405 Squat Challenge

[LiftingNerd]

The goal: 1RM 405lb/185kg squat
Timeline:16-20 weeks (or longer if no one hits it and people still want to persevere)

Current Participants:
Rugger (the man with the plan)
Javanek
LiftingNerd
YoungAthlete
Love_Deadlifts
nroyle01
danmarmu
tenkev

Anyone is welcome to join up. Should be an interesting battle.

My starting point:
1RM: 350
5RM: 315
Current Working Weight: 270
Age: 22
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 182 lbs

My whole body has been fatigued for the last 2 weeks so I'm backing it down a bit, getting more rest, and hitting the gym that much harder. Let my starting weight fool you if you wish. Your mistake.

[danmarmu]

Current 5RM is 275. I will give it all I have.

[Rugger]

Does anyone mind if instead of for a 5rm we go for a 1rm. The reason being that the Texas method measures progress through 1rm-3rm testing, and we'd all have to get our 1rm to about 450 before we would be able to get 405x5, so going with 1rm might mean this thing gets done in less than a year.

[danmarmu]

Cool with me. 1RM then

[Love_Deadlifts]

Fine with me, 1rm is good.
Age: 22
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 195 lbs
Current 5rm: 285 lbs

[ukdudeinuk]

=/

I'm too far away from 405 to make it. I could join, but it would just make me push myself too hard, I would hurt myself I can almost guarantee.

[mjh]

I edited the first post to say 1RM, and include the kg conversion, which I rounded up to 185kg. Hope that's OK.

[Young Athlete]

Starting point for me:
200lbs 1 rep max
125lbs body weight (planning on getting up to 140lbs by the end of the year... )
5'7"
14
Lifting for 8 months

My current work out regimen looks like this:

Mini smolov on squats
High frequency Benching
Accessory work
Sprints, Depth Jumps, Explosive push ups
>This is for the next six weeks started today

After that I move to something like this:
DE+Plyo's with accessory work

12 week plan so will take me to about the end of the year... hopefully will be hitting up some bigger numbers!

[nroyle01]

I'm 27... 5'10" 200lbs
5rm 315
Just started Smolov with 330 put in as current max. I think I am starting at the mesocycle part of it. Today was the first day with 4x9 with 230. Hard because of the higher reps, but it didn't really kick my ass or anything. Wednesday will be 5x7 at 250 lbs......
I'll try to keep you updated with my progress. Maybe post a vid or something? We'll see.
Good luck

[danmarmu]

Allrighty then:

Here are my stats
Age: 33
Weight: 245
Height: 5'11"
Current 5RM: 275

I have never gone for a true 5RM yet, but will be trying so tonight. We'll see where I am really at.

[javanek]

Does anyone mind if instead of for a 5rm we go for a 1rm. The reason being that the Texas method measures progress through 1rm-3rm testing, and we'd all have to get our 1rm to about 450 before we would be able to get 405x5, so going with 1rm might mean this thing gets done in less than a year.

Fine by me. Will help to keep from killing anyone as well.

[javanek]

My current stats:

Age: 41
Current 3x5rm: 295

Everything else is below.

[Victor]

Good luck to all!

[somebody]

You know, I'm tempted to put my money on YA, even though he only weighs 125 frickin' pounds.

[LiftingNerd]

Forgot these in the earlier post.

Age: 22
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 182 lbs