Originally Posted by
Richard Schmidt
Rip, I’m a 51-year old masters athlete and I just started doing linear progression two months ago, hit a wall at 235 for work sets in the squat. I had a spinal injury at age 24 and entire spine is arthritic now- pain is what stopped me yesterday. I am considering some of the volume-reducing options presented in The Barbell Prescription book (2 sets of 5, 3 sets of 3, 2 squat days per week). I intend to continue increasing intensity. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you for all that you have contributed to the culture.