Poliquin popularized this sort of training long ago.
Essentially, doing a 10x10 routine will deprogram your mind from what you consider a "quality" rep that will build strength and mass. If you read too much C&P or Rippetoe you might get a sort of complex. You'll think that the only reps worth doing are heavy ass weights.
Paul Carter references this a lot in his works.
This is also why a lot of bodybuilding routines have seemingly ridiculous rep ranges like "one set of 100 curls with the bar", "one set of 40 wrist curls", etc; these kind of balls-out-failure approaches will result in a lot of "easy" gains for anybody who sticks to lower rep ranges.
I recommend doing a 10x10 but don't half ass it, find an actual program and stick to it for the 8-12 weeks you need to actually see gains from it. Poliquin has one on his website.
For any bodyweight afficionados out there, 10x10 is a great set and rep scheme to get into for bodyweight stuff and can keep easier movements like pike pushups interesting for a long time. You should be working on mastering the easy stuff anyway before you move on to the harder movements, not just to avoid injury but to avoid stalling out prematurely. You can also use something like 5x15 to backload a shit ton of volume into your program, for instance, 5x5 weighted pushups, 5x15 knee pushups.
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What do people think the benefits of doing this kind of volume are after a more conventional 5x5 regime?
Essentially, doing a 10x10 routine will deprogram your mind from what you consider a "quality" rep that will build strength and mass. If you read too much C&P or Rippetoe you might get a sort of complex. You'll think that the only reps worth doing are heavy ass weights.
Paul Carter references this a lot in his works.
This is also why a lot of bodybuilding routines have seemingly ridiculous rep ranges like "one set of 100 curls with the bar", "one set of 40 wrist curls", etc; these kind of balls-out-failure approaches will result in a lot of "easy" gains for anybody who sticks to lower rep ranges.
I recommend doing a 10x10 but don't half ass it, find an actual program and stick to it for the 8-12 weeks you need to actually see gains from it. Poliquin has one on his website.
For any bodyweight afficionados out there, 10x10 is a great set and rep scheme to get into for bodyweight stuff and can keep easier movements like pike pushups interesting for a long time. You should be working on mastering the easy stuff anyway before you move on to the harder movements, not just to avoid injury but to avoid stalling out prematurely. You can also use something like 5x15 to backload a shit ton of volume into your program, for instance, 5x5 weighted pushups, 5x15 knee pushups.