Originally Posted by
Mark Rippetoe
Actual dancing, eh? This looks like a helluva lot of fun! I could actually do this at one time. Not at this level, of course. But my dad could get close.
This is basically a training/practice question. When training interferes with practice, and your analysis is correct about which is more critical proximate to a performance, then training must be adjusted. Think carefully: do 20-rep squats have anything at all to do with boogie? No. A strength base, and practice -- during which the specific conditioning required is developed along with the skills involved in the specific activity -- are separate factors, and must not be confused. You're not raising your knees that high anyway, and floor time at that level of intensity provides far more specific conditioning than anything you could do under the bar.
And if your schedule is leaving you trashed, it may be your diet. I'd consider this very carefully, because you're probably not recovering for this reason.