Coach what is your opinion on these old soviet programs?
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I’ve done the 1976 program a few times. In fact, I did it recently. It works as planned. I don’t think it’s magical though. It is the foundation of Fred Hatfield’s 80 days powerlifting cycle (Fred visited the USSR and adapted such a cycle to a full 9-10 weeks powerlifting program. Hatfield squatted 1014lbs at 45 years of age in competition), which is what gave me my first 500lbs deadlift and 405lbs squat when I was 17 (maybe 18, it was a long time ago).
And that Hatfield program is itself the foundation of my own 915 program (which you can find on T-nation) and The Power Look program (also on T-nation).
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Great suff you posted, i will try some of that.
I found one more russian program its for bench wave thing, it has 3 waves 3 to 4 sets
1.110lbs x 3, 5, 3 (3 second pause)
2.130lbs x 3, 5, 3 (3 second pause)
3.150lbs x 3, 5, 3 (3 second pause)
4.170lbs x 1 (legal pause)
Your opinion what to expect from russian program called easy strength?
Five days a week.
Week 1
- Monday (Day 1) 2 x 5
- Tuesday (Day 2) 2 x 5
- Wednesday (Day 3) 5/3/2
- Friday (Day 4) 2 x 5
- Saturday (Day 5) 2 x 5
Week 2
- Monday (Day 6) 2 x 5
- Tuesday (Day 7) 6 singles
- Wednesday (Day 8) 1 x 10
- Friday (Day 9) 2 x 5
- Saturday (Day 10) 5/3/2
The book “Power to the People Professional” (not the original Power to the People) by Pavel has dozens of such programs, if you are interested in Eastern block periodizaton for powerlifting.
Understand that these programs are NOT magical. They work, but they are not more effective than other completely different powerlifting programs which can boast equal levels of success. It really comes down to personal training style preferences.
Im just exploreing different way, 10 reps range of easy strength i dont know what to expect, can yoi write more about ratchet loading progression?