Tearing others down to make yourself feel better is much less effective than taking the steps to bring yourself up to a higher level… squats and bench today were a challenge today due to lack of rest and recovery but I just put my head down and fought through it… Main sets were squats: 485x3x5 Bench:315x3x6 Squats R2: 455x4x4
?605 deads for reps after a callous tear earlier this week? why not…
These videos are kick ass, your squats are looking better.
my fiancee has done smolov and it gave her great results
That looked like a pretty aggravating session Ben, and I’m not talking about your lifting.
[quote]MattyG35 wrote:
That looked like a pretty aggravating session Ben, and I’m not talking about your lifting.[/quote]That’s been happening a lot lately, the amount of people around hasn’t changed drastically in the last year, but the quality of lifting etiquette seems to have dramatically decreased. and the fact that I’ve been out of my comfort zone programming wise has made me more aware/less accepting of it
[quote]BigBen198 wrote:
That’s been happening a lot lately, the amount of people around hasn’t changed drastically in the last year, but the quality of lifting etiquette seems to have dramatically decreased. and the fact that I’ve been out of my comfort zone programming wise has made me more aware/less accepting of it
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luckily i go to a great gym and people are all respectful.
But in commercial gyms you get all the spoiled brats with their no explode and mutant mass who’s parents have too much money and subsequently the kids are raised thinking that they fart lavender and sunshine and act that way in the gym.
Cool man. I’m really interested to see your progress with Smolov. Do you have a goal squat weight for the end of the program?
[quote]Re.po wrote:
Cool man. I’m really interested to see your progress with Smolov. Do you have a goal squat weight for the end of the program?[/quote]
I have some ideas of what I’ like to hit but I am just going to drive forward and not think too far ahead of myself
Smolov, eh? Not many people at your level seem to try that program. But you are a pretty high volume type of guy anyway.
Have you ever tried a “Bulgarian” style of squat training ala AverageBroz?
5-6days/week
work up to a (serious) daily max
drop 20-30kg and ramp up again with doubles and triples, hitting the previous DM or more.
[quote]BigBen198 wrote:
[quote]Re.po wrote:
Cool man. I’m really interested to see your progress with Smolov. Do you have a goal squat weight for the end of the program?[/quote]
I have some ideas of what I’ like to hit but I am just going to drive forward and not think too far ahead of myself[/quote]
What is your rest between sets for those sets of 10? And what about heavier sets of 3 or 5 you did for sheiko?
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Smolov, eh? Not many people at your level seem to try that program. But you are a pretty high volume type of guy anyway.
Have you ever tried a “Bulgarian” style of squat training ala AverageBroz?
5-6days/week
work up to a (serious) daily max
drop 20-30kg and ramp up again with doubles and triples, hitting the previous DM or more. [/quote]
I am familiar with the bulgarian method but generally those are done with high bar squats and much less taxing on the cns even at a true max because form tends to breakdown much earlier in the strength threshold
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
[quote]BigBen198 wrote:
[quote]Re.po wrote:
Cool man. I’m really interested to see your progress with Smolov. Do you have a goal squat weight for the end of the program?[/quote]
I have some ideas of what I’ like to hit but I am just going to drive forward and not think too far ahead of myself[/quote]
What is your rest between sets for those sets of 10? And what about heavier sets of 3 or 5 you did for sheiko?[/quote]
I don’t time my rests unless I am short on time, I just go when I feel ready and that varies session to session
