Scrumdog
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I would go with, "it's autoregulation at work," but I'm interested in other's opinions.
I think it's normal. I've had many weeks like that.
Cheers lads! I feel a bit better now. Makes sense afterall.
I would go with, "it's autoregulation at work," but I'm interested in other's opinions.
I think it's normal. I've had many weeks like that.
Auto regulation is the best. You get the work in your body needs at the time. I find it helps motivate me when I know I don’t need to push to the max every session.Cheers lads! I feel a bit better now. Makes sense afterall.
One mistake I always re-make is not resting enough during the rest periods. Take 3-4 days of rest your body will thank you. You want to start your next session of the Giant fresh.I just finished my first go at the Giant 3.0, or any of the Giants for that matter. Can’t believe how well it went. 73 reps 2x20kg the first week, increasing to 125 the last week. Super happy for a first effort, and I just started C&P in January.
Celebrating with a huge bowl of oats and golden syrup and hard boiled eggs. It’s not Plantation rum, but it’s 11:30am here and I’m working tonight, it’ll have to do!.
Going to have a 2 week getupalooza as a break and decide between 1.0, or Strong with my 24’s
I’m not that far behind you lolCheers mate, I’m 42 now, so I definitely take rest seriously haha
I think this will vary by individual and even for each individual at different times. I don't think there should be any specific expectation of "if I finished x, I should be able to do y." The programs are based on roughly either a 5RM or 10RM, but even within those guidelines you might want to bell up or down depending on individual circumstances. Also, since the Giant programs are autoregulated, there may be a big range in volume from one person to another or for an individual running a program multiple times (and you certainly can milk the same Giant program for multiple 4 week runs).I'm wondering how you macro-plan in this program. Let's say I can get 1.0 with the 20's currently, and my long term goal is to do that with the 32's, over say a year or so (longer is fine too). After running 1.0-1.2 with the 20s, would I be able to jump into 3.0 with the 24s? Or should I switch to the strength block from Strong (I'm assuming the hypertrophy/conditioning block in strong is not necessary with the giant 1.x's)? Or mix in RoP?
Correct.I see some people saying 3.1, 3.2, I assume they just added +1 and +2 reps to all of the sets in 3.0 to bridge the gap between that and 1.0? That makes sense.
Not really, especially if you manage your autoregulation sensibly. I like to incorporate some movement variety in my practice, but you can still make the C&P the focus of your progressive training and supplement it with other stuff in a more relaxed and free form way. For instance, I've made some sort of 3x/week C&P program the focus of my training for the past 8 months. But I regularly throw in some double front squats, snatches, pullups, and heavy club swinging around it, as well as a variety of mobility/OS type stuff. But the C&P sessions are what gets done no matter what, and what follows a specifically planned program.Would there be any deficiencies or injury risk to running this program for a long period of time?
It's a C&P programme. The RM stated is for the C&P.Thanks! This is a big help.
Is my 5RM or 10RM meaning on the clean and press, or on the press? In the Giant PDF, it doesn't really specify. I'd assume it's the C&P, but then in DFW he says 5RM on the press. I think I can get a lot more reps C&P than I can just pressing with a given set of bells.
I wouldn’t stress too much now, once you’re running the program you’ll know what’s best for you with trial and error. I think running the DFW rep ranges on just C&P could be a good bridge from 3.0 to 1.0 or you could use or you could run 3.0 multiple times and keep shooting for set PRs and improve to 1.0 that way, once you’re running the program you’ll see how you best respond.Hi guys
I just finished 3.0, first time trying any of the Giant series. I had only just barely learnt C&P and I loved it. I have strong as well, though I have a small niggle in my weak shoulder, so I’m going to do Strong phase 1 with double kb front squats while I correct my weaker shoulder. I think for me, the minimalist approach of both Giant and Strong work great for me, and I could quite happily spend the next few years going between both.Hi guys, I bought the Giant and Strong and I haven't really started the programs yet, just done some casual sets-of-3 for 25 mins workouts, and I can already tell this is the program for me. I've been messing around with KBs for several years, but never had any goal oriented training.
I'm wondering how you macro-plan in this program. Let's say I can get 1.0 with the 20's currently, and my long term goal is to do that with the 32's, over say a year or so (longer is fine too). After running 1.0-1.2 with the 20s, would I be able to jump into 3.0 with the 24s? Or should I switch to the strength block from Strong (I'm assuming the hypertrophy/conditioning block in strong is not necessary with the giant 1.x's)? Or mix in RoP?
I see some people saying 3.1, 3.2, I assume they just added +1 and +2 reps to all of the sets in 3.0 to bridge the gap between that and 1.0? That makes sense. So can you just go 3.0 3.1 3.2 1.0 1.1 1.2 with each set of bells? That would be pretty sweet.
Would there be any deficiencies or injury risk to running this program for a long period of time? Currently I have very strong legs and posterior chain, very weak upper body. I am hoping to balance that out a little bit. I probably have a lot of newbie gain potential.
The only thing that I would want to add to the program is a very minimalistic mobility routine, any suggestions there? I am thinking just the S&S warmup for now.
Does KSK have a dbl kb front squat component? Between C&P and front squat, all my needs are met I think@Geoff Neupert just sent out an email about 3 ways to combine KSK and Giant.
No, King Sized Killer is 100% snatch. Based on his email it wouldn’t be a stretch to do an wk 1 A-B-A wk 2 B-A-B and do C&P on A days a la giant and on B days do A FS block.Does KSK have a dbl kb front squat component? Between C&P and front squat, all my needs are met I think
But he does refer in the email to one client doing snatches then presses, and then double front squat in a separate session.No, King Sized Killer is 100% snatch. Based on his email it wouldn’t be a stretch to do an wk 1 A-B-A wk 2 B-A-B and do C&P on A days a la giant and on B days do A FS block.
I don't think you have to get too tricky with front squat programming alongside any of The Giant variations. I just plug in 2 or 3 sets of 5, or sets of 3,5,7 before or after a C&P session or on an in-between day.Between C&P and front squat, all my needs are met I think