Per aspera ad astra (strongman Koestrizer)

I’m just glad to help, my friend.

This is how I would run it, give or take.

Week 1
DL, 5x5x60%
Good morning 3x10
Reverse hyper (no machine? Use a table or incline bench) 2x25
DB row 3x10
Lying leg raise 1x50

Week 2
DL 5x5x62.5%
Good morning off pins 2x12
Back extension, weighted 2x25
Pendlay row 3x8
Plank 3x1 minute

Week 3
DL 5x5x65%
Good morning against bands 50 AFSAP
Back extension 2x15
Barbell row 1x20
Lying leg raises 1x50

Week 4
DL 5x3x50%, 10 second rests between sets
Reverse hyper 1x50
DB row 1x20
Crunches 3x25

Week 5
DL 8x3x62.5%
Seated good morning 3x12
Penday row 4x6
Reverse hyper 1x50
Lying leg raises 1x50

Week 6
DL 8x3x65%
Good morning 2x15
Reverse hyper 3x20
Barbell row 2x10
Weighted situps on bench 3x15

Week 7
DL 8x3x67.5%
Good morning off pins 1x20
Back extension 1x50
DB row 2x25
Plank 3x1 minute

Week 8
DL 5x3x50%, 10 second rests
Back extension, weighted 2x15
Reverse hyper 1x50
Pendlay row 5x4
Crunches 1x50

By this time your lower back and abs should be stronger (although you may not feel this due to fatigue). Your technique should also be better, so we can start re-introducing some supplemental exercises as well as taking some measures to make you strain safely

Week 9
DL 5x2, 2x5x65%, 10 second rests between sets
DL without touching the floor 2x8x50%
Good morning against bands 1x50
DB row 2x15
Lying leg raises 1x50

Week 10
DL 9x3x67.5%
Rack pull at mid shin 2x10x55%
Back extension, weighted 3x15
Barbell row 3x12
Crunches 2x25

Week 11
DL 4x3, 1xAMRAPx70%
Dead stop DL (every rep you put the bar down, stand up and start again) 2x6x55%
Reverse hyper 3x20
Pendlay row 3x8
Plank 2x1.5 minutes

Week 12
DL 5x3x50%
Back extension 2x15
Inverted row 3x10
Lying leg raises 1x50

Week 13
DL 15x75% AFSAP
Romanian deadlift 4x6x50%
Barbell row 2x15
Back extension 3x20
Crunches 1x50

Week 14
DL 7x4x67.5%
DL without touching floor 2x10x55%
Good morning against bands 1x75
DB row 2x20
Weighted situp on bench 2x20

Week 15
DL 4x4x70%, 10 second rests between sets
DL to the knee 2x12x50%
Reverse hyper 3x20
Pendlay row 4x6
Plank 3x1 minute

Week 16
DL 5x3x50%
Good morning with empty bar 2x20
Barbell row 2x10
Standing crunches (you can use a band) 5x10

By this time you’ll be carrying a fair bit of fatigue so a lot of this may feel slow and heavy, but I would be surprised if the reps don’t move very well anyway. If you wanted, although I advise against it, this would be the time you could take a few weeks to prepare for a couple of singles in the 85-90% range. What I would suggest instead, though, is essentially keeping much the same structure but each wave have a week between 55-65% (20-30 total reps), a week between 70-80% (15-25 total reps) and a week between 82.5-87.5% (10-15 total reps) and keep that moving forward. Your total reps would be set per week within the range while also bearing in mind what your other lower body day involves.

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