3 Smolov Jr Cycles into 10 Week Cube Method?

[RageBlanket]

Wanted to get some opinions on this. I've had pretty good luck with Cube, but I REALLY want to bring up my squat & deads.

I have a meet picked out that's 19 weeks of prep from next Monday (8/12), and I was considering doing Smolov Jr. for each of the big 3, then transitioning into the Cube for the final 10.

I'm planning on eating/cycling up to a full 308 (285 now), but will this absolutely bury me mentally and/or physically? I've never really focused on a meet this far out, but I've got some goals I'd like to reach so I'm planning early.

 

[porky little keg]

9 weeks of beating yourself to crap then 10 weeks of a long-term program?

Personally I'd just run Cube and add more workload and active recovery if you are really determined. Then 4 weeks of cube set to get the heavy everything day on meet day.

Most programs work well for someone. Every program works a little for everyone. Every program at once works for nobody.

 

[RageBlanket]

9 weeks of beating yourself to crap then 10 weeks of a long-term program?

Personally I'd just run Cube and add more workload and active recovery if you are really determined. Then 4 weeks of cube set to get the heavy everything day on meet day.

Most programs work well for someone. Every program works a little for everyone. Every program at once works for nobody.

That's kind of the conclusion I've led myself to. I'm still deficient in squats, so I'm going to run 3 weeks, deload, then run a 14 week cube. I think.

 

[J-dub]

I really think Smolov is not for everyone and should only be used to push through a plateau when nothing else has worked... just my opinion

 

[RageBlanket]

I really think Smolov is not for everyone and should only be used to push through a plateau when nothing else has worked... just my opinion

That's where I'm at with squats. I need to bust a plateau I've been banging my head against for some time now.

 

[Usealittle]

Smolov is awesome for squats but drove me crazy! Squating 4x a wk made me not even want to go to the gym... But in 5wks I added 65lbs (couldn't take it any longer) Which stayed around after I stopped the smolov cycle. Carbs where my best friend on it. Eat about 6-700 grams Ed, first 2wks had my norm 2-300 which made like very hard! Upped it to the 6-700 and works outs got much Easyer....