re: The Greyskull Methods- A Primer

Here, read the stuff in here

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11/1 Old Man GSLP 5 rep update

Bench 202.5*
Press 155*
Squat 230
Dead 260

my 5 rep presses both are hitting hard caps finally, so I switched to Greg Nuchols 3xweek medium volume template with training max = 220. I've added 3x5 135lb presses on day 3. Just finished week 4/day 2 this morning and will be testing max on Saturday when my son comes over to spot me. I'm dying to bench 225 like a real man!

Yea well he still owes me for LCI2 and a call with him for a year now. Heard that he has a new book plenty of times. He was supposed to release 2 new books in 2019 and the book this year


I'll believe it when I see it.

Nice, just added him.

Anyone had luck with Texas Method style cycling or “running it out” on GSLP once you get into intermediate territory?

I know there’s brief discussion of a “for powerlifting” template somewhere in the book and JP talks about simply rotating in a similar lift, but I can’t shake my love of hitting triples and big singles. I was thinking something like this for the squat, for example:

2x5, 1x5+ @ 315 (5,5,3)

Hit triples for a few sessions until...
4x3, 1x3+ @ 330 (3,3,3,3,2)

Doubles until...
7x2, 1x2+ @ 350 (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1)

Then starting back at whatever weight you got stuck at on 5s and running it back up until you hit another snag. It’s an idea I may frick around with.

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What is JP's background, I have always wondered why his program is so popular.

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lsu777 can chime in with more detail and correct me where I'm wrong, but here's what I've gathered generally

- in the army for a bit
- got out and started doing personal training
- somehow got involved with CrossFit around the same time as Mark Rippetoe
- Rippetoe broke away and started doing his own thing (Starting Strength) and JP sorta followed along as one of the early Rippetoe disciples*
- JP was a moderator/coach/nutrition advisor on the Starting Strength forums until he and Rippetoe had a falling out*
- JP started his own little cult but never quite got a handle on branding and marketing
- I don't know who (if anyone) he has trained that has gone on to be a successful athlete (powerlifter, CrossFitter, football player whatever)

It's my personal opinion that the dude's life is a mess and he's a charlatan of sorts. Pumping out a lot of regurgitated e-books, sometimes they focus on training, sometimes on random life advice, sometimes on how to play Billy Badass out in the skreets. I can't deny that his program is effective, but he's flaky...he'll be running full steam, pushing out books, active on forums, doing some coaching and then just drop off the face of the earth for a little while only to pop back up asking for money or promising some big new life-changing material coming out that ultimately doesn't come to fruition. The last thing I saw him trying to get started was some (again, undefined and and ambiguous) social movement called BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL or some shite.

*A lot of these notable "coaches" seem to have cults of personality that develop around them, then inevitably the followers turn against the person/their method and it's considered worthless over night. Rippetoe goes through groups of people like this (JP, Feigenbaum, Baraki, hell maybe even Wendler for a time, Alan Thrall) then he'll bring along a fresh new crop (Chase Lindley, Bre, Rusty, Nick Delgadillo). Jim Wendler just pissed off a bunch of people because he outed himself as too "right-wing" and got demonetized or shadow-banned or something from several platforms.

tl;dr - if the program is proven effective (SS, GSLP, 531 all are), don't worry too much about the man behind it...familiarity breeds contempt, after all

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Anyone had luck with Texas Method style cycling or “running it out” on GSLP once you get into intermediate territory?

I know there’s brief discussion of a “for powerlifting” template somewhere in the book and JP talks about simply rotating in a similar lift, but I can’t shake my love of hitting triples and big singles. I was thinking something like this for the squat, for example:

2x5, 1x5+ @ 315 (5,5,3)

Hit triples for a few sessions until...
4x3, 1x3+ @ 330 (3,3,3,3,2)

Doubles until...
7x2, 1x2+ @ 350 (2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1)

Then starting back at whatever weight you got stuck at on 5s and running it back up until you hit another snag. It’s an idea I may frick around with.

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I don't ever really focus on max strength but if you are I would suggest keeping the amrap sets in the 5-8 range and adding in joker type sets on days you feel good. Thats if you are trying to stay true to the program.

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It's my personal opinion that the dude's life is a mess and he's a charlatan of sorts. Pumping out a lot of regurgitated e-books, sometimes they focus on training, sometimes on random life advice, sometimes on how to play Billy Badass out in the skreets. I can't deny that his program is effective, but he's flaky...

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100% After reading 777s info, I became fascinated with JP. I noticed that on the website where you buy the Greyskull ebooks, he did personal training. I signed up, he gladly took my money....but I had to basically beg to get him on the phone. I did get one good session out of him- and I will use the information given. The remaining ones, I will call it buyer beware- it’s been a couple months since I heard from him. I am really disappointed in the guy.

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subMOA

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When he is on point he is on point. Right now, he is on point. Hit him up and see if you can get what is owed. He owes me a session too and I plan to hit him up here in a few months.