Originally Posted by
mrflibble
This certainly all applies to the novice template in SSBBT. The lifter decides the loads, not the book, which advises the workout to workout increments following on from the "feeling" based foundation of the first workout. SSBBT also contains a novice template that "applies to almost everbody". In other words, if this is valid criticism pointing out the flaws of RPE based programs it is similarly a valid criticism of the NLP template. Personally, I don't think this is actually an issue with either method, and instead think it is an overall positive.