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Smolov Tips?
Harvey:
Hi,
I'm about to start my 12 week journey through hell. I was wondering if any of you had any useful tips or tricks I could use throughout my Smolov cycle. I'd like any assistance possible. My log is below.
http://www.adarq.org/forum/progress-journals-experimental-routines/harvey%27s-smolov-cycle-1/
LBSS:
don't do it. do starting strength instead.
entropy:
--- Quote from: LBSS on December 19, 2011, 11:48:38 am ---don't do it. do starting strength instead.
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Yep. You're actually the ideal case for SS - chronically underweight, weak and needing to gain strength and mass. Doing a full smolov with a 250 max or whatever is just silly imho. You can probably easily set a PR every workout squatting 2-3 a week, why bother with smolov?
I'm currently doing smolov jnr which is gentler than full smolov cos its wavy in intensity meaning I get to practice a lot of squatting with submax loads because I have form problems and need a lot of practice. So far so good, ive improved a fair bit since last month. I also didnt start with a true max (i did 137.5kgx5 with shitty form done belted earlier this year at 87kg BW) and instead picked a fairly conservative 122.5kg max. I'd actually be fine with my max staying where it was as long as my form improves.
Having said that - devils advocate - why not do smolov early? If you are working hard on form, it will cement the movement pattern which is a good thing. It will give you plenty of practice to learn the groove of the lift. The weights aren't heavy enough to hurt you (maybe maybe not, it depends on your form and the robustness of your knees etc) so it's less risky than doing it with heavier weights later.
But on the balance I think it's overkill with a 250# max. If you're that keen on smolov why not jnr?
Harvey:
--- Quote from: Fat And Furious on December 21, 2011, 04:35:16 am ---If you're that keen on smolov why not jnr?
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Go big or go home. :) Why tone it down?
LBSS:
--- Quote from: Harvey M. on December 21, 2011, 05:39:24 am ---
--- Quote from: Fat And Furious on December 21, 2011, 04:35:16 am ---If you're that keen on smolov why not jnr?
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Go big or go home. :) Why tone it down?
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BECAUSE YOU ARE A FUCKING BEGINNER. jesus christ. "go big or go home" is brotastic gibberish with no basis in the real world. i know you put that smiley face in there to say, "jk guyz," but your insistence on doing something that's harder than you need suggests that you are not, in fact, jk.
you are a beginner. you can progress, for sure, on a simple program of linear progression. probably for months, assuming your diet and sleep are done right. when you max out those gains, you can start to think about changing things up.
but if you start with something very difficult and intense now, where will you go when you're done? simple, linear programming will basically never work for you as well as it can work right now. take advantage of it.
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