Burnside HQ

Anybody out there ever try to apply the basic linear progression from Starting Strength to other plans? I'm going to try and take my weights down to about 50% of my current 3x5 loads on the "Big 4" (Deadlift, Squat, Strict Press, Bench Press) and do a linear progression at higher volume - i.e. 2x15 working sets with 2 minutes rest between. My theory is that a progression like that, for 8 weeks, following the same Starting Strength 3/wk A/B cycle, should generate increases in muscular endurance and strength at the same time - while also recognizing that I'm probably going to hit failure points on those movements pretty early in the cycle and spend more time breaking out to the higher loads.

Everything I read says "don't mess with the Starting Strength programming" but I don't want to go any heavier than where I am at my 3x5's, I just want to increase my volume.

What's worked for you?

Tonight’s HQ objective - ten thousand meters on the rower. 52:41, nice and steady the whole time, averaging 22 strokes per minute.

Saturday is 60 thousand meters - so we’re likely looking at 6 hours on the rower plus time for 60 exercises. Call it 7 hours, tops. Piece of cake, right?!

Not too late to join me...