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Hindu Squats @ home
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On the return... 
I took all of last week off and will probably ease back into it this week.
I have all my energy back now, just a little head cold lingering on, but nothing too bad 
I won't be trying to break any records this week, just 2 or 3 workouts at a light pace, just get the body moving and the blood flowing.
I know I'll come back stronger....
flat out and coming back 
I haven't been able to do any hindu squats since last week due to getting a virus.
It's amazing how a bug can sap you energy. There's no point being macho about it, take the time off and get healthy again.
The first day of my illness I tried to do some work but just ran out of puff. I felt like a ball of jelly and going any further would just hamper my recovery, rather than make me fitter.
It's better to let it go and wait till I get better. Back into it next week
Hindu Squats May Improve Your Running
Start with 20-30, and then work up to 2 sets of 50. According to the so called gurus when you can do 500 straight Hindu Squats, you’re on your way to greatness. Anybody that can do 500 is getting a great cardio workout but I wouldn't stress out about reaching that specific number.
The Hindu Squat has been used by wrestlers in India and Iran for centuries and it involved a much more rhythmic pattern than the traditional "squat."
I have also found that Hindu Squats also lend better to power breathing than any other kind of squat that I have found and the "jumper" variation is top notch.
What's the jumper variation I hear you ask??
I'll talk about that in an upcoming post
Hindu Squats workouts are better fat burners
Cardio (a.k.a. aerobic exercise) is no longer the King of Exercise. Research now shows that you can lose fat, improve your heart health, increase your quality of life, and reduce your risk of disability with resistance training, like hindu squats, and resistance training doesn't mean barbell bench pressing with heavy weights.
Sure, you can get some benefits by using machines at your local health club, but total-body "functional" exercises (like hindu squats) are even better.
An extra benefit of bodyweight exercises is that they give you the ability to complete a total-body workout in less time. For example, by doing hindu squats, you will replace the need for the leg extension and leg curl machines in a health club. Dands replace the chest fly and triceps extension machines. And chin-ups replace the need for machine-aided pulldowns and biceps curls.
In three or four "functional" moves, you can complete a total-body workout. You can do your exercises in a circuit (all exercises done back to back without rest) or in supersets (two exercises done back to back without rest) to cut even more time from your workout. Aim for three total-body strength-training workouts per week, including hindu squats in each workout.
Thomas Kurz on hindu squats
I found this really interesting interview with Thomas Kurz who is an expert coach and they asked him about hindu squats.
Question: I am doing 5 sets of 10 Hindu squats per day 6 days a week. Now my maximum is somewhere over 24 reps nonstop. I didn't max out. Now I have had some mild crackling in my knees from the Hindu squats. I have had mild soreness too, but not any joint pain at all. Am I doing okay, or do I need to change, or what?
Answer: I do not understand why anyone would want to do Hindu squats in several short sets. Stopping every 10 repetitions breaks the pace, is tiring, and wastes time. You stop at the time when you should be getting up to speed so you can cruise on at a comfortable pace. One hundred Hindu squats takes from 2 minutes 15 seconds if you hurry to under 2 minutes and 40 seconds if you don't. (The time depends also on how tall you are—the taller the person the longer it takes.) Of course, you do not have to start with one hundred.
The reasons why it is better to do Hindu squats at a lively pace:
- You can do more that way because you can better use the elasticity of your joints and muscles (Bober 1995). Moving without stopping so you can take advantage of the rebound can double your mechanical efficiency thanks to storage and return of energy by the elastic structures of your body so you can do more repetitions. The more you can do the better because it takes many repetitions to strengthen the knees. Ligaments are strengthened with “chronic activity . . . of an endurance nature” (Tipton et al. 1975) and so are the slow-twitch muscle fibers that do most of the muscular stabilization of the joints (see the previous article of this column). The surface layers of joint cartilage receive nutrition from synovial fluid (joint fluid), and intermittent compressing and decompressing of joint surfaces is necessary for providing nutrients and removing waste products from the cartilage cells (Feiring and Derscheid 1989; Hertling and Kessler 1996). Furthermore, the synovial fluid becomes less viscous and thus more slippery with increased speed of movements in the joint (Hertling and Kessler 1996).
- You will develop neuromuscular coordination and endurance (both muscular and cardiovascular) useful for sports and martial arts. The pace of an exercise determines the result. Slow pace “increases” the resistance by eliminating the momentum of the body or of the weight and thus develops hypertrophy. Fast pace “reduces” the resistance because you are taking advantage of momentum. A fast pace also improves mobilization and synchronization of motor units (Pawluk 1985) and so develops the type of functional strength needed in martial arts and combat sports.
