I’m not sure what to make of this.
Based upon Paul Carter’s Base Building – Mass cycle
- Squat – working max: 295
- BW x 10
- BW x 10
- bar x 5
- bar x 5
- 120 x 5
- 150 x 4
- 175 x 3
- 225 x 2
- 250 x 1
- 215 x 10
- 215 x 5
- Stiff Leg Deadlift
- 205 x 8
- 205 x 8
- 205 x 8
- Lunge
- BW x 10e
- BW x 10e
- BW x 10e
- BW x 10e
- Standing Calf Raises
- 45 x 12
- 45 x 12
- 45 x 12
- 45 x 12
Is it the removal of creatine that’s doing this? I don’t know. I couldn’t squeeze out any more squat reps, and I’m down from last week. But then, I cranked out a full round of stiff-legs, and I did a 4th set of lunges. So I don’t get it. Not really sure what’s up here, but I continue to just press on.
Meantime, I’m thinking during week 5 I’ll try to determine maxes for the Strong-15 cycle, take week 6 as a light deload (still hit the gym, just light weights for like 3×8 or something), then hit it. I admit, I’m anxious to get started… and I’m pretty sure I’ll find out why Paul Carter calls that one template the “man maker”.
