Week 1, day 1
Session 1This workout’s sets follow from your answers on the day.
Barbell Medicine advanced slow peak
Two four-day weeks and a longer taper lead to three meet attempts per lift, with effort targets and lighter sets.
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Worked out for an example lifter who squats 100 kg × 5, benches 75 kg × 5, deadlifts 130 kg × 5 and presses 50 kg × 5. Change any number to see your own.
Details
The program’s usual settings
Week by week
Every workout, as Catalyst would give it to you.
Barbell Medicine advanced slow peak asks you questions before this workout, so its sets follow from your answers on the day.
The schedule
4 workouts a week, on whichever days suit you.
| Week | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | day 4 |
| 2 | day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | day 4 |
| 3 | day 1 | day 2 | day 3 |
How it works
The program’s own rules, as Catalyst runs them.
Complete four workouts in order in each of the first two weeks. Place the first taper workout four to five days before your meet and the second two to three days before it, then rest until the meet. Take three singles per lift at RPE 8, 9 and 10 in the meet. Choose weights to match those efforts. Base back-off weights on the weight you actually lifted in the top set and round to your chosen weight increment, downward at an exact midpoint. Complete the weekly conditioning work once in each training week.
What you need
Everything its exercises call for. Missing something? The app suggests swaps that train the same thing.
- Barbell
- Deficit platform
- Flat bench
- Squat rack
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