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Smolov Tips?

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chrisbro1:
I've finished now (used box squats due to an injury but I think my tips still apply) and my tips in order are:

1. Wear thick soft shirts when squatting.  I routinely wore wife beaters and now i have a bruised line across my traps from the bar rubbing against my back so frequently.
2. If you make a huge gain (~40lbs...or 10% or whatever) after the base mesocycle you'll probably need a weightlifting belt for the heaviest sets of the intense mesocycle.  It may have just been me and because I was doing parallel box squats and saw huge gains, but my legs increased in strength faster than my lower back was able to support it.
3. Don't psych yourself out.  The organization of the full program is such that you're never really going to be faced w/a weight/rep scheme that you can't handle.  Just realize that and man up and do it.  Not sure about Smolov Jr but that actually seems like it'd be tougher since you don't have the 2 week introductory microcycle to get your body used to squatting 3-4x a week.

Dreyth:

--- Quote from: chrisbro1 on March 15, 2012, 02:55:17 am ---Not sure about Smolov Jr but that actually seems like it'd be tougher since you don't have the 2 week introductory microcycle to get your body used to squatting 3-4x a week.

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You can do that if you want to. I never did though.

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