Your longest layoff or rebooting to novice

[Troy]

Hi Mark,

In 'Strong Enough' you mention that it scares you to stop training.
So you have never considered pausing your training and rebooting back to early novice stage? If nothing more to gauge your progress back to where you were, for other folks your similar age, and gain more knowledge for older trainees?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should. I s'pose just wanted to know if it was just a deep personal thing (never to stop), or do you think your age-group/ old-master level wouldn't digest a reboot back to early novice?

Cheers

[Mark Rippetoe]

You haven't read PPST2, have you? You do not understand what "novice" means.

[Troy]

I have, I bought the book (along with SS ans SE) . Would not anyone who reaches the Adv stage after long-period detraining (doing nothing or say LSD for 6 odd months)go back to novice level were 3 same workouts per week are the best approach? Well not novice but just linear-progression, as apposed to the T-Meth or similar programming?

[Mark Rippetoe]

If the adaptation has already occurred, how can you train as though it hasn't?

[Troy]

...but not training in 6 odd months, or doing just LSD.
I was only wondering if you had. IF nothing more than to use yourself to gain further knowledge.

[Mark Rippetoe]

I haven't gone 3 weeks without training since 1977. But you have not read the book, or if you have you don't understand it.

[stef]

Layoffs don't revert you to novice in the same way that a dry spell doesn't make you regain your virginity.

[Will Morris]

Layoffs don't revert you to novice in the same way that a dry spell doesn't make you regain your virginity.

Easily the most amusing thing I have read in a while. Thanks Stef.

Maybe what Mr. Troy is talking about is running a rapid linear progression to regain some of the strength lost after a lay-off. It may not be in this case, but it seems like "linear progression" and "novice training" are almost used interchangeably around the board.

[PapaBear59]

I may be misunderstanding what you are asking but I believe Rip addresses this beginning on p. 75 in PPST II.

[Gunnhild Bruno]

Layoffs don't revert you to novice in the same way that a dry spell doesn't make you regain your virginity.

Nice one, stef.