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Week 2: Day 1 Squats: 96kg for 6 sets of 4 Did no other exercises besides a set of military press and a couple of power cleans Comments: The squats were considerably harder than last time. If I had to estimate I'd say I was working at around 90% capacity. For some reason the third set was...

Possibly not. I did two warm up sets; 66x5 and 81x5. I'll spend more time warming up next time and see how i go.

Week 1 Day 3 Squats: 96kg for 6 sets of 3 No dramas here with the squats being relatively easy, except that my knees were a bit sore between sets and afterwards. This doesn't happen all the time and I can't figure out why. Anyone else have the same problem? On monday Im scheduled to do 6...

I decided not to train today knowing that I had to fill in for a team member tonight (playing squash) so I played 2 games instead of 1. I was planning on upping the weight to 96kg for 6 sets of 3. I'll just do this on friday and start week two on monday (skipped week 1 day 3) with 96kg for 6...

Yeah, you're right. A 5% gain in 6 weeks should be easy for where I'm at. It looks like its suitable for seasoned lifters who are already lifting heavy weights. So I guess I need to reevaluate what Im going to do instead. I could possible keep doing this program but instead of calling my...

I'd really like to keep doing power cleans but if things get too tough I might be forced to take them out. I'll also be doing military press (or push press), pullups and dips. So it will look something like this: Workout 1 Squats Power cleans Military press or Push press Abs Workout 2 Squats...

I've decided to have a go at the Russian Squat Program, a few people have expressed an interest so I'll be keeping a journal for the next 6 weeks and see how I go. Background 20 yo 80kg Bodyfat 17% I've been weight training for about 9 months Bench: 98.5kg Deadlift: 149.5kg Squat: 116kg...

Cheers. I'm going to include rows, military press and dips but not go too heavy. I really need to focus on squats since they're my weakest lift by far. I've never done any serious ab work before so which exercises do you think would be the most beneficial?

I've decided to have a crack at the Russian Squat program but im unsure as to whether or not I should include some additional lifts (Im thinking of power cleans and military press). I got the impression that the program was tough enough without adding additional exercises. What do you think?

Most of the people on EF say that in order to gain mass you need to lift heavy and you should try and cut out aerobic activity. But recently I got a job for a removalist company and found that I had gained weight but was losing fat. Also, looking back it seems that in the past I have gained...