[quote]soupandspoons wrote:
[quote]chris_ottawa wrote:
[quote]Chicksan wrote:
I dont mean to bump an old thread, but I was wondering, SerialLifter, what kindof jumps do you make in your squat training? Ive been doing some reading and ive only found a couple of examples…I know Damien Pezzutti suggested hitting the one big set and then doing your back offs where a few other people work up to their main set with smaller jumps.
And if you by chance read this Mr Chris Ottowa, Id like your take as well. I read some of your other stuff on the RTS forum and thought it was damn good[/quote]Greg Nuckols has a new e-book on this if you are interested.
I make moderate jumps when things get heavier, 20-40 lbs. When you get used to training every day it seems like you don’t need a lot of warm up sets, and you also don’t get so stiff.
The only lifter I’m aware of who has trained this way without backoff sets is Eric Talmant, but he also only trained something like 3 days a week. He made a comment on Pezutti’s article saying that him and John Broz had “missed the boat” on adapting the Bulgarian system to powerlifting, but it looks to me that their style is much closer than what Talmant was doing. I don’t think it really matters either way, the most important thing is that you make your training work for you. [/quote]
Based on your username I assume that you’re in Ottawa Canada.
If that’s correct, and you’re interested in training around some accomplished and driven lifters with experience using Bulgarian style programming, I would suggest looking into doing some training at Dynamo Barbell with Jay Nera, Kade Weber and Willie Albert.
If you’re serious about powerlifting, and you’re in Ottawa, then you’re probably already aware of these guys, but I thought I would mention it just in case you hadn’t heard of them. A quick google search will let you know why you would want to train around these guys.
Jay spent a large part of his early powerlifting career using Bulgarian style programming, but I believe he’s been using a different style of training the last few years.
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Yes, I’m in Ottawa. I have heard of Jay Nera and Willie Albert before, but I had no idea where they train. Unfortunately I’m on the other side of town so it would be a problem to train with them on a regular basis, but I should still check the place out. Right now I train in my basement. Do you train at Dynamo?