Be careful with SQ jumps that go from 10lbs to 7.5. You may need to bring them to 5lbs right away after 10lbs. Same thing for the DL. For the DL, yes you can move to 2-3 triples. For the PC, you can start them at 5x3 and then move them to 2s and 1s.
I just finished watching the latest Starting Strength Radio on training female lifters and I have realized that I fucked up. Long story short, I need to adjust my wife's programming and I'm triple-checking I have my information correct for the rest of her NLP. Rip talks about changing the reps and sets for squats and presses from 3 sets of 5 reps to 5 sets of 3 reps, and then he says that the deadlifts should go from 1x5 to sets across, so would that be something like 2-3x3? What about power cleans? Do power cleans need to be reduced further to something like 4x2 or is it just a matter of proper weight jumps? Would power cleans also follow weight jump progression that pressing movements do?
Progression for females as I currently understand it:
Squats
Sets and reps: 3x5 -> 5x3
Weight jumps: 10 lbs -> 7.5 lbs -> 5 lbs -> 2.5 lbs
Presses
Sets and reps: 3x5 -> 5x3
Weight jumps: 2.5 lbs -> 1 lb
Deadlifts
Sets and reps: 1x5 -> 2-3x3
Weight jumps: 10 lbs -> 7.5 lbs -> 5 lbs -> 2.5 lbs
Power Cleans
Sets and reps: 5x3 -> ???
Weight jumps: 2.5 lbs -> 1 lb
Be careful with SQ jumps that go from 10lbs to 7.5. You may need to bring them to 5lbs right away after 10lbs. Same thing for the DL. For the DL, yes you can move to 2-3 triples. For the PC, you can start them at 5x3 and then move them to 2s and 1s.
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Excellent, thank you. One more question: If she is doing light day squats (80% 5RM) should she still be doing sets of 5 or should it be 3s as well?
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You got it. Thank you for the clarification and advice!