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Post by benburgess on Jan 6, 2009 17:58:43 GMT -5
Dave,
In your opinion or experience does it matter where in the training session you do the GPP/SPP excersises? Tonight I had the following programmed:
Sq
Bench
Triceps
Flyes (upper body GPP)
Sq
GM's (lower body developmental SPP)
What i DID, as I always do, was:
Sq
Bench
Triceps
Sq
Flyes
GM's
I.e. I left the GPP/SPP stuff till the end. I just find this easier mentally...somehow its comforting to get all the heavy work sets out of the way 1st, then have the last 20 mins or so knocking out the lighter, higher rep stuff.
I never gave it a 2nd thought before tonight.
By the way I am running your modified #37 at the moment and i think you've done a great job altering the loading on it, the sets feel great. I recognise the day 2 bench pyramids they are from the #30 or #31, right? Just with the volume tapering off a little quicker on the way back down?
Thanks
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Post by davebates on Jan 7, 2009 13:49:30 GMT -5
Dave, In your opinion or experience does it matter where in the training session you do the GPP/SPP excersises? Tonight I had the following programmed: Sq Bench Triceps Flyes (upper body GPP) Sq GM's (lower body developmental SPP) What i DID, as I always do, was: Sq Bench Triceps Sq Flyes GM's I.e. I left the GPP/SPP stuff till the end. I just find this easier mentally...somehow its comforting to get all the heavy work sets out of the way 1st, then have the last 20 mins or so knocking out the lighter, higher rep stuff. I never gave it a 2nd thought before tonight. By the way I am running your modified #37 at the moment and i think you've done a great job altering the loading on it, the sets feel great. I recognise the day 2 bench pyramids they are from the #30 or #31, right? Just with the volume tapering off a little quicker on the way back down? Thanks I don't see a problem with doing that. I like to do the program as written because my muscles are warmed up and I'm able to use less weight on the flys and still get the same results. |
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Post by erictalmant on Jan 10, 2009 21:56:52 GMT -5
Dave, In your opinion or experience does it matter where in the training session you do the GPP/SPP excersises? Tonight I had the following programmed: Sq Bench Triceps Flyes (upper body GPP) Sq GM's (lower body developmental SPP) What i DID, as I always do, was: Sq Bench Triceps Sq Flyes GM's I.e. I left the GPP/SPP stuff till the end. I just find this easier mentally...somehow its comforting to get all the heavy work sets out of the way 1st, then have the last 20 mins or so knocking out the lighter, higher rep stuff. I never gave it a 2nd thought before tonight. By the way I am running your modified #37 at the moment and i think you've done a great job altering the loading on it, the sets feel great. I recognise the day 2 bench pyramids they are from the #30 or #31, right? Just with the volume tapering off a little quicker on the way back down? Thanks I think that if you get your ass handed to you on-say-the first round of squats and then you bench an then it is time to either squat again or do GPP for the bench, you may want to do the GPP for the bench for no other reason besides giving yourself some added "down time" for that second round of squats. However, if you are rocking and rolling then by all means save the GPP and SPP until the end. Good intuitive thinking! Eric |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2009 5:05:47 GMT -5
I follow Eric's rules on this one and usually end up putting the GPP at the end unless the other stuff has killed me!
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Post by robwhite on Jan 27, 2009 10:38:37 GMT -5
I currently dont have time to get to the local athletics centre to do some GPP outside of my powerlifting sessions during the week, BUT i am able to get there on Saturdays.
Therefore, i'm thinking of doing a double GPP session on Saturday at the athletics centre, where i can do sprints, shot put, med ball throws, long jump, swimming, etc. for a couple of hours. Would this be a good compromise?
At home, i manage to fit in, 3x a week, a mobility circuit based upon the Magnificent Mobility and Inside-Out: Ultimate Upper Body Warm-Up DVD exercises.
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Post by davebates on Jan 27, 2009 14:26:56 GMT -5
I currently dont have time to get to the local athletics centre to do some GPP outside of my powerlifting sessions during the week, BUT i am able to get there on Saturdays. Therefore, i'm thinking of doing a double GPP session on Saturday at the athletics centre, where i can do sprints, shot put, med ball throws, long jump, swimming, etc. for a couple of hours. Would this be a good compromise? At home, i manage to fit in, 3x a week, a mobility circuit based upon the Magnificent Mobility and Inside-Out: Ultimate Upper Body Warm-Up DVD exercises. You can do whatever you want as long as it does not affect your main workouts in a negative way. |
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Post by benburgess on Jan 27, 2009 17:50:03 GMT -5
I'd love to be able to do everything in the 'ideal' list (kettlebell, shotput, swimming and all the rest) but i think that unless you live/work in a gym or athletics facility its always gonna be hard.
If you're going from nothing to something, doing ANY GPP seems to make a pretty big difference.
Since reading all the info in this forum about GPP Ive been doing one walk/sprint session, one light-resistance+plyometric type session and one team sport session weekly and its made a pretty positive impact so far.
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Post by robwhite on Jan 28, 2009 4:44:38 GMT -5
Cheers for the responses guys.
I'm quite lucky in that i have a national sports centre near me (although it is in a state of disrepair), so i do actually have access to shot puts, sand pits for long jump, sprint tracks, etc. I think i will make an effort at least once a week to get down there and do some of that kind of stuff.
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