Re: Strength Training Program

January 5, 2006

Will,

I'll just put my 2 cents worth in for the powerlifters. I think if

your goals are actually to increase strength for the areas you are

talking about you would be better served looking at a program of

three-four days a week combining olympic lifts and powerlifts with

assistance exercises appropriate for your weak areas. Your program

looks okay as far as some of the exercise selection but to cut through

the bull you still seem to have a bodybuilding orientation. We have

been discussing some of the newer volume/intensity routines by Sheiko

and in my opinion one that would suit what you want to accomplish would

be the German 3X3 program by Korte. I have trained many young athletes

on this program and the resulting strength increases and lean body mass

increases were dramatic in all cases. Throw in some power cleans and

snatches from the hang and some push presses and you have a great

program for strength improvement. Go to Deep Squater/Strength on Line

website and look at the archived routines for sample programs. I have

some hybrid routines that I have used that I can give you also if you

are interested. Not knocking your routine, just saying what I have

suggested might have greater returns but then it also has greater

effort. All the volume routines used by the Europeans and Russians in

my opinion use the concept of overtraining to a point to stimulate the

CNS to its max. In other words what does not kill you makes you

stronger! Well not that bad. More like what does not overtrain you to

the point of injury makes you stronger. These routines are intense and

very hard. They require a lot of what we Americans dismiss as foo foo

and that is active and passive methods of recuperation. Russian lifters

spend a lot of time on recuperation and rest. I recommend Korte because

I believe it is best for a novice powerlifter and yields dramatic

results in the beginning. Couple this with a good diet and you won't

believe the gain in strength and muscularity. You also won't believe

the muscle soreness and overload but its worth it. There is really no

secret to this stuff Will but a bunch of really hard work and some

effort involved in routine experiementation and study.

Eddie White

Blue Springs, Mo.

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