I'm still playing with the weights a little.
Did the base cycle and a week of the intense cycle of smolov for squats about a month and a half ago. Went from a 355 to a 405 squat in five weeks. I actually enjoyed it, didn't have any strange aches or pains until about week 4, then my quad tendon was sore until it got warmed up. Had big dry skin patches on both shoulders. Four days a week was a lot of squatting. Strength gains are undeniable.
I took a few weeks off after that, went on vacation and kind of felt lazy so I was a bit worried that I would lose a lot, but can still work with 355 for sets of 3.
Did zero deadlifts for over three months, did a workout two days ago and pulled 440 for a triple, which is over my old max, so all the squatting increased that as well.
Bench isn't really doing much. Tad over 300 max, sitting pretty stagnant.
Weight is hovering in the 175 range most days.
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