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Good afternoon!
Who has followed the Easy Strength template of alternating 2 week blocks of PM with PTTP?
I am interested in this methodology.
I want to get my deadlift to 405. I have topped out at a conventional 390 a few years ago at around 190 lbs bodyweight using Easy Strength's, Steve Justa's singles routine. I have successfully gotten up to 380 using PTTP. I get to the high 300's and usually hit a wall. Some caveats: I am also fused at the spine, T1-L2 (Surgery was 16 years ago to correct sever thoracic kyphosis). I don't have any issues with pain. I have successfully nailed 200 snatches in 10:00 with 24kg. I can own the 32kg in the PM. Conditioning has never been a necessary weakness for me; my lack of strength has.
Why alternating the blocks intrigues me? Am I hitting a wall in the high 300's because of my fusion; is 390 my genetic limit given my skeletal shortcomings? Or, because of my skeletal shortcomings, working a 2 week block of deadlifts, and then coming back to them 2 weeks later may allow for more recovery time, and focusing on the PM may allow for movements that compliment the deadlift?
Lastly, I am not a powerlifter and chasing some number isn't necessarily a priority. The alternating of programs therefore makes sense to me as I need well-rounded fitness for my profession as a trainer, and as a high level recreational alpine skier (50 days per year on snow). BTW, the PM has done more to my skiing fitness than any other program in the 18 years I have trained, and 28 years I have skied.
The 405 goal is something I have failed to attain over several attempts. My stubbornness and unwillingness to quit is the only factor. I actually have some insecurity about not getting 405. I feel weak because of this failure (especially as a trainer who should be stronger than most).
Thanks in advance!
Who has followed the Easy Strength template of alternating 2 week blocks of PM with PTTP?
I am interested in this methodology.
I want to get my deadlift to 405. I have topped out at a conventional 390 a few years ago at around 190 lbs bodyweight using Easy Strength's, Steve Justa's singles routine. I have successfully gotten up to 380 using PTTP. I get to the high 300's and usually hit a wall. Some caveats: I am also fused at the spine, T1-L2 (Surgery was 16 years ago to correct sever thoracic kyphosis). I don't have any issues with pain. I have successfully nailed 200 snatches in 10:00 with 24kg. I can own the 32kg in the PM. Conditioning has never been a necessary weakness for me; my lack of strength has.
Why alternating the blocks intrigues me? Am I hitting a wall in the high 300's because of my fusion; is 390 my genetic limit given my skeletal shortcomings? Or, because of my skeletal shortcomings, working a 2 week block of deadlifts, and then coming back to them 2 weeks later may allow for more recovery time, and focusing on the PM may allow for movements that compliment the deadlift?
Lastly, I am not a powerlifter and chasing some number isn't necessarily a priority. The alternating of programs therefore makes sense to me as I need well-rounded fitness for my profession as a trainer, and as a high level recreational alpine skier (50 days per year on snow). BTW, the PM has done more to my skiing fitness than any other program in the 18 years I have trained, and 28 years I have skied.
The 405 goal is something I have failed to attain over several attempts. My stubbornness and unwillingness to quit is the only factor. I actually have some insecurity about not getting 405. I feel weak because of this failure (especially as a trainer who should be stronger than most).
Thanks in advance!