Barbell Medicine Crew:
Thank you for the content. I am planning to attend the San Antonio Seminar and recently purchased the 4 –Day Hypertrophy Template. A little background on myself…
I previously competed as a 63kg lifter and my best competition pull is 152.5kg (with a rounded lower back). I am 5’7” tall with a long torso and am extremely fast off the floor. I have decided to compete as a 72kg lifter going forward, so I am currently doing the Hypertrophy Template. I will likely purchase the Strength Template to run right after, with plans to do a meet in January in the heavier weight class.
Since my last meet, I have been honing my technique – using a wider stance, slower pull off the floor, and working on keeping a flatter back. Prior to starting the template, I would warm-up with a 5, 3, 2, 1 rep scheme before reaching my first work set. Currently, I am using 6’s across all warm-up sets. During the top sets at 79% today (Week 2), my lower back started rounding again. I think this may be due to the additional volume I am performing in the warm-up, as I pulled the same weight for three sets of five (beltless) just six weeks ago with significantly less rounding than today. Do you suggest that I take weight off the bar or revert to my previous warm-up protocol? Please note based on your template, this estimates my 1RM as 320lbs, yet I have pulled 347.5lbs in training. I do understand that this is not a strength block, so I am not too concerned with the 1RM estimate. However, I want to correct my technique while getting stronger and pulling sumo is not an option.