today i did power snatch! amazing lift to gain explosiveness…i worked up to 145 lbs, which is a 10 lb PR for me…I’m hoping to put on some more weight each week…
tomorrow im focusing on pressing movements which consist of bench press, front squat, leg press
yeee this is another update for my avid readers…
friday i did my benchpress/front squat workout
my bench press feels strong as hell!! i worked up to a couple sets with 245 lb…front squat worked up to 225 lb ddn’t feel like pushing it so much…
then today(saturday) i did back squat + leg press…back squat i worked up to 3 sets with 315 just trying to enforce good form, and then leg press i got upto 14 plates! 7 on each side, which i thought was pretty epic…our gym has a brand new leg press machine and one of my goals is to put 10+ plates on each side
tomorrow i will do a deadlift/bench press workout
yeeee deadlift and bench press workout!!!
today it was performed…
365 lb was all i could tug…makes for a 90% max with 405 lb being the max which was reached last week sometime!!
i think im making some good progress…next week im changing forms to sumo and see how much i can give on that…previous max was 315, but i think i can pull some more…
bench press i worked up to a max of 225*5 reps
then did some light tricep/bicep/ab routine for conditioning, also did chinups after my deadlifts…
monday is rest day, then tuesday it’s back to power snatch…YEEEE!
[quote]crushyourenemies wrote:
[quote]daraz wrote:
[quote]crushyourenemies wrote:
I like it mate, I imagine you’re working or in some form of education so I wouldn’t max out each time. Go for low reps high sets like 10x3@85% 12x2@90% or 15x1@95% [/quote]
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Slightly but that doesn’t come into it. If he keeps his calories high enough and deloads every 4 or 5 weeks I can’t see it being a problem. Look at the volume olympic lifter do and they do well. With this chaps routine he could be in and out of the gym in 30 mins max if he doesn’t puss around while he’s there. [/quote]
15 singles at 95%? That ain’t happening. Do you actually lift weights?
OP: I think it’s a mistake to follow this program. I second 5/3/1.
another update, last 2 workout days (tuesday, wednesday)
Tuesday I did Power Clean n Jerk…worked up to weight of 155 lbs using 5/3/1 method.
Wednesday, Front Squat + Bench Press … Front Squat Worked up to 295 lb, Bench Press 225 lbs for reps.
Tomorrow I will do pulling movements so Power Snatch, Followed by Deadlifts, of High Pulls
So I did the whole Power Snatch and High Pull Routine today. I worked up to 145 lbs on the Snatch and 185 lb on the High Pull.
375 lbs were lifted yesterday in my Deadlift and Bench Workout…I lifted in Sumo form and worked with 225 lbs on the bench.
stay tuned ladies and gentlemen…
Just curious on how u have a 495 squat when u have a 405 DL.
Squat is easier for me than the DL therefore more weight can be lifted! Atleast that’s my theory.
Or it’s possible he’s not going down all the way…(usually the case). Vids would prove me wrong of course.
Yo this update is after a couple workouts…I tested your theory LiquidMercury and I really wasn’t going down alll the way…So I worked on my form a bit…and kept the weight low (405lbs) for sets followed by two strip sets…Then I Bench Pressed and got up to 255 lbs for 3 reps.
Then the next day I was banging power cleans and got a new max of 175 lbs!! On the second try, I lost ooncentration and couldn’t press it overhead…
Today I did Conventional Deadlift and got in 3 95% reps of 385 lbs 
Certainly enjoying this routine so far…Tomorrow I will work on Lower Body with Front Squats, Leg Press, and some Bench Press to follow.
Get some vid up of the squats, even when we think we’re going low enough, we’re still not. It took me about 4 videos up and a USAPL judge judging mine to tell me I was going low enough (this was even after being brutally honest with myself and using a box to gauge depth and taping from a few different angles). Video will always be beneficial, if anything people can help with your technique. Just my thoughts.
Vids for the squat would be good, but it isn’t uncommon for squats to be higher than deads. I see it all the time. That being said, I usually see it in advanced lifters who have alot of competition experience. Either way, vids of several of the core lifts would be good for reference and further advice.
[quote]strengthstudent wrote:
Vids for the squat would be good, but it isn’t uncommon for squats to be higher than deads. I see it all the time. That being said, I usually see it in advanced lifters who have alot of competition experience. Either way, vids of several of the core lifts would be good for reference and further advice.[/quote]
Big key is the advanced lifter, also it’s usually in equipped lifters. Raw squats usually are less then raw deadlift.
When I first started, my pulls were higher than my squats but as I got stronger the squats caught up and passed them, even though I’m raw. Most of the people I train and compete with are that way too. It is definitely an advancement thing though. At the local or state level you see big pulls and mediocre squats. By the time you get to the national and international level the squat is the main event.
Not sure where I was going with that… Completely lost my train of thought just now. Oh well, I still don’t see vids OP. Gotta post that shit dude! 
Visuals to go along with the other updates can only help. If your depth is off it will create really bad habits.
[quote]strengthstudent wrote:
When I first started, my pulls were higher than my squats but as I got stronger the squats caught up and passed them, even though I’m raw. Most of the people I train and compete with are that way too. It is definitely an advancement thing though. At the local or state level you see big pulls and mediocre squats. By the time you get to the national and international level the squat is the main event.
Not sure where I was going with that… Completely lost my train of thought just now. Oh well, I still don’t see vids OP. Gotta post that shit dude! Visuals to go along with the other updates can only help. If your depth is off it will create really bad habits.
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I don’t have an opinion or disagreement, really, on what you posted, because my squat tends to be pretty close to my dead, depending on what I am working on, and everyone is built differently, but when I see a guy post a 365 x 3 max deadlift, and then claim he is “repping” the “light weight” 405 lbs. squats, I smell a depth issue on the squat or outright bullshit. Assuming the 365 x 3 is accurate, I’d shove my proverbial pile of chips into the pot and bet that a 405 raw squat attempt to hips breaking below the knees would pin him to the rack like a prom-night corsage.
imo, 405 isnt that heavy…i was squatting 405 like 2 years ago…and recently picked it up in a deadlift
but i get what you mean by the depth issues…you really have to keep going down until tention is felt in your asscheek lol then u push out of the hole!!
also also updating after today’s workout…pushed 650 in the leg press for reps, then did some more leg press…also chins, dips, and shoulder pokes (db press)…
one of my main goals are to max out that leg press machine…
my next workout should be tomorrow or the weekend, but i dont know what i will do yet…will refer to my routine…
Why the emphasis on the leg press?
See the leg press numbers kind of make me think you’re still not hitting the depth. I hit 405 for reps as well, but am leg pressing all the way down, quads touching chest/no hands, and am doing 13 plates/side (all said and done 1235 lbs) for 6-8 reps. See the disparity? Like I said, you’re never as low as you feel you are, I know for me I had to reset my squat majorly to make sure I hit the depth then build back up. If you can get some video up, I’d be more then happy to tell you if you’re hitting depth or not. If you want, go take a look at my log and watch some of the squat videos towards the end and you’ll notice my struggle and trials of trying to hit depth. Either way, keep it up.
Your goal shouldn’t be to max out the leg press, it should be to do BW+90 pounds for a set of 10 on the GHR, if you want a big squat, you need to be doing something like that.
wats a ghr…?