[quote]nlmain wrote:
Dude I come back after a week and you a hit a bench PR, an unplanned deadlift pr and a 30lbs squat PR!
You’re doing it right. Next time find a few minutes to stretch and role before testing those squats, you’ll hit that 405.
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With luck I’d like to hit 425 at the end of Smolov.
Smolov Switching Phase
Week 1 Day 2
12" Box Squats
Warm ups
8x135
5x185
5x185
Working sets
12x2x205
Smolov Jr bench Cycle
Week 1 Day 2
Warm ups
8x135
8x185
Working sets
7x5x205
Nice and easy.
Joe,
This is ridiculous, I was going to squat tomorrow but I can see you have already taken care of that for me. Nice work.
[quote]BrianHanson wrote:
Joe,
This is ridiculous, I was going to squat tomorrow but I can see you have already taken care of that for me. Nice work.[/quote]
The switching phase squats aren’t so bad considering the light weight but I’m sort of dreading the intense phase coming up.
Smolov is clearly keeping you off the streets and out of trouble. 
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Smolov is clearly keeping you off the streets and out of trouble. :)[/quote]
Ha, ironically something about Smolov is causing a serious spike in my, at least from my preception, test levels. So I’m not all that far from trouble at any time.
Strangely though I have been enjoying Smolov so far.
How are the joints holding up with all the squatting benching? Has the relatively light weight help keep any tendonitis issues in check?
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
How are the joints holding up with all the squatting benching? Has the relatively light weight help keep any tendonitis issues in check?[/quote]
The light part is only during the switching(two weeks) and it is sandwiched inbetween the heavy weeks.
So far my joints feel great. I wear elbow sleeves on the rep benching as a preventitive measure but otherwise all is golden.
a lot of impressive work here. good stuff Joe
[quote]PeteS wrote:
a lot of impressive work here. good stuff Joe[/quote]
Thanks Pete, oddly the speed working is giving me DOMs.
Smolov Switching Phase
Week 1 Day 3
Sumo Deads
Warm Ups
5x135
5x185
5x225
5x275
Working sets
12x2x315
Smolov Jr Bench Cycle
Warm ups
5x135
5x185
Working Sets
8x4x220
Really pretty tired. I forgot my gym clothes so I had to go to the campus bookstore and bought a pair of basketball shorts, that my grandfather would have said were slicker than goose shit, and wore an Elitefts tank I had in my office for an emergency. It felt like my ass was sliding all over the bench.
Smolov Jr Bench Cycle
Bench
Warm Ups
8x135
5x195
Working Sets
10x3x235
Not as easy as I wanted it to be.
Any suggestions on peaking programs around 8 weeks in length? I’ll have about that long between the end of Smolov and nats.
No suggestions on a peaking program but this is really good work in here. That’s a huge PR to hit (30 lbs? nice).
Glad to hear that your joints are holding up through all of this.
james
Thanks James, next week starts the rough stretch so we’ll see how it goes.
Smolov Switching Phase
Week 2 Day 1
12" Box Squats
Warm Ups
10x135
5x185
Working Sets
12x2x215
Smolov Jr Bench Cycle
Warm Ups
8x135
5x185
Working Sets
6x6x200
Today was really rather boring and because of that my concentration wasn’t so great. I might have been rocking on the last couple of sets of box squats.
Great work in here Joe.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Any suggestions on peaking programs around 8 weeks in length? I’ll have about that long between the end of Smolov and nats.[/quote]
Paul Carter’s Strong 15 it has a minicycle approach for each of your attempts…
Joe,
You just keep motoring along with all that squatting and benching, I will continue to eat handfuls of candy and avoid sweating. Nice work as usual.
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Any suggestions on peaking programs around 8 weeks in length? I’ll have about that long between the end of Smolov and nats.[/quote]
Paul Carter’s Strong 15 it has a minicycle approach for each of your attempts…[/quote]
Thanks dude, looking at it right now.
I see that Matty has another Paul Carter convert in the house…
How many more weeks do you have of Smolov?
james