I’ve got a meet October 5-6 (XPC Raw Semi Finals) I was wondering about the cube, I’ve heard good things but I don’t honestly know anyone whose used it. I’ve got little time as its almost august. but I figured id give it try. an ideas on it or tips would be great. thanks guys
[quote]str0nglikebull wrote:
I’ve got a meet October 5-6 (XPC Raw Semi Finals) I was wondering about the cube, I’ve heard good things but I don’t honestly know anyone whose used it. I’ve got little time as its almost august. but I figured id give it try. an ideas on it or tips would be great. thanks guys[/quote]
Disclaimer: I trained with Brandon @ Lexen when the “Cube method” first started. We originally started it with only deadlifts. We kept squatting heavy on Fridays, and the usual DE/ME for bench. We hit deadlifts on Tuesday as such:
Week 1: ME Deadlift (off 2/3 pads or reverse band or w/ chains)
Week 2: RE Deadlift or Good Morning (up to 2-3 sets of 3-5 reps)
Week 3: DE Deadlift (usually 10-12 sets of 1 in a short time period)
repeat
In around 3 months, I boosted my deadlift from ~650 to over 700. I actually creamed 705, to the point that my buddy thought it was misloaded.
While I can’t speak to the Cube method as it’s laid out in the book, I think it’s a great method and everybody seems to have good results with it.
In around 3 months, I boosted my deadlift from ~650 to over 700. I actually creamed 705, to the point that my buddy thought it was misloaded.
While I can’t speak to the Cube method as it’s laid out in the book, I think it’s a great method and everybody seems to have good results with it.[/quote]
Honestly that’s all I needed to hear haha cause deadlift is my main problem. That and trying to decide if I should be pulling sumo or traditional haha
I’m curious to sorry if i’m hijjacking the thread, but I don’t get the cube exactly. I get that you rotate doing MW,DE, or RE work squat, bench, and deadlift each week so by the end of three weeks you would have hit ME, DE, RE once per every lift then you mock test or go to a meet I think is what I gathered. What I don’t get are the percentages. for example it says heavy day one 80% 2repsx4sets, Heavy day two 85% 2repsx3sets, Heavy day three 90% 1 rep 92.5% 1 rep and 95% 1 rep… well do I look at the cube as a 9 week program so after each 3 week wave I would move up my ME, DE, RE percentages then bump them back down once I am done? Plus I don’t get his picture of the cube lol
I haven’t but a meager knowledge from very little reading on Cube Method, but would rather pose a question. Are you still getting stronger on the program you are working right now?
If so I would stick with it till after the meet. October is not all that far away to change too much up I would say. Then experiment with Cube Method when you resume training after the meet.
Just a thought.