Training Without a Plan Followup

[johnnys]

Andy -

I ran 8/5/2 for a couple cycles after a phone consult last fall. My son started Training Without a Plan to fit in lifting with martial arts and school and made progress. When he came home for summer, I was ready something less stressful and wanted to be compatible so we could lift together. We kind of compressed/bastardized TWAP for me with a modest reset, to fit with 2 day LP for him and it's worked so far, but I'd appreciate your input on whether my progress is sustainable, or if another program (or back to 8/5/2) is going to be required now that I'm past where I reset from.

My plan has been:
Sunday: Deadlift, Bench
Wednesday: Squat, Press
with a single/double/triple rep top set and 2 back-off sets (1 for deads) at 5ish reps and then 7ish reps. That fits well with the kid's standard LP lifts and 1 bar setup.

I'm 52, 215lbs, current 2RMs are 420 squat, 325 bench, 445 dead and 202 press. I haven't tested 1RMs, but have hit 2 rep top sets consistently for many weeks (and 3 for deads). Have been adding 5lb on squat and dead, 2.5 on bench and press.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

If it's still working for you, then keep doing this. Obviously the simplicity of this is nice, but you'll probably hit a wall at some point where you need more volume. But......if you haven't hit that wall yet, stay the course.