Re: Evaluating Load Across Mesocycles - Sheiko

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This link also has quite a lot of information:

http://www.elitefts.com/sheiko/default.asp

Pitruzzello

Chicago, IL

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 2:27 AM, Subscribe

wrote:

> The best place I know is on EliteFTS.com under Talmant's Log.

> There's some information on this page

> http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=54819

> <http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=54819 & tid=138> & tid=138

> and a link near the top that takes

> you to some of Sheiko programs and some of his Russian writing translated.

>

> Doug Schurman

> Seattle, WA

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> Re: Evaluating Load Across Mesocycles

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> Eddie's post caused me to think of two training methodologies for

> Powerlifting, Westside Barbell (High Intensity) and Boris Sheiko

> Training (volume in 70-90%).

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> Westside seems to be more of a highly subjective system with regular

> maximal effort for very low volume and lots of special exercises picked

> to work on weak points with a low amount of skill practice. It would

> seem difficult to be able to compare various lifters training this way

> as it is so individualized and also varied. These sessions are mostly

> done in less than an hour. Measurement of progress seems to be by top

> 1RM of special exercises deemed to predict performance.

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> Boris Sheiko's training revolves around large volume of the 70-90%

> intensities with high amounts of skill practiced as the three powerlifts

> are trained multiple times each week. Special exercises are done but

> they are much more secondary in priority to the three powerlifts. I

> would hazard a guess that for Powerlifting the Sheiko programs are the

> more tested and studied than any other training methodology in the

> world. It may not be popular in the US but Worldwide there is a large

> following. Sheiko has written recommendation of how many barbell lifts

> should be done per year depending on training experience and lifting

> classification. It is a highly regulated way of training. Sheiko

> sessions commonly take 2 hours or more. Measurement of progress here is

> on testing of the three lifts for new maximums. New maximums

> automatically lead to increased volume through higher training loads in

> future cycles.

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> I would also seem that certain personalities would be drawn to one over

> the other. I would think more outgoing and more emotional people would

> lean toward Westside where as more reserved and even keeled people would

> tend toward Sheiko.

>

> Doug Schurman

> Seattle, USA

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