My legs are a bit sore today, but my hamstring/glute/back pain is gone? Hmmm....I think I am onto something here. 18 years under the bar and I am still constantly learning and tweaking every day. It never stops. When you stop learning, you stop growing, you stop getting stronger.
Nick told me he wants to do 405x20 in the squat. This is a tremendous feat, seen as EXTREME squatting and EXTREME strength. It is a badge you earn, like 405x20 is the key to the kingdom of great squatters. If you get 405x20 before you die, you get to hang with dudes like Jesse Marunde in the after life. What could be better? I always wanted to do 405x20, but right now powerlifting is in the way.
My plan is to continue to do 10s until after the meet in April. By April I should be somewhere around 405 for 2 sets of 10. After the meet, I don't really have anything until November, so I might concentrate on a raw meet. If I do, I will start doing 20s on my close stance squat day. High reps have never really done much for my strength (back when I could do 525x10 in the deadlift, I had trouble pulling 600x1) so I don't want to do 20s now and screw up my training cycle, but after the meet, it might just be game on. I think I can 405x20 by summers end, no belt, close stance.
I will say this, I had a ton of energy yesterday all day long. I felt great, and I think a lot of that has to do with doing higher squat reps yesterday morning. I will jump it 10-15 pounds a week. This should also help my deadlift a ton as well. It sucks doing them at 6 am, but it will get better with time.
Shoulders/triceps tomorrow. I think I am going to do hang clean and push jerks, DC style.
-Rick
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