

What it means is, you shouldn't be training those lifts as a priority in terms of improvement.Ī lot of guys don't understand that the body is a "total systems" entity. This doesn't mean you HAVE to drop them all together, though that is an option and one I've seen many guys use successfully. To start, if you're going to specialize in a particular lift, the other lifts need to take a bit of a backseat for a while. It allows for long term programming and consistency.įor a guy whose bench has been stuck for a while, let's delve into phase I. It gives you a way to strengthen lagging areas over each phase, and allows each phase to build on the previous one.Ĥ. One of the things I really like to do, because it's been very productive, is to design training in phases. You guys need to focus on overall strength and mass development.

So this series does not apply to guys that are still working their way up the strength ladder. Using the beginner template in Base Building or Strength Life Legacy (both can be found here) will work fantastically for a novice guy trying to get stronger OVERALL. Nothing annoys me more than some dude with a 175 bench telling me his bench hasn't moved in two months and is frustrated. To start, if you're a relative noob, you don't need to specialize in a lift. I was going to include chapters in the Base Building manual that went over specialization in the big 3, however because I'm such a nice fucking guy, I thought I'd leave it out, and simply make it a series for the blog.
