Pre-Thanksgiving Fun!

Sunday, November 21st -
I went in on Sunday and did 3x12 at 135, 145, 145. The last few reps of the last set were slower and tougher than the rest. I then did my inaugural dead lift workout: 3x8 at 135.

Tuesday, November 23rd -
I then went in on Tuesday and did 3x12 of squats at 145, 155, 155 and 3x8 of dead lifts at 145. I'm not gonna lie, my legs felt it after those squats. Once again, it was the last few reps of the last set that took a little more time and effort.

I currently plan is to increase by 10 lbs from session to session while keeping my 3x12 structure. Then, once I can't finish, I move to sets of 8 and repeat. I'm not sure if this is a great strategy, but it seems appealing. If I can get 3 sets of 12 out of 210 lbs, that means I have the strength to squat 300+. By keeping the weight down (for now), I feel I can work on my form as well as my strength and avoid some of the heavy weight injuries that can happen when racking huge weight. Thoughts? I'm gonna ask my track coach too.

p.s. George the one rep max calculator says that if you can do 12 reps at 245 then you have the strength to squat 350. My guess is that you're already there if you can do a set of 8 at the end of a workout... Give it a shot!