Just finished up my intensity day:
Squat 425lbs 1x5
Bench 245lbs 1x5
So basically I'm now finally back to late Feb 2013 levels.
It's also been pointed out that my upper back is mega weak (hard for me to keep the right positions during snatch and clean), and I've been seeing the opinion that starting strength leaves you with a pretty undeveloped upper back floating around a lot. To remedy this, I've been doing machine assisted pullups where I crazy exaggerate the top position.
My coach wants us to do another weightlifting meet in August; I personally think it's a bit too soon since my strength cycle will be done in a couple weeks in deference to the meet prep cycle for the meet. I really want to hit a 500 squat before I get off this strength cycle. This would require something like a 445 1x5 on intensity day, which is a month away.
Nice work. I'd argue if you a linear progression with high bar back squat, front squats, power cleans, and pull ups one would have plenty of opportunities to develop the upper back. But then again that wouldn't be the pure SS programming.
ReplyDeleteYeah agreed. I think the "default" programming for SS is squat/bench/press/dead/powerclean, which doesn't do too much for upper back.
ReplyDeleteI in fact did pullups, but basically skimped on the top range of the movement I guess.
"Like" JC's above comment. I started taking oly lifting lessons with Cara Heads last month. Though I shouldn't be, I'm kind of amazed how little PLing/strength training translates to my oly lifting abilities.
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