Molnes, this is a modified version of Wade Hooper’s Sheiko program from his 2006 nationals work up.
I’ve never used another version, only his with modifications.
I just googled the program you mentioned.
Some differences:
3 days vs 4 days: My routine IS 4 days, I just don’t follow the 4th day. Hooper didn’t either, but I believe he started doing it after the 06’ nations. He discusses it in his pure powerlifting interview (purepowerlifting.com)
The work sets (3x5) are 80%, not 75%. This does make a difference in my opinion.
The whole routine in general is set up different and the beginners 1 has more variation in terms of sets and a few other things. Its a variation, but not different in terms of overall set up.
Personally, I like Hooper’s b/c its worked for me for almost a year and I haven’t really plateaued. I’ve had set backs, but these were my own fault, not due to the program.
I modified Hooper’s for one main reason: my back injury.
I cannot take as much workload on deadlifts as a person with a healthy back. I am starting to do more volume. Doing work sets w/ triples over 275 would have been impossible for me, but now I’m hoping to do 385x3x5 next cycle. It really has helped.
I play around with secondary squat movements b/c I can’t seem to find anything that will help, although I like adding in volume for overall better recovery as I can just simply handle heavier weights w/o getting burnt out. Same goes for deadlift, I am just experimenting and trying to figure out what works and what I can handle w/o re-injuring myself.
Thanks for keeping up. My schedule is nuts and typically I get so tired from work/school that I don’t even feel like lifting some days. I’m amazed I still make any progress to be honest.
I figured no one ever read my log, lol.
