Raylads,
It's me, checking in again with a doozy.
What's your opinion on removing a lift from your program in order to desensitize yourself to that movement, then when you reintroduce it a month or so later you will start to see see gains again and achieve a net increase in strength after a while
This is strictly regarding strength.
There are a few conflicting principles - SAID principle in laymans terms is you getter better at what you do. Do more squats to get better at squats. You also have the repeated bout effect in that the more you squat, the less stimulus each subsequent squat will have - similar to diminishing returns
If you stopped making gains on 1 x week squatting you should move to 2, then 3, then 4 etc. Olympic lifters have body's that have adapted to 7 day training, often 2 x a day
This kind of compounding of training isn't viable for most people, and have the limitations of 1-2 hours 3-4 x week.
I'm not at the stage where I'm considering dropping squat out of my program, for a few reasons, the main one being I'd likely regress too far from a skill, neurological and strength standpoint that I probably wouldn't end up with a net increase in strength compared to if I had just stuck to it
My question is guess is have you heard of this, and do you think it's viable for a high level lifter? The squat would be replaced with a. Different, but similar movement, like the front squat. Ignore the fact that running a cycle with front squat will have its own benefits towards your back squat strength
This post was edited by Excusemem8 on Apr 1 2017 10:51am