Getting Complex N’ Intense at California Strength

It’s Day 1 of the new training cycle and we’re getting Complex N’ Intense! This is start of the stretch run leading up to Nationals with 2 macro cycles left, and there’s a lot of work to be done. The Complex N’ Intense Cycle utilizes complexes to refine technique, and heavy squatting and max lifts to jack up the intensity and increase strength. The complexes are held steady, not on a linear progression as with past cycles, but if a lifter increases their max, all the percentages on the lifts change accordin