After double checking: PPST doesn't explicitly say three sets, you're right about that. I was selectively recalling information from the examples in the book. Your point is taken. I tend to get lost in the details sometimes, so your comment is helpful.
I'm doing standard A/B with a light squat. I'll stick with that for now. I have not added pull ups yet.... Should I?
I'm getting my form looked at this Wednesday by an SSC coach in training, I think theres some forward movement at the bottom of my squat. If I clean that up I can make this last longer. Its not as present in the video, but sometimes I can feel the weight on my toes when its a poorly executed rep that I really grind out.
For reference here is my squat at 315 set 1, 315 Set 2. I think the bar speed is pretty good still and the squat programming is still driving progress.
Can I ask an off topic question - when you talk about how you would have course corrected if you were coaching, if you had been there; you are referring to coaching someone on all 3 of their workouts per week, correct?
Do you have many clients who do 3 sessions per week? I would imagine that only a very tiny percentage of people are capable of affording three private sessions a week - i currently live in NYC and i get one session every 4-6 weeks with my coach, so it feels like he basically doesn't really know how its going for me, and he isn't able to make corrections as things happen, and i have to modify my program as I go, make the decisions of which changes to make, etc.. it just feels like one session every month is not enough for him to even make a difference.
but i see coaches on here talking about people they trained through the whole LP all the time, i just wonder who all these people are that have high end private trainers 3x a week. I would do anything to be able to do that, i want it more than anything,.