Smolov delivers. I gained 3-4 pounds, and added 20kg to my raw 1 rep max. Fucking amazing. And it better delivered, cause it was the hardest program I've ever done in a gym. Squatting 142.5x3x10, after doing 135x5x7 the day before was torture, but it turned out totally worth it.
It's amazing to squat raw the same I did at the competition wearing a belt and wraps,
and also failed the first 2 lifts.
Can't wait to start the 2nd part of the program and get those 200kg (belts and wraps add 20kg to my 1rm, so I need 10 more kg of real gains).
This will happen in 7 weeks from now.
Yesterday decided to celebrate with my friends after 3 weeks sober and drink the shit out of everything, which resulted in almost getting alcohol poisoning
Puked twice upon wakeup (5pm) and had a bit of fever, but I feel a lot better now (1am). Still no hunger though, and I'm kinda scared to eat just yet.
Poker been going decent, in terms of the quality of my game and the small volume I decided to put in for january/february, but I'm running like 10bi under ev so no money yet.
Squat question, is it correct form to go down that fast. In my head, whatever weight is on there, when you drop it down that fast, won't it be much heavier when you're about to "fight" your way up again? Just felt a little dangerous lol.
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LikeASet United States. Feb 05 2012 16:22. Posts 2113
On February 05 2012 13:20 Mariuslol wrote:
Squat question, is it correct form to go down that fast. In my head, whatever weight is on there, when you drop it down that fast, won't it be much heavier when you're about to "fight" your way up again? Just felt a little dangerous lol.
Power movements involve incorporating the elasticity of the connective/muscle tissues. Probably ok since he's doing it inside the squat rack but outside the rack it would be crazy to attempt a squat like that. Go fast, and if it's pretty, it's probably not your 1 rep max.
When it comes to bodybuilding though you want to do movements more slow and controlled because you want to focus and place the most stress you can at the targeted muscle group, concentrating on the concentric, static, then eccentric part of the movements.
On February 05 2012 13:20 Mariuslol wrote:
Squat question, is it correct form to go down that fast. In my head, whatever weight is on there, when you drop it down that fast, won't it be much heavier when you're about to "fight" your way up again? Just felt a little dangerous lol.
The stretch reflex helps to bounce at the bottom of the squat, thus making it easier. This effect is even bigger with knee wraps. Without bouncing I just can't squat that much. I kinda mastered this because of so much squatting during smolov. I was so tired most of the times I just dropped down, bounced up and grinded the rest.
This is the case for squat only. On the deadlift I do everything tight and slow (even the descend).
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