PaulAtreides
Level 3 Valued Member
Hi all,
In a different post, I've stumbled upon a concept that I have so far been ignorant about: "Training age"
in the context of the post, he was referring to the amount of time spent training and used that to classify a lifter as Novice, Intermediate and Advanced.
So far, I've just been using basic wave patterns and 3-6 week blocks, changing programs whenever things stopped working. I assume this is kind of an important topic though...
First question: Is this outlined in any of Pavel's books (I have all of his dragondoor-era books, can't remember it being mentioned) or what is an in-depth resource to read about the topic?
Second question: Is training age and level (novice, etc.) a global variable or can you be novice and advanced at the same time, for example, advanced pull-ups, novice ring dips, intermediate overhead presser?
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let's take my case as a concrete example
I'm trying to find out what I would identify as, so here is some data on me:
- 22y/o, started regularly doing pull-ups at age 13
- started weighted pull-ups at age 15-16
- started Barbell OHP at 18 (took a couple of breaks though, maybe 6 months of accumulated training)
- started doing chin-ups and ring dips 1 month ago
Took half a year off every now and then, "by accident" rather than as part of periodization.
So what would I be, in terms of novice/intermediate/advanced?
In a different post, I've stumbled upon a concept that I have so far been ignorant about: "Training age"
in the context of the post, he was referring to the amount of time spent training and used that to classify a lifter as Novice, Intermediate and Advanced.
So far, I've just been using basic wave patterns and 3-6 week blocks, changing programs whenever things stopped working. I assume this is kind of an important topic though...
First question: Is this outlined in any of Pavel's books (I have all of his dragondoor-era books, can't remember it being mentioned) or what is an in-depth resource to read about the topic?
Second question: Is training age and level (novice, etc.) a global variable or can you be novice and advanced at the same time, for example, advanced pull-ups, novice ring dips, intermediate overhead presser?
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let's take my case as a concrete example
I'm trying to find out what I would identify as, so here is some data on me:
- 22y/o, started regularly doing pull-ups at age 13
- started weighted pull-ups at age 15-16
- started Barbell OHP at 18 (took a couple of breaks though, maybe 6 months of accumulated training)
- started doing chin-ups and ring dips 1 month ago
Took half a year off every now and then, "by accident" rather than as part of periodization.
So what would I be, in terms of novice/intermediate/advanced?