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I am just about L3 on deadlift (doing both, sumo and conventional) and high bar squat. I could do half of the L3 weight on dumbbell row (haven’t tried barbell row yet). L2 in military press and chin-ups and L1-2 in bench press (I don’t do benchpresses at all). Oh, and I am a true climber - 189 cm, 6…

[image] michaelfrommelbourne: e is no prescription of how many sets. Can you add this please? Squat with 132kg? :flushed::flushed::flushed::flushed:

Understandable, @PeterYock , and I’m sure you’re far from alone. The single best resource out there right now is https://revival-strength.com . If you subscribe to their newsletter, you’ll get frequent mailings with workouts (free of charge, btw) that often include short YouTube videos of the exercis…

@chad , @Jonathan , I’d also be curious about the number of sets for each exercise. And another question: you recommend 2-3 sessions during base, 2 heavier sessions during build, and 1-2 sessions during specialty. But you also say that once you have reached the target weights, there is no added benefi…

Hey @cyclhist . How you get there can be accomplished in a number of ways, and our aim wasn’t to prescribe the conditioning so much as give you measures of what we consider sufficient strength relative to your gender & cycling discipline. Like nutrition, there are so many ways to ‘skin the cat’, but…

[image] cartsman: This seems more like strength training goals than a strength training plan. Exactly. :slight_smile:

I have spinal fusion in C spine, lumbar, and SI joint due to Ankylosing Spondylitis. Heavy lifts are a no-go, but kettlebell training is a good fit. The weights are lower and there is a more “functional” aspect to the movements that agrees with my mobility issues. I can’t do a barbell back squat, bu…

[image] chad: This seems more like strength training goals than a strength training plan. Exactly. :slight_smile: Ah, fair enough! Blog post gave off a few slightly mixed messages e.g. a section titled “How to use this Strength Plan” and an intro that said: “we’ve created guidelines to a…

I’ve just restarted using SL 5x5 app. Using it previously I got lifting some relatively heavy weights. That is, relative to my previous life as a proper wimp. This time round I’ve modified it so I do both A and B workouts on the same day, without repeating the squats, and I’m also doing more sets o…

I personally think the upper body lifts are a little low for Gravity/Enduro. I’ve always thought you’re BP should be more like 87% of your high bar squat, and Press more like 67% of your BP. As cyclists, and especially gravity cyclists, we take hard crashes and our shoulders need to be bullet proo…

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chad June 20, 2019, 2:04pm 17

Exactly.

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