6 Week Peaking Start - Squats and RT

August 13, 2012
Noonish

Well today kicks off my 6 week peaking cycle that Phil laid out for me so I'm pretty stoked. I'm also going to do a 6 week peaking cycle for Laine Snooks Rolling Thunder program so today I found my max and I won't work around there again until I test again.

I also did a couple of things that put a little smile on my face; repped 405 by 3 on the squat (I think if I had a gun to my head maybe I could've gotten 5) and did all of my singles with 405 as paused squats. I'm not sure if it's what Phil had intended but I did them as they felt good and now I can say that, yep, I can do them. My bottom strength is definitely coming up.

1a) Squats
45 x 5
135 x 3
225 x 2
315 x 1
Add Belt
365 x 1
405 x 3
Pause Squat
405 x 1, 1, 1, 1

1b) Rolling Thunder
54 x 5
79 x 5
104 x 3
129 x 1
139 x 1
149 x 1
159 x 1/f
169 x Popped out near lockout/-, f/-
109 x 10, 10, 10

2a) SSB GM's
265 x 5, 5, 5

2b) Homemade TTK - Slow controlled reps. Did not bottom or top out.
7.5 x 8, 8, 8