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[SQ]+[Analysis] Post Smolov Jr. 1RM Test - THE GRAND FINALE

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Date: 10. December 14 - wonderful, wonderful Wednesday. The moment I have been working towards for the past 3 weeks. I belted up for the top 3 sets. Lo and behold, the belt was a bit too tight. That's what I get for stuffing my face for 3 weeks straight. First off though, let's take a look at how the training volume varied over the past 3 weeks. Looks like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. However, the weekly volumes are interesting to look at. Week 1: 17615kg / roughly 38753lb Week 2: 18225kg / roughly 40095lb Week 3: 19719kg / roughly 43382lb Considering that my normal squatting weeks consisted of around  6000kg  of volume, this was A LOT of work. I think I handled it well though. So without further ado, the log: Squat: Barx5x2 135x5 (60kg) 225x3 (100kg) 295x1 (134kg) 365x1 (166kg) 405x1 (184kg) (first time squatting in the 400 range, PR). 420x1 (191kg) (PR) 440x1 (200kg) (PR) Starting bodyweight: 92.5kg/203.5lb Current bodyweight: ...