Since I’ve heard such wonderful things about Sheiko I’ve decided to give it a run. From what I’ve read I should really be attempting to make the program my own and modify it to my needs. But… I don’t know what they are. So I think I need some help.
I lift single ply, in a USAPL or USPF affiliated Irish fed. Best lifts of a 485 squat, 345 bench and 485 deadlift at 198, 20 years old.
- I’ve always pulled conventional, but intend to switch to sumo in the near future, would doing all the deadlift like exercises as sumo be a good idea since I’d be learning and trynig to get used to the techniques and positions involved?
Maybe doing the first deadlift movement on wednesday in a suit with the straps down, and the 2nd DL movemnt of the day, and the rest of the week raw.
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I’m thinking of doing the first 4 weeks of squats without a belt since I’m coming off 2 comps in 7 weeks so I’d like a bit of a break from heavy weight. Good idea?
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My raw bench strength is important to me, just because! So would doing say (btw I’m looking at the basic sheiko prep cycle for this!) 3 boards on Monday, raw flat work on Wednesday and incline benching on Friday be a good idea?
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If I run thru 4 weeks of the prep cycle, should I then go onto the comp cycle or re-test my maxes and run the prep cycle again with the revised weights?
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I’ve put all my numbers into the cycle, and it looks a little on the light side. Is this just because the volume is so high?? Is it really enough to get strength gains out of?
I know alot of the questions probably have a best answer of “try it and see” but I was just hoping I some peple with more experince might have tried something alon the same lines and might be able to chime in with some tips. Thanks all!