Modifying the Texas Method by Moving the Volume Pull
Back before the world paused, I was running a classic, out of the box Texas Method:
Sunday: Volume Squat, Volume Press or Bench, Volume Powerclean or Speed Deadlift
Tuesday: Light Squat, Medium Press or Bench and Back Extensions
Thursday: Intensity Squat, Intensity Press or Bench, Intensity Deadlift
I was running out of time on my volume day workout, and I was out of gas when it came time to do volume pulls. I didn't have the speed to do the cleans properly because I was exhausted and workouts were taking more than two hours. I got to some pretty decent numbers, but I was a sloppy, grindy mess and I want to take the time to do it right.
After I have gone through the Starting Strength library, I am currently sorting out form creep problems with my squat and deadlift by just being super strict with form and running a basic three day NLP from a relatively light weight. I won't have the time for marathon workouts like on a normal Texas Method program, but I wanted to do something like this to make the scheduling work:
Monday: Volume Squat, Volume Bench or Press
Tuesday: Powercleans, Weighted Chinups
Wednesday: Light Squat, Medium Press or Bench, Back Extensions
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Intensity Squat, Intensity Press or Bench, Intensity Deadlift
Advantage: I will be fresh for the powercleans meaning that I will be faster and thus able to handle heavier loads, and will be able to add weighted chin-ups back into my program.
Disadvantage: This will push the volume pull closer to the intensity day, and it may result in incomplete recovery by intensity day.
Does anyone care to weigh in on this? I think that it is a reasonable modification to the Texas Method and I should be able to make some decent progress with it. I think that this will work because there is less weight being used on the powercleans, which will impose less systemic stress.
Thank you,
James.
