Not John but my guess is since he will be recycling ph1 a couple of times, he'll use the short course to peak eventually then decide after what the next step should be
Why not do the long course(or whatever it was called)?
Not John but my guess is since he will be recycling ph1 a couple of times, he'll use the short course to peak eventually then decide after what the next step should be
I did consider this as that is what I did in 2015. However, I am older now and also lighter in body weight. I'm handling the weights but feel I could benefit from a more "strength based approach" for a while longer before tackling the "work capacity"-type protocol. I eventually want to take down the 36s in the "short course" as my long term goal at a leaner body weight.Why not do the long course(or whatever it was called)?
@Mark Limbaga, @Oscar .... Your replies are both spot on! I emailed Geoff about this a few days ago and I'm going to bounce a plan of attack off of him shortly as to how proceed!
keep us posted about your test and how you proceed.Wow, time flies! Phase 1 is done with the exception of the Rep Max test which I will do tomorrow or Saturday. How that goes will dictate which step is next.
As my initial weight goal has been met I'm pretty confident It'll deliver the strength increase results as usual!
nice man. When you are maxing are they straight presses or c&p. You gonna run through phase 1 again at double the reps?"Strong!" delivered again! I reached my initial weight goal which was an even 200, When I first started this thread I weighed 207 and three days ago I was 198.8. My initial rep max with 2 36 kilogram bells was 4 reps. Today I got 8 reps! (pretty certain the 9th rep would have been truly sloppy/dangerous so I didn't try)….. So in a nutshell I doubled my rep max and was able to get into a pair of jeans I hadn't been able to wear comfortably for quite a while.
Simple in design, challenging in execution!
Proceeding directly to the "short course" is not going to happen at this time like I had initially hoped. Those 8 reps hit me hard and at my age I don't want to risk it. There is no way that in 3 weeks I would be able to do 10x6 with condensed rests. Given more time to ease into it, yes I could! patience is the key here.
Anyone given thoughts on the one program a+a yet. Most a+a is 5 reps a set and from the q&d book it says 200 reps is about the most a person can perform powerfully in a session.
Do we think double swings are a different beast and maybe do more or less reps a set, and maybe 200 reps as an upper limit is too many?
I assume a person could just treat it as do as many reps that allows you to do emom and quit for the day when you can’t keep that pace. Wave the volume. Try to improve with time.