Your Strongest Year block 9 — strength ii

Four weeks of four-day powerlifting pair top triples at effort eight with lighter triples at effort seven.

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Your numbers

Enter these 13 numbers and Catalyst works out every workout from them.

Barbell bench press

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High-bar back squat

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Conventional deadlift

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Barbell floor press

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Incline barbell bench press

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Back squat

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Snatch-grip deadlift

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Program

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Week by week

Every workout, as Catalyst would give it to you.

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The schedule

4 workouts a week, on whichever days suit you.

WeekSession 1Session 2Session 3Session 4
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How it works

The program’s own rules, as Catalyst runs them.

Train the four-week block with fixed maxima, choosing every movement before starting. Keep the separate reps and rounds for each movement in assistance pairs and the timed plank holds. Before lifting, choose the maximum used for each percentage and plan any otherwise unspecified work. Follow pauses and lowering counts as technique instructions.

What you need

Everything its exercises call for. Missing something? The app suggests swaps that train the same thing.

  • Adjustable bench
  • Barbell
  • Dumbbells
  • Flat bench
  • Pull-up bar
  • Squat rack

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