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Darkhorse · 01-12-2006, 12:43 AM

Wednesday:

[5x5] Front Squats: 205
[5x5] Standing Military Press: 185
[5x5] Weighted Pullups: bw + 20
[5x5] Deadlifts: 365
[2x10,8] Incline Curls: 60 lb. dumbbells

-After each exercise per bodypart a loaded (DC) fascia stretch

- Definately think I should've increased the squats and standing military's more than 10 lbs this week. The 185 wasn't bad whatsoever. Deadlifts are right on the money as well as weighted pullups. Just goes to show that some exercises improve more drastically than others within a cramped time frame.

My curling power has shot through the roof on this program for obvious reasons. Each rep was very controlled and slow. I was aiming for 2 sets of 8.
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My overall thoughts so far is that some exercises will naturally increase more than others. OHP's for example..Last week I thought it was more difficult than this week even though I increased the poundage by 10 lbs. Same with front squats. I personally like to increase everything the same because it makes it easier to track what the fuck I'm doing. However, I think I'm going to definately do another volume phase after the deload. I love the workouts.

One option I may incorperate next time is doing a few things 4x6 or 6x4, which is a pretty viable idea IMO. Maybe not for everything, but maybe Monday's Olympic Squats. Not sure yet on that.

I guess I'm going to just keep the increases set at +10 for next week, deload, then run another volume phase..Back to back. I do not believe I'm going to hit my absolute (5x5) maxes on anything besides maybe flat bench at 295 lbs. Then again, I might be able to do more. I still haven't used a spotter yet...Not even close. When I feel that everything is pretty close to maxed, I'll consider moving along to either the intensity phase or do the HST split I made.

It certainly would be fun to do some higher reps [full body of course]. No matter what, my plan as of now is two (5x5) volume cycles back to back [seperated by a deload]...Then head straight into the HST style of full body split I made in the HST thread. I already know my RM's from before, so after my second run through of 5x5..I won't deload, just take a week off to fully recover/grow/decondition. Obviously I'll need a lot longer of an SD but I only plan on a 1 week (12-15 rep) mesocycle before getting crazy with the 8's. After 2-3 weeks of the 5 rep mesocycle, I'm going to go straight into another volume phase of 5x5. To pull this off, I'm going to have to do this:

- After my second (or more likely third) week at 5 reps, take a (bill starr style) deload week, then dive into the first week of volume (5x5)

Interesting.