I mentioned somewhere in this blog that I wanted a 300 lbs front squat by July's end. And I wanted to see where I stood. So I tested today on the 8" front box squat: 45x8, 75x6, 105x4, 135x2, 165x1, 195x1 (1RM), 225x1 (30 lbs PR - - - as Paul Hogan would say "smooth as a gravy sandwhich!"). Oh, I'm salivating now!!! My 12 inch front box squat is normally 50 lbs heavier than the 8" and 20 lbs less than my max. I'm testing the 12" front box squat on Monday and if I can nail 265-275, 300 is mine for the taking. The hard part is that I have never held that much weight to the front (265, and that was hard), but I'm noticing that the DL work makes for a more solid rack for the Sting Ray and the bar. My next 3 weeks will be calculated with the new loads, and week 7 will be a deload week. Who knows, maybe more!
Hoist Seated Leg Curls (115): 85x6x1, 90x5x2, 100x4x2
Straight Leg Pull Throughs (105): 100x5 (rep test, calculates to about a 115 max), 50x10, 70x8, 80x6, 80x5
GHR w/70 lbs assist: failure at 7, 4 reps
GHR w/80 lbs assist: failure at 3, 3, reps. All I can say is that after Monday's DL test, today's tests, and the leg curls, I should not have expected a whole lot. I just had no ham strength to muster. Win some, lose some!!!
Seated Calf Raises (125): 65x10, 80x8, 90x8, 90x6
2 comments:
solid front squat. nice work.
I second that comment... good work, Alberto... 8" is a deep squat.
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