Definitely, I'm just now finding my right form for the squat. One of the reasons for the layoff was because I pulled my lat muscle badly doing squats of all things, and it was due to improper form. Got a powerlifter to look at my form and help me out a week ago.
Well right now my maxes are as follows at a bodyweight of around 162,
Bench- 185x5
Squat- 205x5
Deadlift- 375x5
And that makes sense as far as the submax weight thing, but the main difference with most beginner programs is that the progress working past your old rep maxes is more gradual. I...
Hey all, figure I'll post this here just because this thread is inspiring me to go with HST. I'm a returning lifter coming back from a layoff and starting off at novice strength levels. I never got strong in the first place however because I always used crappy splits without much rhyme or...