Hi Jordan,
I am in week 10 of Strength III and TBH, it has not gone well as respects increasing e1RM. All three lifts have basically flatlined through all of the weeks.
Not sure why. Is this due to being my third time through it back-to-back-to-back? Or has training in a calorie deficit stalled things (dropped about 8-10 pounds along the way which is nice), though I know that this likely has little to do with it. Also, I have been dealing with some nagging upper hip pain that makes squatting to depth with heavier loads and deadlifting with heavier loads painful. I have modified the singles to a lower RPE and kept the backoffs based on current e1RMs to keep rolling and that seems to be ok.
Just looking for some direction of what do next. Goal is still strength in the 1RM on the big 3.
My thinking 1. I will see how the peak goes and then…
2. run it again*
3. shift to Hyper II for a wash out
4. maybe join group training
*would there be a way to run it again, but with lower RPEs for singles (triples at 7 as you have noted in recent podcasts)? I feel I am worst at gaging singles for RPE. I wonder if lower RPE would help me get better at this and possibly help the hip get back sooner.
For reference, here are the stats through this week on the comp lifts…
Sounds like you might have milked all you can out of the template in the last 9 months, though I’d still be optimistic that this peak will be productive.
I’d definitely be looking for a washout rather than making small changes to the program, as I think you’d be seeing some different results, e.g. supplemental lifts crashing or taking off compared to comp lifts (or vice versa), if it was as simple as a lower RPE, which is seen in various parts of the program.
Group programming is also an option for some more diverse, long-term development-type programming.
Not yet, but I don’t think you need a new template to run for strength per se’. Rather, I would run ~ 6 weeks of hypertrophy or endurance and then come back to the strength template.
Watched an older YT post of Mike T or n goals of a pivot block. One suggestion was to reduce volume by ~50%. Would this also be your suggestion? Curious if I should stick to 3 main training days with 3 GPP sessions or stick with the 4/2 schedule that Hyper 2 suggests.
Was there something wrong with my question in the previous post? Or just haven’t gotten to it yet? Please let me know and I can try to rephrase as needed.
