Squat PR!

[Fortes]

Well, after another month of long and hard 3X3 conditioning training (that's bench, squat and deadlift 5X5, 3 times a week, 60-70% of your 1RM), today was my first day of peaking.

I have my split as such:

Week 1:

Mon: Squat, Bench, Weighted Dips, Military Press (standing)

Wed: Deadlift, Barbell Rows, Weighted Chins, rear delts/curls

Sat: Repeat Mon.

Week 2:

Mon: Repeat Wed.

Wed: Repeat Sat.

Sat: Repeat Mon.

And so on.

I'm using a 5X5 layout, starting with 80% of my 1RM for each lift (besides dips, chins, rear delts, curls) and adding 5 or 10 pounds every next workout depending on success.

So today, I hit 405 for 4 sets of 5, and then one set of 4, and I was well below paralell. It was a nice feeling! I'd done 3X5 before at that weight, but only to paralell, and not half as easy.

I honestly felt like I could have cranked 9 or 10 difficult reps with it. The only bad part was that it really kicked my ass.

We'll see how Deads go on Wed.

 

[gettinlarger]

Excellent work!! Looks like you have an old-school-type program going. Sounds like it's working very well. Keep it up!

 

[Fatty4You]

Fantastic dude! Keep of the progress!

-Fatty

 

[spatts]

Very nice! PR Karma for you!

 

[jeremys]

nice! definately old school

 

[strider364]

Nice work, 465 is around the corner!

 

[slobberknocker]

Good work. Keep it up.

 

[WarriorPL]

Great job man, that is some nice weight there.

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

Watching another make progress is always a nice thing. It makes one push themself harder, to keep up, as long as they have some kind of competitive nature in them.

 

[DrBones]

Congrats on the PR my man....
I hope my knees can handle getting to that weight one day!