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Other/Mixed Pavel Asking You for Article Ideas

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
Ab rolling programming (a bit like Karen’s excellent OAPU progression article).

Programming for a year (periodisation in SF; e.g RoP (?) to what back to what, against the endurance/hypertrophy/power pyramid).

Following the above; a one-page guide to what program does what; what’s endurance primary, what’s hypertrophy, what’s really just strength (S&T looking at you!)

RoP 2.0 (if it’s even needed?! I like RoP!)

And maybe the biggest one for me; incorporating barbell, kettlebell and body weight (or 2 of) into sustainable programming for goals beyond “doing it” - e.g do you start with mil press, onto KB press and finish on HSPU/OAPU for a complete shoulder session? Probably not…
 
Make Second Wind available out with seminar format. A physical book and video instructional guide would be fantastic. I need all the help I can get trying to get to grips with cold water immersion. An article on cold water therapy would be good.
 
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Thanks for checking in with the crowd :)

I think people ask most questions on
- technique pointers,
- combining modalities (kettlebells, barbells, calisthenics, running, etc..) and managing priorities/recovery,
- how to chose which program
- how to design bodyweight programs.

Most of StrongFirst followers are familiar with minimalist, low rep strength work or ballistics. Therefore, I guess, some might want a discussion of the opposite: Program maximum, hypertrophy, higher rep ranges, combining stuff.

What's more, a lot of Pavel's plans are well suited for people training for a specific sport (for example the SF-KB course on BJJ Fanatics) -- and people that don't have a sport (like me) often wonder, what they might or should add safely. Some glycolytic work? Some barbell training? Carries?

A+A seems to be the most central piece of current StrongFirst programming that does not have a clear go-to article or resource (apart from the great SF-KB course on BJJ Fanatics!). The older articles are partly outdated (for example sets of 10 OTM).

Personally I am currently most interested in the StrongEndurance stuff + the SecondWind aspect of it. (For example the way Megan Kelly trains.)
 
There are a number of (albeit relatively small) locomotive endurance athletes on the forum. Folks that are running 50+km races cycling long distances, and the like. They are also proponents of the SF methodologies. Many rely on guidance from the folks over at Uphill Athlete but some SF articles and perspective on this topic would be nice.

Thanks
 
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There are a number of (albeit relatively small) locomotive endurance athletes on the forum. Folks that are running 50+km races cycling long distances, and the like. They are also proponents of the SF methodologies. Many rely on guidance from the folks over at Uphill Athlete but some SF articles and perspective on this topic would be nice.

Thanks
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Second this... I think Derek Toshner could blend the endurance and strength aspects of training from all of his experience and knowledge. Kind of like All-Terrain Conditioning, with a heavy lean towards the endurance aspect.
 
Dude so many ideas, folks have already have said a lot of good ones. I'll echo them and share what I'd love to see:

A&A Programming

ROP revision

Building running long distances

Less "program minimum" and more "you got 5-8+ hours to train a week" / you train because you love being active and want to train daily (or because you use training as a cheap psychological treatment and let's be honest sometimes we need more of it and not the minimum)

Barbell + Kettlebell Program/Programming

Basically, I like strength, hypertrophy, and endurance. Anything that hits all those. Or any of those. I feel like a lot of this is covered in paid-for courses (SFL, KB 201, Strong Endurance, ATG) ...
 
Bodyweight+kettlebells program/programming guidelines.

Of course it is possible to add bodyweight exercises to existing kettlebell programs, but it is easy to mess things up.
 
I would personally like to focus on form/technique/execution/cues/visualizations of different KB movements, particularly as i move into double KB work.
 
1-) Many gyms only have kb up to 24kg so that one can progress with S&S only up to that point. A simple program picking up from there (even if it includes barbell) would be great, specially if it has conditioning integrated.

2-) Expand the "wod" article. Say, you've picked 2-3 lifts:
a-) Deadlift + barbell military press or
b-) Weighted tactical pullup + kettlebell military press + weighted pistol or
c-) Deadlift + tactical pullup + kettlebell snatch
How one trains for "a", "b" or "c"? Simple programs for each would be helpful.

3-) One picks Q&D to practice (say, 033 for the sake of the argument). Since it allows for some strength work, some guidance on how to program it would also be nice.
 
Perhaps it’s a bit outside of the StrongFirst wheelhouse, but I would be curious what he would say about making the jumps between calisthenics progressions. I believe I have read that the front lever is taught in the body weight certification, as well as the handstand push-up. Many calisthenics skills have large jumps in intensity between progressions. It would be cool to see some thoughts around approaching that.
 
I'm biased to the minimalist side of training.
And maybe I'm a little spoiled or overly catered to by the articles section.

Something I see with the Program Maximum Idea:

Strongfirst does have the stop signs, and could go over each of them,in turn, with clarity and focus.​
When I think of combining and loading up programming, I immediately think of stop signs.​
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Here's what I favor as a paradigm...​
How can I intelligently set myself up for a crash course with the stop signs?​
How can I use the stop signs as a more frequent bumper guard to maximize my results?​
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Here, I think, is a more pernicious conceit ....​
How can I set up a base building plan that gives me results like a peaking plan?​
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Or more nakedly...​
How can I get all the results without paying a realistic price?​
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I think that it's a useful service to offer examples of how to purposefully find the stop signs of training, for purposes of base building. Simultaneously one can describe such a tactic while illustrating that the act of going beyond a stop sign can deliver results and yield adaptations. However many of those adaptations may be at risk of being short lived; Definitionally being a peaking plan of sorts(intended or otherwise).

A 3 part series could probably be written on the intelligent use of stop signs in training, to preserve gains. I believe the clarity of distinguishing between what constitutes base training, and what constitutes peaking would be a service to the community.

Peaking is fine if you want it. But if you're peaking while you think you're base building you're setting yourself up for injury. I know I had that when I was pressing my 32kg for 5x5 and pressing the 40 kg for 5 singles. That's when I strained my left shoulder.

After getting my hands on the victorious pressing plan I found that my total volume was around 4x the victorious pressing plan written by Fabio. I assumed I was stronger and I could do more. But I was basically peaking without any tapering in sight. I'm now sure there was a stop sign I missed. But I wasn't paying the right kind of attention to it. I wasn't properly calibrated for the observation of the stop signs.

I guess My idea for a Program Maximum article would be to pair it with an illustration of recognizing a relevant stop sign and to talk about the rates of progress which might be found. E.g. hypothetically .2 -.4kg / weekly increase, or shoot for adding 20 lbs /month . Whatever it may be.
 
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There are a number of (albeit relatively small) locomotive endurance athletes on the forum. Folks that are running 50+km races cycling long distances, and the like. They are also proponents of the SF methodologies. Many rely on guidance from the folks over at Uphill Athlete but some SF articles and perspective on this topic would be nice.
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That would be cool. I know when Eric Frohardt was CEO he was talking about publishing a "mountain strong" endurance program for mountain athletes and hunters that never came to light AFAIK.
 
This may be a bit out of the usual main dishes here but since programming for endurance runners was already mentioned: how about additional SF programming for Girevoy Sports… the last article about this was from 2014…
 
Relax into Stretch 2.0. What of Pavel's old flexibility stuff still stands, are there any new developments (Strong Flexibility)? Is there a "simple" flexibility standard and how would one attain it?

Training recommendations/protocols for the sedentary elderly, aimed at increasing quality of life, fall prevention, deceleration/reversal of muscle/bone loss and cardiac health. How would Pavel handle a 80-year old grandma who has never done any physical activity before, fears spending her last years bedridden and has heard that kettlebells may prevent that? How to train around movement limitations, arthritis and other ailments common in senior citizens? When is training unsafe, what can you do when you already have hypertension, diabetes and other components of metabolic syndrome? This could be useful way beyond the intended demographic - these days there are lots of even 20-year olds who,for all intents and purposes, are already geezers.

Kettlebell floor and bench presses. These were briefly touched upon in BB, RKC, ES and ROP supplemental material, there was also a single article covering them here sometime ago, but overall there's very little material on supine KB presses compared to militaries and getups. In the "best press" article Pavel has stated horizontal presses require less volume to progress as compared to vertical ones. So how can you take advantage of this in programming these lifts? Can they serve as an alternative or an accessory to the barbell bench press (or other presses)? In what ways are they inferior to MP and TGU, what are their limitations?
 
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