Any body here familiar with Mike Israetels book?
Which book and what about it?
Periodization for powerlifting, just wondering if people here have used it.
I have it and it seems interesting, after a long lay off from training Iām just starting the hypertrophy guidelines where the emphasis (not surprisingly) volume, but what I particularly like is the theory behind it and the way you calculate your own training parameters, depending on which phase of training youāre in.
Iām not aware of him writing a book by that name, I searched it and there was an article with that title. Are you talking about āScientific Principles of Strength Trainingā?
I donāt really know what you want anyone to tell you, you arenāt really asking a specific question. Mike Israetelās advice is valid, but itās also just one particular way to approach training, not the only way.
If you want good results in powerlifting, use a system developed by someone who has a proven track record of producing powerlifters who consistently improve over time.
First guy that springs to mind is Swede Burns. Then Greg Panora. Also Josh Bryant.
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Yes indeed,it is āScientific Principles of Strength Trainingā I have it saved as Periodization for powerlifting my bad
So what have you learned so far?
Basically it has given me an appreciation of WHY training works and how I can look at altering what Iām doing nowā¦ lots of individual āchallengesā and as I age I can see where I may have gone wrong when I thought my training was going well (drug free best lifts of 230kg SQ, 135 kg BP, 255kg DL at 125kg body weight at ~30yo. add in sleep apnea and a few other things as well as getting olderā¦ if only I had the book then 
) Basically I am starting again at 59 yo and will benefit from this book.