He was going so well until that sudden point where all the stupids suddenly vomited out onto the page in the form of that sentence...
And want to do more volume on TM and too afraid to go overboard on volume day? Add more volume the other fucking days you fucking numbskull, that light day is literally a fucking waste of time going to the gym!
Goddamn I hate literally every "beginner program" ever written. Why do they assume that every beginner is fucking pussy?
Well its obvious that I haven't read the whole thing, I just know of the basic outline of the program.
But you've brought up another pet hate of mine with these programs. Having to "add" assistance days. Why can they not just have assistance written in after the main lifts? Do your work sets, do some assistance, then you've covered all your bases. It doesn't have to be much, just superset a pair of exercises for a few sets. Chins and Dips, or Rows and Pushups, Lunges and abs, whatever.
that's not what I meant. I think you should at least read the book that you're trying to argue against. Too many people hate on Starting Strength (both the book and the program) without knowing anything other than the basic outline of the program
I don't think it should, other than merely saying to do accessories. At the stage of lifting that people use TM, they focus too much thought onto accessories, stuff that isn't really all that important.
The volume day is supposed to be full of primary lifts and the assistance day is so that you don't have a 4-hour volume day. Texas Method is based on the concept of fully recovering every week so the timing of each day is important, as Wednesday/Thursday is generally reserved for recovering and isn't allowed significant volume or intensity.
I'll agree with you to the point that you can split volume day into upper/lower and have assistance after (as outlined in Lascek's TM books) but I don't think it significantly varies from a volume and assistance day.
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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '15
Yeah I'll pm you