Originally Posted by
Jordan Feigenbaum
Well, I am not sure where you're at either since I don't know you- either biblically or as a lifter, but certainly anything non westside based is > westside training. Rate of adaptation is what I use to determine training level. Have you read Practical Programming?
This has been my experience as well, though I admit there is a learning curve to doing the workout expediently.
I don't think there's any reason it wouldn't work, but I don't see the advantage to it either. I don't think the press responds well, strength wise, to TM style programming and if anything makes the press better for intermediate level lifters, it's probably getting their bench up (unless >1.5x BW and not underweight, in general). In that case, probably better for more frequency of press to get it to go up, but since we can't do everything at once- I'd just stick to prioritizing one (bench or press) per cycle.