Carl added 77 pounds to his squat in 5 weeks!

Lee, I just finished 4 weeks of 20 reps squats and saw a 60 pound increase in my squat which I never made a staple in my workout plan (ignorance I know). I hated squats at first and only did free bar squats once or twice, but now I love them and will do the program again. I started at 115 b/c my legs have always been weak and suffered a knee injury, but Fri. I pushed out 20 good reps at 175 to my amazement. At 195 I could only do 6 pull ups, but now I can get 12 clean reps and dips went from 12 to 25! With no actually arm exercises my bi’s and tri’s have taken amazing shape and I see veins I didn’t know were there! My bench also increased by 15 lbs. (maybe more b/c I just randomly decided to see how my bench increased so I didn’t go for the max). Thanks alot Lee- the program works no matter how crazy it sounds for arm specialization program!!

Hey Lee,
I think Im going to start this program this month, I usually switch up my workout routines every month or so just so my gains don’t stagnate. I was wondering do you think its a good idea to train other muscle groups on the off days of this program. Say I was to do shoulders on tuesday and maybe arms on saturday do you think this would be a good supplement to this workout to all the muscle groups or would I just be over training ?

I train at home and odn’t have a squat rack 🙁 could i substitute squats with hack squats?

Lee, I can only do 1 pullup. Is it ok to do horizontal pullups instead?
Thank you.

I actually tried this today, started very conservatively with 125 but I could definitely feel the burn on the squats especially the last few reps.

Greg (January 31)

Would you please tell us your age, your height and weight before and after your 5 weeks training?
I was really impressed reading about your superb results. I thought, that probably you are a teenager or have perhaps great genes by bearth, inherited through a long and strong row of specially gifted ancestors.

Best Regards from,
Amigo Aimo

I’m not a body builder, but I only have time to make it to the gym 3 days a week because of school and mma classes. I have only been doing it for about 3 weeks, and I notice a difference in my body already, more muscles showing, feeling fuller and experiencing more strength and endurance at MMA
Thanks lee!

Hi Lee,
I’ve been following your website and videos for a while now so I though I’de finally comment, Love you methods and advice.

Could the 20 rep squat programme be used to lose fat rather than gain mass, while achieving a caloric deficit?

Darren.

Hello everyone, this program looks really interesting, with life obstacles that i have been going through over the past few months i had to drop my gym membership and i workout at home, but the reason i am here is to say sumthing…ive read the past 2 years of FLEX, Muscle and Fitness, Muscular Development and a few others, ive also done research on the web and have read all of the emails that i get from you and Vince DelMonte…they have all proven to be useful…there was only a handful of workouts that i have ever used 100% of the workout from magazines and etc, i myself look at them for as guidelines and maybe something to implement into a workout, everytime i would enter the gym i went to or everytime i hit the weights at my house i do what my body feels like doing, and every few weeks i push past my bodys limits, wen i first started actually working out a couple years ago i was 6 foot 4 inches and 150-160 pounds….i would say that bodyfat was around12%, my max bench was 135 pounds, max squat was about 135, but with deadlift and powerclean no so well (even though i kno my first maxes werent good), wen it came to deadlift i couldnt even get the motion rite…and my long legs didnt allow me to do it that much and my teacher wanted me to start off using the hex bar now i feel that a hex bar mainly allows you to use more weight than with a barbell, powercleans i wasnt really fond of doing, and ill face it i SUCKED at em. i train my own way and help others train, i kno i do what i shouldnt but i train without a spotter…id like to have a spotter but my current predicament doesnt allow me too, the only time i have a spotter is wen i am training sumbody, which sadly doesnt happen as much as it use too and i like training people….but lets see…i made a workout regimen were i would max my lifts and remax 8 weeks later, at week zero and my first set of maxes i was 6 foot 4 inches and 170-175 pounds, max bench was 195, max powerclean was 175, max squat was 315, max deadlift was 315, 8 weeks later wen i maxed again my max bench was 215, max powerclean was 185, max squat was 495, and max deadlift was 315 still…that was all without a spotter to be there to catch the weight or even help, but i had a kid with me as a witness, he told me that my form was good and i was insane for what i did but the accomplishment of doing what i did made it all worth it…but back to the training, i always hated training legs…so i decided to put major focus on my lagging body part….and after 8 weeks it really showed, i finally seen sum defintion and had weights on the barbell that i was more than happy to let other see…legs are now one of my favorite body parts to train, but never better than chest, arms (biceps, triceps, and forearms), and traps…with what i have done with my legs i think is phoenominal, i definately know how it is in the life of a hardgainer, i am still 6 foot 4 inches, in about a 2-3 year span i only went from weighing 150 to about 170-175….well i have been 170-175 for about a year now and i cant gain weight for $HIT, that is one of the hardest things to do wen u have a metabolism like i do….i can eat and eat and eat and not gain a single pound, but never let that stop u from being all u can be, i would just like to leave you with a comment:
“When you step into the gym, don’t (and I mean DON’T) throw heavy weights on the bar just to try and show off, focus on every set, every rep, put your mind into it, feel every muscle, use a weight that allows you to feel like u have worked ur body and have not cheated it, everytime you throw weight on to try and impress you are just cheating yourself, leave the gym satisfied that you have worked the selected muscles and be happy for a job well done.”

Any questions or comments send me a message at the email below and i will get back to you, please try and put sumthing in the subject about this cause i get alot of junk in my email. Thank you for you time,

Loyal Reader and Follower
Robert Fisher
robertfisher91@hotmail.com

Hey lee Hayward,
How can I Increase My benching reps On 185lbs. Now I can only do 15 reps benching on 185lbs.

Thanks
Mari. A

WOW lee this workout is AWESOME!!!! It’s very demanding and hard to do, but the gains are awesome! I’m half way through the six weeks and I went from 213 lbs to 220lbs, also my bench has also went up 20lbs and my chest looks a lot thicker already just half way through the program!!!

Thanks Colton!!!!!