In-Season Weights

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@Szyzzlin

i’d keep the upperbody lifts in and not worry about unloading them. Just be sure that you are atleast 3 days out from your meets for heavy bench. Squats and deadlifts I am not a big fan of because they leave me with a bunch of tightness. I would drop these or do them with MUCH lighter weights if you were to leave them in.

Lifting HEAVY is not really that important in season. Just try to get a moderate amt of stimulation from weights and you should be fine.

two questions:

1. what if my bench isnt very heavy, and i never do sets of less than 3 reps? my max is probably low 200’s, so could i do benching closer to meets and probably be okay? (esp because many of the meets are worthless handtimed duel meets, and i plan to use them as training sessions)

2. what would you reccommend switching in for squats to get a lower body stimulus? they have been a block of my leg strength program, so i am afraid if i drop TOO much emphasis on them then my strength levels could deplete along with some start power