>been doing smolov
>going great, hittin all my reps and sets
>this is the most serious I ever have taken squats in my lifting
>Used to half ass squats and didn't like doing them
>now everything else other than maybe chest is boring and a waste of time
>I never isolate, or do very little for arms
>I judge everyone I see doing shrugs or triceps kickbacks or any other dorky non squat lift.
>my whole body has transformed in too a thing of beauty, legs strong, core rock solid, mind clear
>but now I'm addicted to squats..
Share your smolov stories with me. I don't know anyone else that does it or has.
>tldr; doing smolov, or at least squatting all the time has made me only want to squat and every other lift for the most part is a joke. Anyone else?
Pic related. Vaguely. Actually zeppelin is always related
I just got off Smolov 2 weeks ago. It was brutal, but I needed it. My deadlift was 550 and my squat was 390, so I needed to push it up. Hit a 435 PR on squat and a 315 PR on bench. Kept all my bench strength, but I went in and worked up to a 1 rep today on squat and only hit 415. Not bad though.
>>35137887
Good for you.. that's rad. My squat stalled hard at 370 lbs. I couldn't hit that elustrious 4 plate that I wanted so badly so some thing had to change. I'm hoping smolov will get me there. My bench max is at 315 and it bothered me that me squat wasn't higher. Also, I don't wear knee sleeves or a belt, did you? And how mush do they help? Like will it add a rep or two?
>>35137921
I train beltless because I have an obsession with Russian lifters. Knee sleeves helped me land an additional 1 rep.
Yeah. 4 plates took forever. Definitely needed a hard bulk to get me there.
If I wanted humor, Id ask what your one rep maxes are
>>35138014
shut up fatty
>>35138014
>doesn't post his
>no pic to show
>no time frame
>>35137860
Happened to me too. Back in 2013 I started Smolov since my squat had stalled at a measly 160kg and I DL'd about 210. Then begun the smolov, and after a few weeks, only squatting made sense to me. I benched a few threes every now and then to keep the touch, but after a few months my bench had dropped 10kg, squatted 210 and even without doing any DL during that period I managed 242,5 in an IPF comp. During smolov I only though of improving squat and nothing else mattered.
>>35137860
Post pic? Do you
Have good size in upper body?
>>35138014
up fucking voted!!!
:p
>>35138227
Yes, but no pic, literally on a brand new phone and I'm at work
Shouldn't it be zeppelin-iv.jpg, not zeppelin-v.jpg
>>35138251
Oh ok.
I would try it if I was going for strength.
It seems brutal too.
>>35138355
LOL yes. I got it from google. I didn't name it. But good eye
