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Thread: Texas Method Phase 3 adjustment

  1. #1
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    Default Texas Method Phase 3 adjustment

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    H: 5'4
    W: 190

    Latest PRs:
    Squat: 350x5(sets)x1
    DL: 395x1
    Press: 140x5x1
    Bench: 205x2

    Current Program from this past week
    Sunday: Squat and DL Volume, Press and Bench Intensity
    Squat 260x5x6
    Press 130x3
    Bench 205x2
    DL 250x3x5

    Tuesday: Recovery Squat and lower back. Volume Bench
    Squat 205x2x5
    Bench 180x5x4
    Chin Ups with 10 lbs 6,4,4 (reps)

    Thursday: Intensity and Volume Press (Strict)
    Squat: 340x2, 340x1 (was supposed to be 340x3)
    Press: 125x1, 125x3, 125x1, 125x2, 125x1 (was supposed to be 125x5x3)
    DL: 380x1 (was supposed to be 385x3)

    I have been running Phase 3 of Texas Method and has been working out fine so far as how my weeks are set. It worked fine for 15 weeks, making PRs every week. I was going to follow Nick Delgadillo Press/Bench setup, but that did not work out for my time in the format he had it. So I decided to make intensity days for those 2 lifts on my Squat and DL volume days. That worked too for a few cycles.

    I started to follow a deload cycle on my volume Squat and DL days as seen on some links from Andy Baker with a 75% 5x6, 80% 5x5, 85% 5x4, which is reflected on my information above. That helped me for the last cycle of 3 weeks ending at the PRs I now have.

    Here comes the problem...This last Sunday I started my new 3 week cycle with the values above. It happens to be that my intensity day sucked all over. It appears to me that I was still recovering from my last volume session on the Squat and DL or maybe from the past intensity day which gave me my latest PRs.

    I am unsure at this point if to lower more the weight or the reps on volume day and redo this last intensity day or if to change the Texas Method Phase 3 week cycle of triple, doubles, singles for intensity. I am hoping to not waste 2 or 3 weeks of training just to find the right balance.

    Thanks!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2018
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    Bring back the presses to LP.

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