Modifying PL program for general strength

[Sean Herbison]

But would i still benefit from LP? I know it's not LP, just referencing to the ones that say "do the novice program, gain weight".

Doing the program and gaining weight aren't magic, but they do work pretty well, and that's why we recommend them.

Specifically, i would like to modify PTW - PowerliftingToWin program which i was planning on doing before

Then listen to Tom Narvaez. PTW is his site.

It's really hard for me to gain weight

Like I said, so is lifting. I'm not going to tell you it's a moral imperative to gain weight, but sometimes we have to do hard things to get the results we want.

[John Hanley]

But would i still benefit from LP?

You left out height and gender.

Assuming you're a male, under 55ish, over 5'4"....yeah, you'll probably benefit tremendously from a focused, organized & meticulously executed LP.

[Soulreaper]

Male, 173cm i guess.

[John Hanley]

Male, 173cm i guess.

173cm & 70kg?

Come on man

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Male, 173cm i guess.

You'll want to add at least 8kg to that.

[marcf]

70kg?

That's how much my left leg weighs.

[Les Hahn]

Roll with me for a few days, and I can show you how to gain weight. :-)

[Soulreaper]

Why do people of this forum so strongly advise to gain weight? It really gets redundant and i asked for opinion on the program, not my weight. Anyway, goal is ~80kg by the end of the year, not sure if possible.

Roll with me for a few days, and I can show you how to gain weight. :-)

Does it include roids?

[John Hanley]

Why do people of this forum so strongly advise to gain weight?

Because hypertrophy

[Chebass88]

Why do people of this forum so strongly advise to gain weight? It really gets redundant and i asked for opinion on the program, not my weight. Anyway, goal is ~80kg by the end of the year, not sure if possible.

Does it include roids?

The absolute easiest way to get stronger is to gain weight while you do it. Every lift will go up while gaining weight. As Hanley mentioned, hypertrophy. A bigger muscle tends to be a stronger muscle.

It also works the other way - if you lose weight, your lifts go down. This is noticed on the bench & overhead press especially.

It is absolutely possible to get stronger while maintaining the same weight. The difficulty comes because your diet, recovery, and stress you impart to your body must all be tightly controlled.