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@climpah Hell yeah, that's the attitude! I believe most people are capable of way more than they think, but the body doesn't like it when they push it to perform to its max. Some bonus points: Progress isn't linear, and doesn't have to be linear. Do some extra heavy set when it feels good, as...

@blindautist I think your plan looks mostly fine. I've done more volume than that.

@goat Some very good points there. What I will say is that clean & jerk or clean & press + front squat covers the majority of your muscles. Something like Dry Fighting Weight has you doing a bunch of C&P + front squats. It's advertised as a fat loss program, but if you eat in a surplus you can...

@climpah I don't remember where it says to double the cycle length, but I don't see any benefit to deliberately slowing down progression. Also, quoting the book:

@climpah You're going about this backwards. Progress will be slower because you're getting less practice. You shouldn't deliberately slow progress down. On top of that, I don't see a reason to lower the frequency. S&S isn't a particularly draining program to begin with.

@blindautist Some bullet points with my thoughts: The exercise selection is good. You're pretty much covering everything. How are you going to progress this? 4x5-8 on pullups and dips indicates double progression, which is a fine idea and definitely works 30 minutes of C&P 3x/week could be...

@smartcoder You're talking about compressive forces on the spine during exercise as if it's a catastrophic incident, which it's not. You're putting a stress on your body, and then you adapt to it. If you really want some decompression, just include chinups in your training. Of course my legs...

@truthearthdefender Right, that makes sense. You'll probably be better off using a rep range for pushups and chinups, then. Maybe something like 5-10 reps/set - going straight from assisted chinups to slightly less assisted chinups can feel like a huge jump. For the barbell work, there's...

@truthearthdefender Looks alright. What's your progression plan with the barbell movements, chinups and pushups? 60lbs will eventually be too light for 5x5, and standard pushups will become too easy.

@smartcoder If I'm doing squats the conditioned tissue, my glutes and quads, been lengthened plenty already. I still don't see why this is necessary, or even desirable. Most times I see people talking about cooldowns it looks very different to what you're suggesting, so it seems there's not...

@ant0099 I hate it when people gatekeep fitness like that. S&S may not be to someone's liking (and I don't think it's even great to begin with). Similarly, I've heard people talking about how you must be able to do 20 perfect pushups or whatever before you start benching. For a scrawny...

@blindautist Sure, but that's just a question of stretching, isn't it? You could do that after the workouts if that's what you prefer, or on a different day, or in the morning or evening, opposite your workout.

@smartcoder I've never had an adequate explanation for what you're even trying to achieve with a cooldown. And personally I believe doubles are almost universally better. The exceptions are snatches, where I rate single and double kb snatch about equally for now, and very heavy single kb presses.