Is the 2 day rest required for Texas Method?
Did a novice progression years ago (2014) and now I'm back to it. Currently 39 and retired so scheduling, time, diet and sleep are no longer issues.
I'm 1 month in, I've been working out every other day (14 sessions total)
Squat 105 -> 210
Bench 85 -> 150
Deadlift 135 -> 265
Power clean was introduced 9 days ago, Chins will be introduced in 3 days. Currently doing 5 lb jumps on Squat/Bench Press will likely hit 2.5lb jumps soon. 10 lb jumps on deadlift still.
My question isn't really my individual situation as I'm not stuck and I'm still doing NLP. It's just a general one: Is the two day rest for SS/Texas Method intentional programming or just a factor of most people's schedules? I've been reading Practical Programming and it doesn't seem required, but the Texas Method has a 2 day rest and I didn't see any examples of it done on a 6 day schedule. So far in NLP, recovery has not been an issue at all. If anything I feel squats go better the session after deadlifts. My body previous was accustomed to plenty of volume on the lifts doing other programming.
So my question is can I just skip the 2 day rest? Is it going to come back to haunt me? Or should I just proceed and pay careful attention to whether I'm short on rest vs volume?