tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228454127208930271.post1431894350826101000..comments2024-01-30T00:01:49.362-05:00Comments on Strength Basics: Book Review: LRB-365Peter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228454127208930271.post-85875814437113761922012-12-21T23:08:27.347-05:002012-12-21T23:08:27.347-05:00If you get sick or go on a holiday, you just need ...If you get sick or go on a holiday, you just need to reset your training maxes. It's not totally obvious how, but that'll happen with almost any program, even a linear progression one. Both 5/3/1 and LRB-365 do have the flexibility to deal with problems that come up, if you're willing to make the effort to adjust the program. I mean, as a trainee and a trainer alike, I am always needing to adjust the program when issues come up.<br /><br />I'd argue that there is a real benefit to a program like LRB-365 even if you do have it disrupted by outside issues. It's better to have a year-long plan with some built in slack and then have to adjust it than to have no long term plan at all, just in case you have to take time off. If this was a program designed like a Soviet training block, and required full-time training, I'd agree with you - it would be too inflexible for anyone except professional athletes in strength sports. This isn't that, it's just a year of building on cycle after cycle, depending on what you get out of the previous cycle.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228454127208930271.post-76018391569245935912012-12-21T19:36:33.519-05:002012-12-21T19:36:33.519-05:00I like his writing and ideas, but these sorts of p...I like his writing and ideas, but these sorts of programmes rarely work, because who can follow something precisely for a whole year? Life happens. <br /><br />Even 531 has this problem, what if you get sick or injured or go on holiday? <br /><br />That's why I like stuff like Starting Strength for beginners, and then stuff like Easy Strength for people past the first 6-12 months. <br /><br />So many of the programmes we get are like what we were taught in PT school - periodised programmes which assume the person is a full-time athlete being paid to train.Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.com