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    buckeyefootball4 is offline Senior Member
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    which strength cycle

    which one of these cycles do you think would be better for strength and power??

    week 1: 50x10/60x7/70x5/80x3x3
    week 2: 50x10/60x7/70x5/80x3/85x3x2
    week 3: 50x10/60x7/70x5/80x3/85x3x2
    week 4: 50x10/60x7/70x5/80x3/90x2/95x1/100x1 keep goin until fail


    cycle 2 :
    week 1: x8/61x8/64x8/2x8x67
    week 2:x8/61x5/67x5/70x5/79x5
    week 3: x8/64x5/70x5/76x5/82x5
    week 4: x8/64x5/70x5/76x5/85x2x3
    week 5: x8/64x5/70x5/76x3/82x3/91x3x1
    week 6: x8/64x3/70x3/76x3/82x1/88x1/1 rep max

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    If I had to pick one I would pick the first one. You gotta be lifting in the 85-100 range if you're gonna gain strength. Personally though I don't like either one. This is what I do:

    (All lifts start with a 4-6 rep warmup at about 50-60%)
    Week 1 & 2 - 4 x 6 @ 80%
    Week 3 & 4 - 3 x 4 @ 85%
    Week 5 & 6 - 3 x 3 @ 90%
    Week 7 & 8 - 3 x 2 @ 95%
    Week 9 - Off
    Rinse/Repeat

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    Quote Originally Posted by SprinterOne
    If I had to pick one I would pick the first one. You gotta be lifting in the 85-100 range if you're gonna gain strength. Personally though I don't like either one. This is what I do:

    (All lifts start with a 4-6 rep warmup at about 50-60%)
    Week 1 & 2 - 4 x 6 @ 80%
    Week 3 & 4 - 3 x 4 @ 85%
    Week 5 & 6 - 3 x 3 @ 90%
    Week 7 & 8 - 3 x 2 @ 95%
    Week 9 - Off
    Rinse/Repeat
    i think i saw that cycle on the elite fittness website.. the two cycle i have came from jim schmitz who use to be the usa olympic weightlifting coach and the other came from vtech a friend plays there..

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    You saw that cycle on a web site? Dangit, I am going to have to copyright that thing, lol. Just kidding, but in all seriousness I just came up with it on my own after doing lots of research. Glad to see other experienced people agree with me, haha.

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    buckeyefootball4 is offline Senior Member
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    my bad your cycle are a lil diff..



    Week 1 - 4x6 @ 65%
    Week 2 - 3x6@ 70%
    Week 3 - 3x6 @ 75%
    Week 4 - 4x3 @ 80%
    Week 5 - 3x2@ 85%
    Week 6 - 2x1@ 90%

    Week 1 - 4x6 @ 65%
    Week 2 - 3x6@ 70%
    Week 3 - 3x6 @ 75%
    Week 4 - 4x3 @ 80%
    Week 5 - 3x2@ 85%
    Week 6 - 2x1@ 90%

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