Squat 260x3x5
Press 135x3x5
Deadlift 335x1x5
Big day at the gym last night as these weights were the 5RMs I was going off of when I started this linear progression 4 weeks ago. I've gotten stronger without a doubt, 1) because I couldn't have done 3 sets of 5 at my 5RM on the squat and press a month ago, I guess you should only be good for 1 set of 5 at your true 5RM without significant rest? 2) because I have room to grow still, there was never a doubt during any set whether or not I would get all 5 reps, granted some reps/sets were slower than others, but I'm confident I can continue adding weight, no clue for how long though.
Overally very happy with how last night turned out, the previous SS A day from last week definitely felt harder than last night's so I was expecting last night to be by far the hardest day of the last four weeks. Gonna do SS B tomorrow, not really concerned about that cause I have a lot of room to grow on my front squat and power clean. I guess I'll keep doing what I'm doing for a few more weeks and see how things go.
I actually really like this approach to SS, because you ramp up slower on squats which should give you more room to grow later.
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean is, regular SS will have you squat 3x a week, yielding 15lbs increase per week, whereas your SS will do 7.5lbs backsquat, 7.5lbs front squat.
good point, never thought of it that way, i originally just wanted to work both front and back squats
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