New YouTube Video (Texas Method vs HLM)

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Episode 2: Texas Method vs Heavy-Light-Medium - YouTube

[Ben Patterson]

Hey Andy, great video!

I had a question regarding one of the rep scheme examples you gave and its application to to a one lift per day program, if you could please take the time to answer. Do you think the 1x1-3 followed by 3x5 ata 10-20% back off is a good starting point for a mid-intermediate male lifter (early 30s, young kids, moderate life stress)? My concern is getting enough weekly volume while managing training time around everything else. Thanks.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

If you are pushing it hard enough on that one lift per day then yes, plenty of people get good results on lower frequency programming.

[Kevin Lee]

On a similar note, have you come across many intermediates on a one lift per day program who are stalled or even regressing due to overtraining that lift?
I can imagine that may be possible with heavy deads or at elite levels but assuming adequate nutrition and sleep can you realistically overtrain the other lifts with a one lift per day routine?

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Yeah, maybe on Deads. Not with the other lifts. Usually its just a stagnation issue because the lifter is stuck on trying to progress a single rep scheme or just doesn't have enough volume and/or intensity in that 1x/week session.

[tavccp]

Hi andy thanks a lot for the video.

I just tried the TM but this not worked, i visited the "hole" you mention once due to sleeping problems, stress, illness problems and putting deads on wednesday (yes, it was stupid).

Now i'm following the older client template Heavy-Light-Medium | Andy Baker. Really like the "preparation" thing. The only difference to my program is for bench and press which are TM, because i can change the lift priority week to week and because i never failed them yet, i'm doing 1x4 though, soon i need to change to 3x2.

I'd like to know if u could answer some of the questions below

1)If i well understood, if the H day is stuck the problem are in the M and L rather than the heavy, then i would like to know: How to know when heavy is not too heavy?
2)if the H (3x5 across stucks) we can do 1 heavy set 1-3 and then back off, but how to adjust volume of L and M days, in the HLM template of that article, if the H day stucks ?
3)What i do if i can't do the 1x1 dead in friday (the gym i go friday don't allows it), i dow bb rows? rdl?

Thanks for the video, subscribed.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Hi andy thanks a lot for the video.

I just tried the TM but this not worked, i visited the "hole" you mention once due to sleeping problems, stress, illness problems and putting deads on wednesday (yes, it was stupid).

Now i'm following the older client template Heavy-Light-Medium | Andy Baker. Really like the "preparation" thing. The only difference to my program is for bench and press which are TM, because i can change the lift priority week to week and because i never failed them yet, i'm doing 1x4 though, soon i need to change to 3x2.

I'd like to know if u could answer some of the questions below

1)If i well understood, if the H day is stuck the problem are in the M and L rather than the heavy, then i would like to know: How to know when heavy is not too heavy?
2)if the H (3x5 across stucks) we can do 1 heavy set 1-3 and then back off, but how to adjust volume of L and M days, in the HLM template of that article, if the H day stucks ?
3)What i do if i can't do the 1x1 dead in friday (the gym i go friday don't allows it), i dow bb rows? rdl?

Thanks for the video, subscribed.

1) It is hard to know. I usually just look and see where L and M are and how they look (bar speed). If they are offset at say 20% and 10% respectively and bar speed looks fast then I'll likely decrease that offset to 10% and 5% respectively with also a possible increase in volume. If the L and M look okay then I'll address the heavy day and make whatever changes.
2) If I almost always base L and M day off my heaviest 5s on the H day.
3) You can't deadlift or you can't do max (1x1) deadlifts?

[Igor]

I didn't know that you had a Yt channel, that's excellent. Subscribed right away.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Just started it. Have some old shit on there but the quality was low. Trying to step up my social media game a bit

[PuddingFace]

Hey Andy, thanks for these great videos, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of these. One comment though - could you either write larger on the white board or zoom in on the board? Your writing is neat & clear, just a little small & hard to read at this distance.