Smolov

[iamgmo]

Hi Andy,

was wondering if you had any experience / advice regarding smolov for squats (besides do not deadlift!). Do you find the increase on the squat on this programme to be realistic, or it is just a peak kind of thing as opposed to TM where increases are more over the long run.

thank you.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Never ran it, but I know there are others on the board who have.

[Eric Larousse]

just FYI I know of some really strong lifters who run smolov base cycle for squat, smolov jr for bench(they do this repeatedly) and still do there others lifts(including deadlift)

[iamgmo]

Thanks for the quick reply Andy. Could you point me to them so i may ask them a couple of questions?

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

I don't know who they are, but I have seen it discussed here before. Probably the training forum and the other programming forum are best places to start.