Running Out of Time

[Justin Wishart]

Hey Folks,
I’m a 47 year old just coming out of the first 2 weeks of Starting Strength. I’m finding it hard to complete the full workout in the time I have available to me.

I know the 4 day split is an intermediate level program. Is there a way to have a 4 day split NLP program or will there not be enough recovery time? Here is an example I thought of:

Week A
Squat/press
Deadlift/benchpress
Squat/press
Power clean/bench press

Week B
Squat/bench press
Deadlift/press
Squat/bench press
Power Clean/press

Then add chins on the DL days when I get there.

I’m new to all this, so I wouldn’t be surprised if my question is ignorant.

[Maybach]

This is less volume than a 3x a week program, so that's the issue, not recovery time. A lot of people find this dose works, more or less.

[Jason Donaldson]

Hi, Justin - please tell us more about your training environment. What kind of gym, equipment, etc. Also, how long is your workout taking now, where is the time going (especially how long are you taking between warmup sets?) and what are your time constraints? These details will help us guide you to ways to do the NLP appropriately.

Height and weight would be good to know, as well, along with current working weights.