re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Did he ever say if he was done strength coaching? I haven't seen his name pop up anywhere regarding college programs.

I sent you an email this morning.

ETA: looks like most of the revamped programs are 5 days too

any recommendations on which one of these programs to try out?

for reference ive been pretty seriously lifting for a long time now. my last few programs have been Nippard's powerbuilding programs. i ran the original two consecutive cycles and finishing up 2.0 in two weeks so im looking to try something new and some of these have me intrigued. both were the 5-6 day versions but i could make anything work.

With your experience I would look at Dr Jacked and Dr Jacked returns. Possibly the arm farm programs if you are looking for more arm focus.

Which ones intrigued you?

Prolly Silverback 1 & remastered or filling out the hoodie 1&2 as both have a ton of back work.

You can't go wrong just pick one and run it. Then run it again or go to he sequel.

I suggest just using 90% training max and then adding 5lbs to upper body and 10lbs to lower body TM monthly.

8 weeks then a deload. Do that and when you have to reset, take your tm back 3-4 cycles

So you offer q&a based consultancy (paid)? Basic things like "In this program what does this mean?" Or "I'm struggling with this, can you answer a few questions and give some guidance"?

Basically I'm looking for a coach via periodic email correspondence. No face to face or phone work.

I'm starting Grasshopper tomorrow. I see most all the workouts have a section with blanks for the weight or % of 1rp max. What weight should I be doing for these sets?

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The sections with blanks, find a weight you can do for the assigned reps. If you do 5 on the first set, but you feel like you could do more, bump the weight up on the next set until it is challenging. Then the next time you have that exercise you will have a reference.

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Unless you already know your maxes on those lifts. In that case mutiply your max by 0.9 and make that your training max. From there....use the % listed off that training max number.

I suggest running Grasshopper over and over so long as you can add weight each time you rerun. If you can run it 3 times in a row do it.

Take a week off between each. Then move on to another.

Gonna get started on a second round of Hyper-Trophy tonight and excited to attack it, knowing what I'm getting into

Is there a generally agreed-upon approach for core/abs with PPSA? Considering working in a quick circuit on non-squat days

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KISS approach

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Certainly favored. I typically just superset a crunch, rotation, and/or hold for 2-3 sets then call it a day

I'm a fan! The change in volume was welcomed since running GS. It had been a while finding a "true" 5RM (we moved in July) so I just picked a safe number. It was maybe the most shoulder work I've done so far, OHP felt as good as ever. My wife said my arms look nice which always feels good

I anticipate this next round will be illuminative, especially since I'm done eating like shite through the holidays. I bought the strong app to track it (no printer ), will start posting in the check-in thread