Hi,
after one year of wendler 5/3/1 (which i enjoyed very much), i fell the need to do something different and to change my “coach”.
I’ve ever loved Thibaudeau’s advices and workouts and i want to try something about this.
Assuming that i can train just 3 day/week (+ sometimes an extra day of cardio), that i love training heavy and that my goal is to getting strongher and improve my performance, my 5RM, 3RM, 1RM on the big lifts, which Thib’s program can i choose?
CT does not write much about strength specific programs. And, the majority of his programs are five, or even six days per week.
Probably best to stick with a Wendler program.
If you can I can’t suggest enough goin for a 4 or 5 day split. I train powerlifting. Bench and Squat twice a week, Deadlift once. I won’t go back to lower frequency. For me it has done wonders. Also I highly recommend thibarmy.com blog, search for Hepburn Layers. Holy shit did that work like viagra for me. I added 20kgs to my bench and Squat in 4 weeks
If you absolutely can’t squeeze in a fourth day of lifting then you could try looking at the calendar differently.
Just go by workouts instead of training weeks. The program I recently finished was four days a week for 12 weeks. That’s 48 workouts. The same program would take you 16 weeks.
I’m not sure if you’d see the same progress but it’s an option.
So I assume that’s what you are doing then? After all you’ve been whining for 3+ years how you cannot progress and can’t reach the physique you had 4 years ago. If it gives you Godly gains, I assume that you are saying that because you actually tried it and since it works so well that’s how you are still training… right?
In the past i tried to adapt a 4 day/week program in a 3 days/week routine (following the scheme ABC - DAB - CDA - BCD) but the frequency was too low and i cannot progress at a good rate…
It seems interesting, but in relation with the rep/set scheme you posted i dont’ undestand how to matching the compound movement.
Bench, squat and deadlift every day?
Thanks!
I think it would work well. You bench/squat twice per week and deadlift once. Too be honest personally I dont think my clean has much carry over to my dead( because i dont practice the clean enough throughout the year, it is definitely is fun though ).If you really wanted to keep the clean you could do it before deads.