Should I keep front squats on wednesday?

I'm 5'11", 175 lbs.

On a side note, do you remember a Ken Smith from powerlifting? 220 lb class, 1975 national collegiate champion?

I'm 16. I'm doing TM, so I do front squats on Wednesday.

I'm not sure I could recover from back squats 3 times a week. They are up to 285x3x5. Front squats are 261x3 (that's what I was using in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEbspIEWoI

I know the quality is awful... when I get near failure the weight seems to round my upper back. Is there anything I can do about that?

It doesn't happen when I'm lifting, not yet anyway.

It usually happens during the night after or a day later.

Every once in a while I get a nosebleed, and I think it's related to lifting. Usually it happens after deadlifts.

Is this something worth fretting over?

My concern was this:

Power cleans would increase the squat/deadlift by reducing the amount of time the concentric part of the movement takes to execute. Even if this allows you to use more weight,...

Rip,

I'm a bit confused about the transition from the first pull to the second pull of power cleans described in SS. Are the knees supposed to come forward naturally after the first pull, or does...

"I said that heavy weighted dips were a problem, not bodyweight dips in general. You can do dips. Do them full range of motion and complete your lockout at the top."

BW dips, weighted dips, or no...

So would you suggest doing 18 unweighted dips or 8 weighted dips (+60 pounds)?

Does this look like too much back work in a TM routine?

Mon:
Power Cleans 5x3
BW Pullups 2xX

Weds:
BB Rows 3x5

Fri:

Damnit! Maybe I do it because I have weak abs? I'm not sure if that would be the case or not, I just started doing the Roman chair situps and I can do about 45 lbs for 15 reps.

OK, I suppose trying to tighten my core up will help, thanks.

The center of my back keeps getting very sore the day after pressing... is this normal, or am I doing something wrong?

Clearly that would happen.

I'm trying to stretch my hamstrings on a regular basis, is the stand up and touch your toes method any good?

Just thought of something else... when I'm squatting, the...

Ok, I've done them a couple times now and I'm getting the feel down.

Would it make sense that my weight dropped about 10-15 pounds from my olympic squat since I've never done anything but olympic...

I just got done reading about the squat in SS... and I'm somewhat confused. I'm switching over from the olympic ATG squats I have been doing.

I can squat hams to calves with a narrower stance than...

I'm a big fan of this vid:

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_RipPressReviewCLT.mov

Alright, I can't wait for the damn book to arrive so I can start using correct form. I've been doing olympic high bar squats since I started.

This isn't that bad, is it?
Monday
Squat 5X5
Bench Press 5X5
Power Clean 5X3

Wednesday
Front Squat 3X3
Press 5X5
(Dips, Pull ups, Situps)

Nope, just ordered BBSST to start. In the decision between PPST and a tank of gas, I had to choose the latter.