re: Pen and Paper Strength App

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i use 90% which is the lowest he reccomends

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Does this mean that you take 90% of your max, then use that value to calculate the 60%,65%,70%,75% etc?

In other words bench max 200 x .9 = 180
Sets are then a percentage of 180?

I've been taking 100% 1RM for that calculation, am I doing it right?

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I've been taking 100% 1RM for that calculation, am I doing it right?

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You did it again Papi.

You must be wiped out every night.

Well shite… I’ve been using 100% 1rm and saying frick it when the plate changes aren’t easy lol. 220 becomes 225

I was doing 95% TM until last month doing deadlifts gave me an electric jolt up my back a few times. That scared me back to 90%.

Is he in season? If not then I wouldn’t do the conditioning until about 6 weeks out. I would focus on the speed program from strong and fast af.

Personally for football off season….strong and fast AF>>>sports strength assuming they don’t need to gain or lose anything and just need to focus on strength and speed

If they need size, I would do strongville/brick house once or twice each, the. Strong and fast af 2x then sports strength

Just my opinion. I don’t believe in conditioning just to condition and believe it should mimic the sport work rest ratios and the energy systems used in the sport

So my personal opinion(which is worth shite) is that his conditioning is much like Moffits was….fricking bullshite that does nothing to help anyone get better.

If it was conditioning for baseball, I would never do anything like what he has written in sports strength


ETA: Ftr it’s just the gassers in the program I think are stupid. The 100 yards the hard way is good shite but I still think the strong and fast AF is better for speed.

Makes sense

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I'm surprised he doesn't utilize an assault bike or a rower to get some kind of conditioning in. I mean throw a tabata in every couple days on either machine or just put some burpees in.

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well that would be good for gen pop but for sports....its sprint work and strongman work/circuits. really all their should be when it comes to conditioning.

either you are using it to get faster or you are using it for hypertrophy/functional work.

for gen pop he uses the cardio as reason to get more hypertrophy work in.

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aussie111

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Welcome

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Going to try to keep this conversation going, as it's the only PPSA discussions I can find on the net, and I have read it a few times and learnt a lot. Plus, it’s soon Squatober again
I have almost finished the 4th week of Brace Yourself in prep for Squatober on Monday and lost a few pounds of fat, gained muscle and added weight to bench, squat and deadlift
Then going to take AA's option to finish Brace Yourself in November before S&J in December.
Then Pool Season in January and Pool Season 2 in February, as it's summer here in Australia.
I am lucky to have a home gym, as I capitalized all the COVID lockdown equipment people are now selling. Love these programs a lot and will keep them going for as long as a can

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hell yea bro!!!!

squatober has its own thread and many times we do program parties were everyone does the same program for a month after voting on it and then everyone post in the same thread. stick around, we have good discussion here. oh and dont be scared to speak up and post, we are all always looking to learn or get insights from others.

13 year old has been running Grasshopper during the football season, I like the low intensity of it. Any recommendations for off season work? He ran 531 beginner prep with sandbag work instead of the circuit prior to this season. BTW, that seemed to do very well together. His upper back got crazy results. Go back to beginner prep, or should we go with a PPSA program? Pool Season 1&2 maybe?