Hindu Squats

SKFKTCS · 08-03-2006, 05:40 PM

Is the juice worth the squeeze? I want to do them for a warm up, like work up to 500 of them.

krellik · 08-03-2006, 05:52 PM

Plucking a duck for some juice...?? Lol I have no idea what your first talking about but they are a conditioning staple for many fighters...

No need to overhype them but they are a solid tool... And 500 straigth is more than a warmup for most if you have some speed on it...

SKFKTCS · 08-03-2006, 07:57 PM

I meant is it worth my time or should I just stick to weights. I know the best conditioned pro wrestlers (Beniot, Karl Gotch, others) do them. I was just wondering since I din't know too much about them.

CowboyPete · 08-03-2006, 08:12 PM

500 hindu squats is a solid work out. I consider my legs to be my strongest physical attribute and the first time I did hindu squats, I stopped at 100 and my legs were beat for days (turned out it was the first day of the flu and my leg muscles just didn't repair).

**MikeMartial** · 08-04-2006, 01:04 AM

It all depends on what KIND of strength your after.

Endurance strength? Yeah, do bodyweight squats, like hindus.

Explosive strength? Plyos, hands down.

Maximal strength? Heavy low rep squats.

You need to know what facet of strength you need/want to work on. And, for the record, all are required for MMA. Ross Enamait addresses this issue quite nicely in Never Gymless

lowCofG · 08-04-2006, 05:57 AM

agree with mike, 1st of all...

I added hindu squats as a regular part of what all I do, and after a month or so of doing a few hundred every other morning or so, I'm seeing definition in my quads that nothing else seemed to be bringing out. I'm not saying the hindu squats alone did it, but the addition of them to everything else seemed to elicit a response.

I also dig the toughness factor w/ bodyweight squats - i.e. pushing past the tiredness, the soreness to eke out those last few reps. particularly for martial arts, I think that sort of training is also important.

greedysob · 08-04-2006, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeMartial

It all depends on what KIND of strength your after.

Endurance strength? Yeah, do bodyweight squats, like hindus.

Explosive strength? Plyos, hands down.

Maximal strength? Heavy low rep squats.

You need to know what facet of strength you need/want to work on. And, for the record, all are required for MMA. Ross Enamait addresses this issue quite nicely in Never Gymless

Exactly. I always hate hearing people say "I thought I was strong until I tried hindu squats. I could only do X amount of them." That's like saying I thought I was a fast sprinter until I ran a marython. I couldn't even finish.

There's a difference between throwing a few hundred pounds on the bar and doing a set of 4 and dropping the weight completely and doing a few hundred reps. For me, lifting is about strength. I prefer to work oun explosiveness and power. Endurance I train separately and I prefer to keep it as sport specific as possible (ie, rolling, sparring, bagwork, etc).

boxhead51 · 08-04-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeMartial

It all depends on what KIND of strength your after.

Endurance strength? Yeah, do bodyweight squats, like hindus.

Explosive strength? Plyos, hands down.

Maximal strength? Heavy low rep squats.

You need to know what facet of strength you need/want to work on. And, for the record, all are required for MMA. Ross Enamait addresses this issue quite nicely in Never Gymless

I NEVER GYMLESS HE ADDRESS IT BEAUTIFULLLY.

CowboyPete · 08-04-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by greedysob

Endurance I train separately and I prefer to keep it as sport specific as possible (ie, rolling, sparring, bagwork, etc).

Hindu squats will help your sport much in the same way large numbers of situps would. You'll get the benefit of 10 rounds of sparring for your legs in about 3 minutes from hindu squats.

2om30 · 08-04-2006, 04:59 PM

I use hindu squats all the time...with the proper breathing this workout kick's ass.