Titan adjustments

Training Q&A [Moderated]
1

Hi there,

currently running Titan I and enjoying myself while making slow but steady progress on a cut. Nice!
I plan to rerun the template until I get tired of it and have a few questions on how to tweak it for the future.

  1. I only have one hour per day, so I started moving the presses and supplements to the rest/GPP days. Only Sunday is off day. I drop the Wed SQ and LISS. Is that a reasonable setup? Will only one rest day bite me down the road? Will my squat stall?

  2. What is the purpose of the High-pull + PC? Is that just to ease into the cleans and I can just do those once I’m proficient? Or how does the high-pull fit in?

  3. I also have the Hypertrophy template: Would it make sense to run a hypertrophy / titan frankenstein, with titan lifts but hypertrophy volume/reps? (not on the oly stuff, but the strength parts)

  4. I want to cycle in jerks. I’m guessing alternate them with the push press. Should that be done weekly or also in multi-week blocks?

  5. Would it make sense to add singles @8 to prepare for PRs in the final three weeks?

Thank you!

2

Butter,

  1. That’s fine, though I’d probably alternate the press and SQ to make sure each are getting equal attention.
  2. To improve technique in the clean and power cleans. I think high pulls and, specifically, the high pull + clean or power clean complex can be useful.
  3. I would not run a Frankenstein template, no. There’s plenty of volume for hypertrophy in the Titan template, but you’re expending a lot of resources on conditioning, OL, gymnastics, etc. vs focusing purely on hypertrophy.
  4. I wouldn’t cycle them, no. There’s jerk work in the Titan template though.
  5. No, I don’t think so.

-Jordan

3

Got it, thank you!

4

Just checked and not seeing any jerks, though. except for one supplement metcon containing them, there’s only push presses programmed, no?)

5

Ah, I was thinking about Titan II.

Can I ask, what are you strict pressing and push-pressing these days? How about cleans? I’m just curious before making a recommendation.

6

last week was low stress week (week 6) and I did 58.5kg for 5@8.5 strict.
pushpress 75kg for 5@9 the week before.

my presses have always been relatively weak, I think:
DL 152.5kg 6@9
SQ 122.5kg 6@9

7

ah, and power clean 90kg 3@8