Go for it brother, Ill be curious to see how it works.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
The idea being to get my body somewhat prepared for the amount of squatting in Smolov.
ideas?
Comments?
Am I just nuts?[/quote]
Hard to prepare for Smolov. It’s pretty intense. And I’ve only done a few cycles of the Smolov Jr. program. I will say that squatting that often really made me a better squatter. I did cheat a bit and squat every other day rather than four days a week. Just to give my body an extra day per week of recovery time. I can’t wait to see how this program plays out for you.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
The idea being to get my body somewhat prepared for the amount of squatting in Smolov.
ideas?
Comments?
Am I just nuts?[/quote]
Hard to prepare for Smolov. It’s pretty intense. And I’ve only done a few cycles of the Smolov Jr. program. I will say that squatting that often really made me a better squatter. I did cheat a bit and squat every other day rather than four days a week. Just to give my body an extra day per week of recovery time. I can’t wait to see how this program plays out for you.[/quote]
I’m really looking forward to it and if I could commit to squating on all the needed Sat. this spring I’d do it now but I would have to miss one weekend and from what I gather thats a deal breaker.
Have a friend that did Smolov for a year. He made great gains but the volume was a mental challenge more than anything. If I could carve out enough gym time I’d like to try it someday.
[quote]Oldman Powers wrote:
Have a friend that did Smolov for a year. He made great gains but the volume was a mental challenge more than anything. If I could carve out enough gym time I’d like to try it someday.[/quote]
I cannot imagine doing it for a whole year. I’m just trying to be as prepared as I can to get one cycle done properly.
C3-W11-W3-D3
Bench
5x135
5x185
5x205
3x230
2x260(+1 rep PR)
0x275* Fuckity fuck fuck fuck
1x260
3x230
5x205
Face Pulls
4x28x57.5
HS Iso-Lat Pulls
14x 135/side
14x 175/side
13x 205/side
Pin Presses- Dead stop
5x160
5x210
4x225
Standing EZ Curls
10x80
10x90
6x100
275 came up smooth and I stalled for a second. I think I could have ground it out but spotter bumped it. I don’t really blame him because it did stall for a second but i wish I had just one or two more seconds to grind it out.
Nice work Joe, where are you setting the pins for the presses at the base of the chest or where you have a sticking point? I may reintroduce them on Saturdays but since I lift raw my sticking point is always at my chest lol.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
Nice work Joe, where are you setting the pins for the presses at the base of the chest or where you have a sticking point? I may reintroduce them on Saturdays but since I lift raw my sticking point is always at my chest lol.[/quote]
I set it so that the bottom of the bar is touching my chest.
Joe your getting some nice bench numbers, nice PR. You must be looking on the SWOLE side eh?!!
[quote]Up wrote:
Joe your getting some nice bench numbers, nice PR. You must be looking on the SWOLE side eh?!![/quote]
Unfortunatly I just look fat but my lifts are going up so thats something.
Joe Pirates always look SWOLE
nice work.
Swolz and strong first. Lean later.
275 is my next goal but it will take a while.
Joe nice BP PR…and train rolls on…you take down 275 next time…and thanks fro starting BOI.
Nice PR Joe. I 'spect that 275 will go up next time.
C3-W11-W3-D4
Squats
5x135
5x185
5x225
5x265
3x300
2x330(+1 rep PR)
.5x370* getting close here.
1x330
3x300
5x265
GM’s
3x8x135
Kneeling cable crunches
28x77.5
28x82.5
28x.87.7
28x92.5
16x.97.5
Going to do some ab rollouts tonight. Might deload next week. just going to see how I feel Monday.
Oh, do I feel your pain on the bench spotter situation! Bummer, man. You’ll grind it out next time.
I did smile at the .5 for the 370 squat. I’m thinking one of two things…you got stuck in the hole, or it was a completed lift but just high.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Oh, do I feel your pain on the bench spotter situation! Bummer, man. You’ll grind it out next time.
I did smile at the .5 for the 370 squat. I’m thinking one of two things…you got stuck in the hole, or it was a completed lift but just high.[/quote]
Oh it was very high but there for a minute I thought it was going to be good.
missing a few, maybe it is time for deload, how are you feeling overall?
[quote]lil power wrote:
missing a few, maybe it is time for deload, how are you feeling overall?
[/quote]
I normally miss a weight a few times before I hit a new max. That said I am probably close to needing a deload. I’m also most likely going to need to reset my squat and bench numbers a few cycles from now.I’m still hitting PR’s but it’s coming harder and it’s taking longer to recover from it.
You are so close to some big PR’s. Vegas is betting you hit them inside of 3 weeks.