a possible use for novice LP?

If someone were bound to a specific weight, i.e a weight class based sport, is the Novice LP valuable to maximize the strength capabilities of the trainee without adding muscle? Or is there a better way to add strength whilst maintaining a certain weight? If the BBM Strength template is the answer, what makes it different (in general) to the novice LP?

I think non linear progression > linear progression all else being equal and further, you’d want that person to gain muscle mass and use the competitive schedule to determine what they should do with their weight.

I don’t understand. They should gain muscle mass? Won’t that add body weight?

In the long term, wouldn’t a weight class athlete want to maximize his/her lean body mass for that weight class? If you have the time to gain AND lose weight again, that’s what he’s talking about.

well if the mass is adding weight then no. If I am a boxer I want to be as “light” as possible for my height (for reach and speed advantage) whilst being as strong as possible. so is there a way to train maximal strength without adding weight? I assume hypertrophy is a big part of adding muscle to convert to strength, which would likely add body weight, even if it’s just a few kilos of lean muscle mass…which a weight class athlete cannot afford if he/she is already at the lean weight limit of his or her weight class. We assume here that the athlete is lean and at the limit of the weight class. How would this person add strength without adding andly muscle mass/wieght?

I disagree. Nearly any weight class sport competitor competes relatively infrequently so there is time to undertake weight manipulations in relation to performance. A fighter does not need to maintain fighting weight year round.

I have not seen athletes who are lean at the limit of their weight class who need to get stronger to get better at their sport, who do not have additional body fat or water that they can cut, or who do not need to move up a weight class.

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aaaaah ok got it. thanks for clearing that up. I understand