I started scheduele A last week. Yesterday I did the 1st day of the second week. I added in squats and ab work as suggested. In the past I started the Giant, but I have to admit I never completed a full block of 4 weeks. I was always racing the clock and felt burned out and lost my motivation if I did not improve from the week before. So I made a change in my approach: I start the clock and turn it around so I don't see how long I've been going at it and also I don't count the sets. The only guideline I have are the guardrails as given in the program. Because of this I don't know if I'm improving in reps, but the upside is I don't burn out as much and feel al lot better. And I'll see the progress for a whole block instead of from week to week.
I have one question about the other schedules (I plan on running them a 3 back to back): The other schedules contain dips. But I don't have dip bars. And our chairs are too low; If i perform dips on them, my feet drag along the floor at the lowest point.
If I decide not to invest in Dips Bars (I think I also have to buy a new kettlebell for schedule B), would it be ok to change the dips for Push-ups (and following the same RM parameters given) because both are an upper body push, or do the differ to much?