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Tygerqb12
05-08-2012, 10:54 AM
Andy,

What are your thoughts on adding an additional recovery or light day between the intensity and volume days on a 3 day TM setup? I wanted to leave some additional room for conditioning/recreational sports, but still keep things moving on the strength front. I'm thinking the setup would look something like this:

Week 1 Volume, Recovery, Intensity
Week 2 Recovery, Volume, Recovery
Week 3 Intensity, Recovery, Volume
Week 4 Recovery, Intensity, Recovery


This method would lead to 3 PR attempts on intensity days every 4 weeks.

My main concern is that the two light weeks wouldn't include enough volume for sustained gains. Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Andy Baker (KSC)
05-09-2012, 04:55 PM
Research Starr Heavy-Light-Medium system. Let me know if you have questions.

Tygerqb12
05-09-2012, 07:48 PM
Thanks for the response. For some reason, I didn't fully grasp the Starr method my first time through PP, but the volume of the heavy-light-medium system seems more appealing. I'll give it a go.

Andy Baker (KSC)
05-09-2012, 08:40 PM
If you have any questions about the method let us know here. happy to help