I have been reading the RIPTOE method of trainging and noticed its quite similar to the HST method. It goes something like this:
Week 1:
Monday - Workout A
Wednesday -Workout B
Friday - Workout A
Week 2:
Monday - Workout B
Wednesday - Workout A
Friday - Workout B
Etc.
For the actual workouts read below:
Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift
**2x8 Dips (if you cant do these or no assist machine then do Decline Dumbbell Bench Press with your hands Facing each other)
Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Standing military press
3x5 Pendlay or Bent Rows (or power cleans)
**2x8 Chin-ups (recommended mainly if doing the cleans)
It calls for a MWF of the routine just like HST. My question is this: Is this method above similar to what happens in the final weeks of 5's (weeks 7 & 8) in HST.
If I got it right, weeks 7, 8 and possibly more if one pushes it, is 5's where more weight is continually added, just as the above routine.
So is the end of HST a RIPTOE style routine then? I am just curious.
Jeff
Week 1:
Monday - Workout A
Wednesday -Workout B
Friday - Workout A
Week 2:
Monday - Workout B
Wednesday - Workout A
Friday - Workout B
Etc.
For the actual workouts read below:
Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift
**2x8 Dips (if you cant do these or no assist machine then do Decline Dumbbell Bench Press with your hands Facing each other)
Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Standing military press
3x5 Pendlay or Bent Rows (or power cleans)
**2x8 Chin-ups (recommended mainly if doing the cleans)
It calls for a MWF of the routine just like HST. My question is this: Is this method above similar to what happens in the final weeks of 5's (weeks 7 & 8) in HST.
If I got it right, weeks 7, 8 and possibly more if one pushes it, is 5's where more weight is continually added, just as the above routine.
So is the end of HST a RIPTOE style routine then? I am just curious.
Jeff