@ CT - Would it be ok to substitute the Power Clean Day with something like your Structural Lats workout? Because I dont think Im too proficient with the olympic lifts.
And if im using the Box Squat as a main movement what assistant exercises would be best? or should I still treat the weaknesses like a Back Squat in terms of assistant exercises?
Thanks
[quote]sidhu524 wrote:
@ CT - Would it be ok to substitute the Power Clean Day with something like your Structural Lats workout? Because I dont think Im too proficient with the olympic lifts.
And if im using the Box Squat as a main movement what assistant exercises would be best? or should I still treat the weaknesses like a Back Squat in terms of assistant exercises?
Thanks[/quote]
No. If you don’t do the power clean, do a second deadlift day that is lighter (same scheme as the lighter bench/squat day). After your lighter deadlift work (normally something like 80% 5 x 2) you can do 2-3 lats/back exercises.
It depends on what your weak muscles are as well as the depth of the box you are using. A good assistance exercise for box squatting is … drumroll… lower box squatting (squatting down to a box slightly lower than the one you are using a your main movement)… since true box squatting (a la Westside, NOT merely squatting down onto a box) is posterior chain dominant so other assistance exercises can be barbell hip thrusts, arched back goodmorning or Romanian deadlifts… for the “overload” assistance work you can do box squats from a higher box.
[quote]Christian Thibaudeau wrote:
[quote]sidhu524 wrote:
@ CT - Would it be ok to substitute the Power Clean Day with something like your Structural Lats workout? Because I dont think Im too proficient with the olympic lifts.
And if im using the Box Squat as a main movement what assistant exercises would be best? or should I still treat the weaknesses like a Back Squat in terms of assistant exercises?
Thanks[/quote]
No. If you don’t do the power clean, do a second deadlift day that is lighter (same scheme as the lighter bench/squat day). After your lighter deadlift work (normally something like 80% 5 x 2) you can do 2-3 lats/back exercises.
It depends on what your weak muscles are as well as the depth of the box you are using. A good assistance exercise for box squatting is … drumroll… lower box squatting (squatting down to a box slightly lower than the one you are using a your main movement)… since true box squatting (a la Westside, NOT merely squatting down onto a box) is posterior chain dominant so other assistance exercises can be barbell hip thrusts, arched back goodmorning or Romanian deadlifts… for the “overload” assistance work you can do box squats from a higher box.[/quote]
OK Thanks for the help. Ive started the program and will let you know how it goes.
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.