Improved Recovery While Staying Home

[Squatobot]

Hi Coach Rip,

For those of us with a bar and rack at home, we now have unprecedented levels of recovery.

More sleep, no stress of commuting, training at optimal hours with just the right amount of food, no waiting for the squat rack, no rushing our rest periods to get home and cook, etc...

Are you open to the idea that this situation would warrant a change of the program to include higher volume and/or intensity?

If so, what might that look like? Adding a Saturday workout of accessories? Training every other day with no weekend off? 4 sets of 4? A lower-upper split scheme? Deadlifting on both Monday and Friday?

I am very interested on how to use this situation to maximize gains.

Stay strong!

30 y/o male 6’4’’ 225lb
Squat: 275lbs 3x5
Deadlift: 335lbs 1x5
Floor press (no bench): 195 3x5
Push press (long story): 175 3x5

[Mark Rippetoe]

You're not very strong right now. Maybe use this unemployment as an opportunity to lift heavier weights on the same program.