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    I'm cursing your name every time I do a 3-0-3 squat. In the interest of redoubling my motivation for these grueling things, could you give some insight on what you see as the benefit/purpose of tempo work? I read the text of the PDF but I couldn't find a particular description for why this is a useful exercise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by torkins View Post
    I'm cursing your name every time I do a 3-0-3 squat. In the interest of redoubling my motivation for these grueling things, could you give some insight on what you see as the benefit/purpose of tempo work? I read the text of the PDF but I couldn't find a particular description for why this is a useful exercise.

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    It's useful for improving technique with respect to bar path, position during the eccentric and concentric, and creates fatigue with a lighter load.

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    Quote Originally Posted by torkins View Post
    I'm cursing your name every time I do a 3-0-3 squat.
    You're not the only one. His template which I'm following call for 530 tempo squats in a few weeks for me, and I'm already pissed off about them. They are honestly torturous, and I think I'm doing them way too light.

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    I find them useful as a psychological tool. They suck so much that they make volume squats, pause squats etc seem great in comparison, when ordinarily I hate them too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordan Feigenbaum View Post
    It's useful for improving technique with respect to bar path, position during the eccentric and concentric, and creates fatigue with a lighter load.
    So if you find that for some reason they lend themselves to slightly different technique, you're doing them wrong? I found it natural to keep a fairly constant back angle for tempo squats, which made them look more like a bodybuilder doing pump work with constant tension.

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    I just thought they were a litmus test for whether you hav CIP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by perman View Post
    So if you find that for some reason they lend themselves to slightly different technique, you're doing them wrong? I found it natural to keep a fairly constant back angle for tempo squats, which made them look more like a bodybuilder doing pump work with constant tension.
    I think people have problems adopting the correct back angle and not lifting their chest, which tempo squats address well IMO.

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    Just wanted to say this explanation really helped me focus during these on my technique and make them feel constructive instead of just punitive Thanks for the response

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