Since I did 531 before I tried smolov, my main priorities were to keep my strength on OHP and Bench while improving my squat. I did bench after squats on the first workout of the week and OHP after squats on the third workout. Starting with around 50% of my max, I ramp up in 3s till I reach a heavy triple. Each set was supersetted with band pull aparts or chinups. Didn’t do any deadlift variation or anything that really tax the lower back. Go easy on the exercises or maybe consider just doing them every other week. If you’re doing the base meso, you probably won’t lose much if any muscle and strength in a few weeks. Like many people said, it’s a squat peaking program, so focus your everything on trying to improve your squat.
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