Gotta love it when you surprise yourself with a great workout

[needsize]

As part of my post cycle recovery (translation, trying to maintain size when you have the testosterone levels of a 12 year old girl), I've been doing 5 sets of 3 reps on my compound exercises as my main working sets. Today, I even surprised myself with my squat workout.
Squats, ass to the floor, no belt, with a pause at the bottom of every rep, 425lbs for 5 sets of 3 reps and it felt light. The weird thing is that my legs were pumped like crazy after doing just triples. I was partially motivated by B Fold's pr on the box squat the other day
I think I'm going to continue this approach for a while and see how it works out.

 

[sean34]

hmmm...

use gear and get stronger...damn that is surprising!!!(dont take it the wrong way)

but ya your right...good workouts are money

 

[gettinlarger]

needsize, good work man. Keep it up.

 

[needsize]

hmmm...

use gear and get stronger...damn that is surprising!!!(dont take it the wrong way)

but ya your right...good workouts are money

I did catch your reply before you edited it, but for what it's worth, I trained naturally for 10+ years before trying gear this year, so most of my strength came from being natural.
I was just happy that post cycle, when you strength levels tend to drop pretty dramatically, that I could hit squats like that

 

[Lord_Suston]

good shit, keep it up. After cycle I usually change the amount I do on reps for each set so I concentrate oin that versus what I did before. By doing this I usually keep all gains easliy and improve most of my lifts. Keep it up bro...

 

[louden_swain]

Thats cool!!! You will certainly add power to your legs. You might want to consider this program below.

Squats:

End of Cycle (Power Routine)
week 1 - 5 x 3 @ 425lbs
week 2 - 5 x 3 @ 430lbs
week 3 - 5 x 3 @ 435lbs
week 4 - 5 x 3 @ 440lbs
week 5 - 5 x 3 @ 445lbs

Projected Max of 490lbs

Cycle 1 - Hypertrophy (70-75% of Max)

week 1 - 5 x 10 @ 355lbs
week 2 - 5 x 10 @ 360lbs
week 3 - 5 x 10 @ 365lbs
week 4 - 5 x 10 @ 370lbs

Cycle 2 - Strength (85-90% of Max)

week 1 - 5 x 5 @ 425lbs
week 2 - 5 x 5 @ 430lbs
week 3 - 5 x 5 @ 435lbs
week 4 - 5 x 5 @ 440lbs

Cycle 3 - Power/Peaking (90% and above)

week 1 - 5 x 3 @ 445lbs
week 2 - 5 x 3 @ 450lbs
week 3 - 5 x 3 @ 455lbs
week 4 - 5 x 3 @ 465lbs

New projected Max of 505lbs


Assistance work:

Stiff Leg Deadlifts
Hyperextensions