Where do front squats go?

[Tonyb3030]

I am currently doing an A/B schedule with back squats leading power clean days and front squats leading deadlift days. I'm creeping up on the end of my linear gains and I will likely switch to the Four Day Texas Method V2 outlined in PPST3 within the next week. Front squats are one of my favorite movements and I don't want to drop them. So, where should they go?

I was thinking of keeping them going linearly 5x3 or 3x3 on VD or ID, or swapping them with back squats week to week in a similar way that bench and press are swapped.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

[Brian Goldstein]

12 Ways To Skin The Texas Method | Barbell Medicine

All the way at the bottom is a four day, OL centric version.

Not 1:1 for your question, but, at the very least this should give you the ideas you’d need.

[Tonyb3030]

Man if I had a nickel for every time I've read that article

[poser]

Light day, whether it is TM or HLM. I do them as 3x3 and made good progress for awhile, but Front squats have been rather stalled out for awhile now. One of my training partners, who is 24 mind you, does Front Squats 3x5 on TM light day, 5# jumps and progress has kept up with Intensity day Backsquat progress -like 80# on a TM cycle. I made 5# jumps until I couldn't and then started making 2.5# jumps on front squat. I do like the 3s because it breaks up the monotony of the 5s and it allows me to go a bit heavier weight, but I think you'll just need to experiment to see what rep scheme works best for you.

[Tonyb3030]

Thanks. The four day TM doesn't have a light day so.... yeah. It's not the rep scheme I'm too concerned with, it's what day I should put them on!

[Brian Goldstein]

Giv

Day 1
VD for Press/Bench
Chins

Day 2
Heavy Squat - suggest a top set + back offs.
Power Clean

Day 3
ID for Press/Bench
Chins

Day 4
Heavy DL
FSQ

[Brian Goldstein]

Meant to type: give that a whirl. Keep the slots the same, and you may want to alternate volume and intensity on the back squats.

[Tonyb3030]

Giv

Day 1
VD for Press/Bench
Chins

Day 2
Heavy Squat - suggest a top set + back offs.
Power Clean

Day 3
ID for Press/Bench
Chins

Day 4
Heavy DL
FSQ

this looks cool, what about volume squats though?

[Tonyb3030]

nvm, just saw rotate V and I

[Brian Goldstein]

Alternatively:
Day 1: VD Press/Bench
Day 2: VD Squat + Pulls
Day 3: ID Press/Bench, FSQ
Day 4: ID Squat + Dead.