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Fri - 1/1 5:30pm
May 18, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading
[200,250x4][300x2][350,400x1]

* got 400x1 paused on the weakest day of the week. coordination was not best - was able to muscle up the concentric. should have been an easier lift if i was firing right. right shoulder felt repaired now. was able to start doing my daily dips again. stopped at 10reps x2 sets BW.

Sun - 1/2 5:30pm
May 20, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading
[200,250x4][300x2][350,400x1]

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Sun - 2/2 5:00pm
May 20, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading
[200,250x4][300x2][350,410x1]

how long do you plan to de-load for?

when do you plan on doing 6-8 rep squats again?

Wed- 1/2 6:30am
May 23, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading + backup clustered reps
[200,250,300x4][350,400,410x1]
- 325x10 [4+2+2+2]

* dicided to x4 all the way to 300s as warmups.  
* felt strong this morning. did some light 325s - low 70%RM volume reps with a few seconds in between the x2-4 clusters. if i am able to recover from this within the day, i might as well start adding something that will make me more leg mass without really tiring me too much.
* 375 volume sets drain too much CNS. the last few clusters of 325 felt lighter after i got the groove going. might push to multiple 4s up to 12-16-20 depending if my legs can recover fast enough for the next day.

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Wed- 2/2 11:00pm
May 23, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading + backup clustered reps
[250x4][325x2][375,400x1]
- 325x20 [2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1]

* back up clustered sets for more volume work is not so bad. legs felt used a bit more after the workout but nothing compared to a DOMs from a long layoff.
* started at 250 right away because my legs still felt warmed-up.
* doing backup cluster set after 5mins from 400x1. did doubles and tried to find out when i will start to lose/drop a bit of explosiveness. at the 16th rep, felt a little tired. did single for 17th rep. 18th single felt so strong again and could have done another double but decided not to go too strong too early.
* i found the groove after 18th rep. could have done clusters of 4reps after those. i was now beginning to sweat a bit - something i don't do on my workout.

dumb question, but do you ever consider backing off the frequency for a while? you said you're burned out but you keep going every day and squatting at a lower level than you're used to. giving yourself extra recovery time might help.

paused rep daily singles with 350+ is as low frequency as it gets for me without getting a detraining penalty. i burn out because of my own mistakes - if i overpowered 400x1 at a workout ~ 20-40lbs over it, i end up adding more weight most of the time and turning the deloading session into something a lot more challenging again.

if i really followed what i have in mind for a deloading/recovery of 2-3 weeks, i will have to limit my top rep singles to 400x1 all the time. that way, i will be back to my near peak of 440-450lb paused reps with 400-410-420-430-440 as ramping warmup singles before the top heavy set. i've done that before. not going to happen anytime soon with these tired legs.

Fri - 1/1 8:30am
May 25, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading + backup clustered reps
[225,275x4][325x2][375,400x1]
- 350x10 [1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1]

* 375x1 felt heavish already. the squat form/movement was surprisingly smooth and fluid, leg fatigue was the only thing stopping me from lifting 400+. hard to explain but there are days when my legs are not fatigued but the coordination is just not there. i get lucky once in a while and have the two together and thats when i get to lift the 440-445 paused reps. i prefer to be fatigued but with perfect movement coordination. its frustrating to approach a workout with strong and fresh legs but not know how to use it right.
* lower back needs some rest so i just did some easy singles with 350 ~ 30sec clusters. i was thinking of doing something like a rep waveload +1+2+1+2 thing but saved it for stronger days. the first single would have prepped for the +2 following and the single will feel easy coming from the double. erectors need to recover better. stopped there. happy to still be lifting even after the high tonnage ive been adding lately.

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Fri - 2/2 5:30pm
May 25, 2012

Daily Squats Maintenance - Paused Reps - Deloading + backup clustered reps
[225x4][275 +2+2][325x2][375x1]
- 350x10 [1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1]


* legs are feeling good. lower back is alright. did not go heavier than 375 because i can feel the lowerback is not going to be up for it.
* i will give myself time to let recovery catch up. i just have to figure out how while sttill doing the squats daily.

are the singles at the 350 clusters also paused reps?