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Originally Posted by maverick
2) Does anyone else feel like the beginnings of some of these PL routines are just busy work? The classic russian periodization has the first workout bein 6x2 at 80% 1RM. That seems like a cake walk and a waste of a workout to me. Someone tell me why I'm wrong.
3) Is it ever a common practice for PL's to cut fat as opposed to focusing solely on gains in order to make your lifts more impressive in a weight class?
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I don't compete in the big-3, but I still train for as much power/strength as poissilbe.
I'm all about being as light as I can and getting as strong as I can (not neccessaraly
cutting fat) but just being light, and it seems the stronger I get being light, the more solid and dense I look.
for #2 I don't follow that routine, but I do my own style of "busy work" and ending my training wanting more or knowing I can do more for the reason's in the above posts and also for your 3rd question (being lighter and strong) some types of strength require practice,practice,pratice, not training for the pump or burn or to feel the muscle being worked, theres a type of strength where one can become a "workhorse" walk into a gym and hit every
compound movement in one session heavy,heavy,heavy, and do it all again acouple a days later, thats the type of strength I'm into.
My fastest gains where when I'd do a movement in a harder fashion,dropping the weight used and did the exercise alot and only adding small increments at a time (not even close to failure) before I knew it my lifts shot through the roof, this takes paitence of course, but well worth it, for me anyway.
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