blut wump
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I'd managed to work out the last part.BiggT said:BW, with the progressive 20-reppers, if you followed the basic layout of poundages (which I think is more than realistic, considering you were a low-400's squatter pre-injury) the first 2.5 weeks will really be conditioning work, and you may or may not find the last 2 workouts of 275 and 295 to be tough, but soreness won't be a big issue from the conditioning you'd have built up, and you'd be surprised how easy they get when you 'toughen up' after you gain the work capicity needed.....at that point, you'd be able to probably get back into 5 reppers at around 315 and you'd probably be maybe 4-6 weeks away at most from 365ishx5's......you could make the 20 reppers twice a week for 4 weeks if you'd feel more comfortable that way......the only thing, from my experiences at least, is that 20 reppers work best when thats all you do.....doing 5's or 3's or 10's or front squats or whatever on the other days has always been a recipe for premature burnout.

I'm definitely tempted by these. I'll probably do my usual warmups and work up to, maybe, a triple 20% higher than the 20-rep set.
For pressing I'll do some OHP and floor presses. For pulling, I'll probably just stick with Pendlay rows. The workload from these should be low enough not to interfere with the squats and the squats should be enough work at 3x per week to provide whole-body stimulation.
I've been thinking since yesterday about the weight progression you posted. It doesn't give me any real concern until the third week, pretty much as you say. At that stage my conditioning and endurance should be up that I'll have a decent shot at the third week, anyway.
Hit or miss, it'll be a new experience.