My variation of the Quattro Dynamo program

Hi guys, I’d like to hear some comments on my own variation of Watebury’s Quattro Dynamo program. I’ve modified it more for the purpose of powerlifting and I’ll be doing it for 4 weeks with the max day exercises changing every week to avoid stalling. The 4 weeks prior to this program I’m doing a variation of Korte’s 3x3 (“mass” phase.)Here’s the plan:

QUATTRO DYNAMO

MONDAY
MAX EFFORT DAY

WEEK 1:
DEADLIFT STANDING ON A BLOCK 5X3
BOARD PRESS 2 BOARDS COMP.WIDTH 5X3
CLEAN 5X3
supersetted:
CABLE BICEP CURL 5X5
CABLE TRICEP EXTENTION PALMS UP 5X5

WEEK 2:
FRONT SQUAT 5X3
FLOOR PRESS COMP.WIDTH 5X3
CLEAN 5X3
supersetted:
BARBELL CURL 5X3
RACK LOCK-OUT 5X3

WEEK 3:
GOOD MORNING CLOSE STANCE 5X3
BOARD PRESS. 3 BOARDS CLOSE GRIP 5X3
CLEAN 5X3
supersetted:
CABLE BICEP CURL 5X5
CABLE TRICEP EXTENTION PALMS UP 5X5

WEEK 4:
SQUAT COMP. STANCE RAW 5X3
BENCH COMP. WIDTH RAW 5X3
supersetted:
BARBELL CURL 5X3
RACK LOCK-OUT 5X3

TUESDAY
RECOVERY WORKOUT

WEEKS 1-4:
done as in the origial quattro dynamo article

THURSDAY
HYPERTROPHY

WEEKS 1&2:
GOOD MORNING CLOSE STANCE 3X8
CABLE AB CRUNCH 3X8
DB. BENCH PRESS INCLINE 3X8
UPRIGHT ROW 3X8
supersetted:
EZ BARBELL CURL PALMS DOWN 3X8
SCULL CRUSHER 3X8

WEEKS 3&4:
ROMANIAN DEADLIFT 3X8
CABLE AB CRUNCH 3X8
DB. BENCH PRESS INCLINE 3X8
LATERAL RAISE SEATED 3X8
supersetted:
EZ BARBELL CURL PALMS DOWN 3X8
SCULL CRUSHER 3X8

SATURDAY
SPEED STRENGTH

WEEKS 1-3 FRONT SQUAT 6X3.,
WEEK 4 DEADLIFT 5X1
SITUP 6X3
BENCH PRESS 6X3
WEEKS 1&3 SUPPORTED ROW 6X3

WEEK 5 : LIGHT TRAINING

MONDAY:
SQUAT 2x2x60%, 2x1x65%
BENCH 2x2x60%, 2x1x65%
DEADLIFT 2x2x60%, 2x1x65%

THURSDAY:
SQUAT 3x2x55%
BENCH 3x2x55%
DEADLIFT 3x2x55%

WEEK 6 : “COMPETITION”

MONDAY:
SQUAT, BENCH AND DEADLIFT NEW RAW MAXXXXXXX

There. Some comments from the veterans would be nice.

A few things:

-the original program’s great the way it’s written…
-I would question front squats, cleans, and playing with cables…
-there are better ways to prepare for a meet…

Still, you could do a good deal worse.

Best of luck

Omppu,
Your variations look fine. Obviously, the ultimate determinant of your variations will be your results. Feel free to contact me with your experiences/concerns. For now, your parameters look to be on track.

hey give it a try and find out…powerlifting is all about finding what works for you…let us know how it works…bm