Sure thing. Not sure how to link to individual posts so here’s explanation of the differences between the A, B and C programs from this thread (http://tnation.T-Nation.com/free_online_forum/sports_body_training_performance_bodybuilding_article/hepburn_solution_for_strength_and_power_1?id=2268213&pageNo=1):
[quote]As far as the pump sets go, he called them the “C” workout, and treated them separately.
At the end of his career he actually split up the two workouts “Power” and “Pump” and used them as I mentioned, one for a few months and the other for a few months.
First 3-4 months:
one set of 5 at 50%
60% x 1
70% x 1
80% x 1
4-10 singles @ 90% (“A Routine”)
when you peak out and cant add any more weight…
Second 3-4 months:
one set of 5 at 50%
60% x 1
70% x 1
80% or thereabouts for 4-10 sets of 3 (“B Routine”)
OR
80% for 3/3/3/3/3 building to 5/5/5/5/5 (“C Routine”)
I know its confusing because most of the online information shows him using the power and pump phases together in the same workout, but he advised me NOT to do that, and mentions the same in his videos.
He simply came to the conclusion that its too much work for most people (and himself once he rounded 50 years old…)
I have Thurston’s bio of him and it also mentions using them together. I can only imagine he used old articles to piece together Doug’s training.
Doug advised me to just focus on using a single rep routine “A” for everything strength related. It worked, and I managed to push my Clean and Jerk up from 140 to 170kg using the “A” routine alone.
For the past few years I have been focusing on cycling the “A” and “B” routines together and managed to push my bench up to 480 starting on the bottom(started at 280 after a layoff)and my squat up to 660 from the bottom up.
I wanted to chime in when I saw this article because Doug helped me all those years ago, and I wanted to “say thanks” in a way. I really hope more of you guys give this a try, it will do wonders for you. [/quote]
I’m pretty sure that Mahler’s article (that that thread is a response to) differentiates between the singles and the doubles to triples routine, though like much that came from from this era of strength training, a lot comes from hearsay, word of mouth, interviews, etc.
Here’s the link to Hepburn’s book:
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Hepburn/Hepburns%20Law/Hepburns%20Law.pdf
Haven’t read it in a while and to be honest I’m not sure the A routine is even mentioned in there, lol.
Anyways thanks again.
