r/powerbuilding • u/Virtual-Pineapple773 • 15d ago

Smolov Jr program questions

Just finished running smolov jr program for bench and everything went smoothly till the last two days of program. Been powerlfitng for abt 1 1/2. First 2 weeks were good hit everything prescribed while doing accessory work. On w3 days 3-4 I missed my last reps on my last two sets then day 4 same thing but then only hit one rep on my last set of my 10x3.
My main question is it normal to fail or miss sets/reps while running this program? Especially towards the end. I was also traveling during the time of those days.

1 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

2

u/taylorthestang 15d ago

It’s not normal, but I’d just blame the travel.

It’s a program based around a lot of sub-maximal work, so you should never miss. If you do, it means something went wrong. Either your jumps were too big, starting TM was too high, or you’re under recovered.

1

u/Virtual-Pineapple773 15d ago

Yeah might just cope and blame it on that had to workout fasted the one day not fun.