Circa-Max Olympic Peaking Phase is a pre-competition taper designed to elicit supercompensation by reducing volume while maintaining high-intensity exposures up to competition-level loads. This phase strategically ramps intensity to peak neuromuscular efficiency, ensuring lifters feel confident and primed for maximal attempts on the platform. Assistance work is minimal and highly specific, prioritizing back squat and front squat overloads to drive peak CNS output. With volume at its lowest and intensity at its highest, this phase sharpens technical precision, bar speed, and strength expression for competition day.
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