TM squats, LP everything else - when to deadlift?

[Stu Hughes]

Andy,

You know I'm running TM on squats only, but I know it's preferred NOT to deadlift on the squat volume day.

What if I power clean Monday, introduce the power snatch Wednesday, and deadlift Friday BUT just run them all linearly, looking to increase each week?

Mon: PC 5x3
Wed: PS 8x2
Fri: DL 1x5

Thanks.

Stu

[Adam Skillin]

Andy,

You know I'm running TM on squats only, but I know it's preferred NOT to deadlift on the squat volume day.

What if I power clean Monday, introduce the power snatch Wednesday, and deadlift Friday BUT just run them all linearly, looking to increase each week?

Mon: PC 5x3
Wed: PS 8x2
Fri: DL 1x5

Thanks.

Stu

Not preferred by whom? I think Rip likes (or maybe liked, past tense?) the deadlifts on volume day, while I'm pretty sure I've seen Andy Baker respectfully opine that it may work better to pull heavy on intensity day.

But the way you have it laid out makes perfect sense to me. But it wouldn't be a fatal flaw if you flipped the DL's and PC's between Monday and Friday, in my opinion.

[BareSteel]

Deadlifts were done on Volume day in previous editions of Practical Programming, but Rip has since reconsidered (I don't know how much input Andy had on this) and the new recommendation is to pull deads on Friday as per PPST3. The idea is that you'll be a little fresher to pull after one heavy set of squats versus five volume sets. I like deadlifting on Friday, but I'm sure there are individual preferences to consider here.

The way you have laid it out sounds reasonable, Stu. The PC and DL format ere identical to what I'm doing presently - only I chin on Wednesday instead of snatch (I lack the technique and ceiling height to snatch!) Your version will work just fine. Remember that Wednesday is supposed to be a light day, so if your power snatches start to become really taxing, remember to adjust your programming accordingly. Because of the lighter nature of snatches compares to power cleans, and especially deadlifts, I don't anticipate this becoming a problem too soon.

[Stu Hughes]

Thanks for the feedback!

[MattJ.D.]

Yeah I do the intensity day Deadlifts my last template looks like this


I also power snatch on wednesday for 2x3, along with chins