlifts, no touch and go BS for you.I trained bouncy deadlifts for a brief while as an early teen, till I became suspicious of the benefit for a powerlifter, when my second and third reps were easier than my first.Good job Eric. Way to stick with it. But why not make it an even four plates!Oh, damn you! Now I have to do it again, because this is going to start gnawing away at my obsessive personality. I wanted four plates, but I own only six 45s in total. Also, my fist warmup on deadlifts is always with a 100 plate on each side (less changing of weights). Haha. Had to get that in there as you did to me. Maybe I'll have to try it. With 4 plates of course haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McCarter Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Beyond awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Beyond awesome!Thanks, John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan McMillan Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Thanks for posting that Eric it was very inspiring!!! I now have another goal to get done!!! Jon@han 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Thanks for posting that Eric it was very inspiring!!! I now have another goal to get done!!! Jon@han Thank you, Jonathan! Very pleased to know it may have motivated you. And very cool to have you around again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Matney Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'm still recovering from watching this. World class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwwm Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Awesome Job Eric!!!! I feel like I have to try this now. Granted I can't say I would keep my hands on the bar the whole time ;-). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Had to hit the foam roller just from watching this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Thanks, guys! Martin, you could always keep your hands on the bar and just sit down with your legs stretched out under the bar. Where there's a will... Frank, that's funny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Very inspirational, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Very inspirational, congratulations! Thanks! I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Eric, Nice work, man. Is this a fairly common test of will? Jedd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Eric, Nice work, man. Is this a fairly common test of will? Jedd No, not at all. I've never done more than 15 reps with any weight before, and doing any more than about 8 reps was very rare until recently. I did it mainly to see if I could, and for the sake of mixing up reps. Thanks, Jedd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Cool man. I'm trying it sometime soon. I'm deadlifting tomorrow and only have an hour to get everything in, so it won't be tomorrow, but perhaps next session. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Cool man. I'm trying it sometime soon. I'm deadlifting tomorrow and only have an hour to get everything in, so it won't be tomorrow, but perhaps next session. Excellent! Can't wait to see it. Eat your Wheaties that morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Couple questions. Did you re-set every rep to keep the pace slower? And did you purposely avoid touch-and-go reps? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Couple questions. Did you re-set every rep to keep the pace slower? And did you purposely avoid touch-and-go reps? Thanks. I always reset to mimic meet conditions, as well as give my blood pressure a chance to fall back down before the next rep. The slower pace is just a nice natural consequence of those two priorities. A pause between reps also affords me the opportunity to take inventory of my form and run through my little mental checklist before each rep, which helps me stay in the right frame of mind. Nothing good comes from rushing with heavy weight, IMO. Of course, doing touch-and- go reps would have allowed me to do more reps. Not sure how many more, but based on the rare times I've done touch and go, I'd guess 20% to 30% more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Couple questions. Did you re-set every rep to keep the pace slower? And did you purposely avoid touch-and-go reps? Thanks. I always reset to mimic meet conditions, as well as give my blood pressure a chance to fall back down before the next rep. The slower pace is just a nice natural consequence of those two priorities. A pause between reps also affords me the opportunity to take inventory of my form and run through my little mental checklist before each rep, which helps me stay in the right frame of mind. Nothing good comes from rushing with heavy weight, IMO. Of course, doing touch-and- go reps would have allowed me to do more reps. Not sure how many more, but based on the rare times I've done touch and go, I'd guess 20% to 30% more. Cool. Thanks buddy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodyburns Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 THE FORCE is Strong with this one !!! ✊ Kick @ss Job Eric !👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 THE FORCE is Strong with this one !!! ✊ Kick @ss Job Eric ! Haha, thanks, Kody!It's nice to have the Force visit your workout every once in a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I remember many many years ago a big name ad very strong powerlifter (the name escapes me but I think it was one of the bench specialists?) Issued this challenge as he found it to be extremely hard. A bunch of conditioned, lighter lifters did it but the heavy stronger guys were failing. I am guessing more so do to wind than anything else. Some lifters that are capable of 800 pound pulls put so much effort into the first 10 that they literally use up all their muscle fibers and cant do anymore. My son is built like this. Make him squat 135 for 10s and it kills him but he can smoke 175 for a single. I never tried it (400×20). Not sure I ever will. But it is a nice feat of strength. Squatting 400x20 is a whole different beast. Great job Eric. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 I remember many many years ago a big name ad very strong powerlifter (the name escapes me but I think it was one of the bench specialists?) Issued this challenge as he found it to be extremely hard. A bunch of conditioned, lighter lifters did it but the heavy stronger guys were failing. I am guessing more so do to wind than anything else. Some lifters that are capable of 800 pound pulls put so much effort into the first 10 that they literally use up all their muscle fibers and cant do anymore. My son is built like this. Make him squat 135 for 10s and it kills him but he can smoke 175 for a single. I never tried it (400×20). Not sure I ever will. But it is a nice feat of strength. Squatting 400x20 is a whole different beast. Great job Eric. I had never heard about that challenge. Very interesting to hear that such a big pull may not be indicative of capability for 20 reps with such a relatively light weight. No doubt performing this with squats would bring on an entirely different kind of pain. That weight's on your back the entire time! And thanks, Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king crusher Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I remember many many years ago a big name ad very strong powerlifter (the name escapes me but I think it was one of the bench specialists?) Issued this challenge as he found it to be extremely hard. A bunch of conditioned, lighter lifters did it but the heavy stronger guys were failing. I am guessing more so do to wind than anything else. Some lifters that are capable of 800 pound pulls put so much effort into the first 10 that they literally use up all their muscle fibers and cant do anymore. My son is built like this. Make him squat 135 for 10s and it kills him but he can smoke 175 for a single. I never tried it (400×20). Not sure I ever will. But it is a nice feat of strength. Squatting 400x20 is a whole different beast. Great job Eric. Yeah when I did it I went way too fast. I got 16 reps in 1:27 and hit a wall with my cardio. I should have used a slower tempo. Eric, you took your time as your vid is about 3min I noticed. Pulling more air/breaths between each rep. I've done it on squats one time (vids on my YouTube) but it was 225. So not ultra heavy. I may try again but with 275. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Ruby Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Tremendous willpower and strength! Great motivation as I'm doing high rep lifting pretty much exclusively post injury Edited July 27, 2015 by Stephen Ruby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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