Hi guys, after reading practical programming (by Rippetoe & Killgore) (PP) I'm left with a couple of questions:
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"A beginner/the novice can adapt to a load within 48-72h, thus a most optimal workout schedule would be one where he trains 3x a week, every WO seperated by 48h and seperating every 3 WO by a 72h window. "
But what if a beginner has the time and motivation to train everyday? mayb even twice a day...?
Is it possible to raise a beginners level of fitness faster than his strength gains (by adding GPP/light WO), so that he can eventually do more volume during a training week than proposed by PP and thus make more and faster progress?
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When it comes to adding days for the intermediate athlete, PP says:
use your current schedule untill progress stalls, before adding another day. CQ wait with adding another day to your schedule untill you really need it.
But then again: what if an intermediate athlete has the time and motivation to train more days/more times a day?
One way is to split the current volume over more WO.
But is it not also possible to raise an athletes level of fitness faster than his strength gains, thus while he still would make progress with 3 heavy days and a medium day, his level of fitness would allow him to train with 4 heavy days and a medium day, thus making FASTER progress?
summing things up:
- While leaving the training volume the same, one could add WOs during the week, leaving more rest between parts of the training volume which could have a beneficial effect on progression.
- When there is a need for more volume which doesn't fit in the current scheme an athlete is forced to add more WOs.
- BUTwith increased level of fitness an athlete could add WOs during the week, which leads to added volume during the week which wouldnt be neccesary for progression at this point but it would lead to FASTER progression.
am I right ?
I hope my ramblings make any sense and I hope you guys can clear this stuff up for me
-
"A beginner/the novice can adapt to a load within 48-72h, thus a most optimal workout schedule would be one where he trains 3x a week, every WO seperated by 48h and seperating every 3 WO by a 72h window. "
But what if a beginner has the time and motivation to train everyday? mayb even twice a day...?
Is it possible to raise a beginners level of fitness faster than his strength gains (by adding GPP/light WO), so that he can eventually do more volume during a training week than proposed by PP and thus make more and faster progress?
-
When it comes to adding days for the intermediate athlete, PP says:
use your current schedule untill progress stalls, before adding another day. CQ wait with adding another day to your schedule untill you really need it.
But then again: what if an intermediate athlete has the time and motivation to train more days/more times a day?
One way is to split the current volume over more WO.
But is it not also possible to raise an athletes level of fitness faster than his strength gains, thus while he still would make progress with 3 heavy days and a medium day, his level of fitness would allow him to train with 4 heavy days and a medium day, thus making FASTER progress?
summing things up:
- While leaving the training volume the same, one could add WOs during the week, leaving more rest between parts of the training volume which could have a beneficial effect on progression.
- When there is a need for more volume which doesn't fit in the current scheme an athlete is forced to add more WOs.
- BUTwith increased level of fitness an athlete could add WOs during the week, which leads to added volume during the week which wouldnt be neccesary for progression at this point but it would lead to FASTER progression.
am I right ?
I hope my ramblings make any sense and I hope you guys can clear this stuff up for me
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