Lamar Gant 8/5/3 Deadlift routine

[big_swede]

Found this on C&P's blog and thought it was interesting

Lamar Gant's 8/5/3
Week 1: 5 sets of 8 with 70% 1RM
Week 2: 5 sets of 8 with 73% 1RM
Week 3: 5 sets of 8 with 76% 1RM
Week 4: 5 sets of 8 with 78% 1RM
Week 5: 5 sets of 5 with 82% 1RM
Week 6: 5 sets of 5 with 84% 1RM
Week 7: 5 sets of 5 with 86% 1RM
Week 8: 5 sets of 5 with 87% 1RM
Week 9: 5 sets of 3 with 92% 1RM
Week 10: 5 sets of 3 with 94% 1RM
Week 11: 5 sets of 3 with 96% 1RM
Week 12: 5 sets of 3 with 98% 1RM

[BendtheBar]

Good old school periodization, ramping up to brutality.

[J_Byrd]

I saw this on powerlifting watch a few months back. You have to be a freak of nature to pull off that workout in my mind. I guess that is why Lamar Grant was a freak haha

[big_swede]

I agree JB, that volume is crazy! Would be a good experience though, but its probably a good idea to go by 1RM-10-20% the first time through it, atleast if you got other areas in life to attend to - things like walking and such

[BendtheBar]

My question is this...what did he do when he did not hit his rep goals? I assume he just did max reps and didn't dial down percentages.

I could barely eek out one set of 5 at 87%.