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Gene Bell Jr.'s Squat Program Overview
The program contains only one Squat workout per week. It is a classic descending reps/ascending weight peaking program. The breakdown is as follows (unlike on the spreadsheet, and for clarity, warmup sets are not included):
| week |
sets / %age of 1RM / reps |
| 1 |
4 @ 52.5 % x 6 1 @ 60 % x 4 |
| 2 |
1 @ 52.5 % x 8 4 @ 60 % x 4 |
| 3 |
1 @ 60 % x 8 1 @ 65 % x 4 |
| 4 |
4 @ 70 % x 6 |
| 5 |
2 @ 75 % x 4 |
| 6 |
4 @ 80 % x 4 |
| 7 |
2 @ 85.8 % x 2 |
| 8 |
3 @ 90.8 % x 3 |
| 9 |
2 @ 92.5 % x 3 |
| 10 |
2 @ 96.7 % x 3 |
| 11 |
1 @ 86.7 % x 1 |
| 12 |
1 @ 106.7 % x 1 |
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