Silenus
Level 3 Valued Member
Hello good people of StrongFirst,
I'm a first time poster, but a (very) long time follower.
Recently I became really fascinated by the philosophy behind Plan Strong and the Soviet system of training in general. I have a couple of questions about them, If I may:
1) In the routines that I found on this site, like the 5TRM Back Squat Program or A Science-Based Plan to Prepare You for the SFG , I noticed that the 1RM, which the working weights are based on, is not "updated" for many weeks. I suppose that it will improve through the course of the program, so a 70% at week 4 is not the same as a 70% at week 1. Can I ask the rationale behind it? Why is it not autoregulated in some way?
Coach Chris Sommers often says that the supporting structures of the muscle, like tendons and ligaments, adapt way slower than the muscle itself, so you shouldn't increase the intensity too rapidly, even if you theoretically could. Has anything to do with that?
2) Can this kind of training be applied to more than one lift at once?
3) Can it be used year-round?
Thank you so much!
I'm a first time poster, but a (very) long time follower.
Recently I became really fascinated by the philosophy behind Plan Strong and the Soviet system of training in general. I have a couple of questions about them, If I may:
1) In the routines that I found on this site, like the 5TRM Back Squat Program or A Science-Based Plan to Prepare You for the SFG , I noticed that the 1RM, which the working weights are based on, is not "updated" for many weeks. I suppose that it will improve through the course of the program, so a 70% at week 4 is not the same as a 70% at week 1. Can I ask the rationale behind it? Why is it not autoregulated in some way?
Coach Chris Sommers often says that the supporting structures of the muscle, like tendons and ligaments, adapt way slower than the muscle itself, so you shouldn't increase the intensity too rapidly, even if you theoretically could. Has anything to do with that?
2) Can this kind of training be applied to more than one lift at once?
3) Can it be used year-round?
Thank you so much!