Michael,
Thanks for the excellent talk! I have a few questions, if you don’t mind.
1) For pure novices, since you track their progress on fitbot, do you advise them on what their warm up and work set loads will be for the first couple of weeks until they get the hang of it? Or is all this information provided up front as per your instruction document and they work through it on their own?
2) I like the 8-week structure as it is just long enough to produce significant progress, without seeming like a major commitment for a first timer. For a pure novice who goes through the 8-week cycle for the first time, will you run them LP-style again for the second 8-week cycle to max out LP gains? Or switch everyone over to 3’s (like you mentioned) may be half way through the second 8-week cycle?
3) Do you include any conditioning in the classes? Or is the 90 min strictly to complete the lifts? Are participants advised to do conditioning on off days?
4) If you had the opportunity for the second class for intermediate lifters, would you keep it at a 3-day per week structure, or would you employ a 4-day structure?
Thanks