I had too, i was a bit too tubby. Am fine now.
back to the 60’s, yes, good idea.
i done that one time and will never do it again - almost passed out during a workout. theres better ways to drop bf.
full on? did you cut the carbs right out?
i cut them a lot, but i still had some of them going, but it was pretty low.
perhaps that might explain a lot of my Fatigue related issues in the Spp. I felt fine and capable in the Gpp, fine.
As i dont really have to worry about fat issues now, low carbs wont be much more of an issue. and hopefully neither will fatigue issues.
Light??? 
not for me man!!! I´m improving my strength in a very good manner 
following an approach similar to his Sample training for sprinters article
In the past I spent a lot of moves in the gym with few results in my strength capacities , yes I got a very good “pump” feeling on my muscles but that´s not what I think I need to improve my strength
Symply I reduced my training sessions cutting number of exercises,sets and reps , adding a little extra time during rests
However if you need a big amount of muscle , maybe you have to make some modifications to adapt things to yourself
im looking at his training manual and most of those numbers are very light 4x3x80% of 3rm. you should post one of ur weekly training sessions.
I don’t understand why people make programs with % of max and % of certain RMs. Either make it off your max or off one measure of an RM, not both. That’s like something inno-sport would do just to confuse you.
mortac8,
which one do you prefer? Thanks!
I prefer either but not both in the same program. If your system tests for 3RM, then base the percentages off 3RM, if it tests 1RM, base them off 1RM. The sample program posted on DavidW’s site has sessions based off 1RM, 2RM, and 3RM in the same mesocycle.
Ah OK! Sorry, I thought you meant something else… :o That’s fine by me! Thanks!
My son just finished the 7 week GPP program. He’s almost 16 and is in his second year of serious continuous training.
While he has had decent top end speed and excellent speed endurance (51.59 as a 9th grader), he has not been very explosive nor accelerated well.
The GPP program really helped with both of those issues, especially the combination of the hills with med ball work. When he made the move to the track, I initially thought he was overstriding until I realized that was I was seeing was a new ability to hit stride positions he wasn’t able to before.
He’s also a soccer player, and the program has given him a burst and acceleration abilities well beyond what he’s had before.
Sadly, he got to enjoy the full benefit of the program for only about 20 minutes. In his first match after the seven weeks of the GPP, he suffered a quad contusion. He recovered enough to play two days later and received an even harder knock in the same spot - swelling his quad to double size. That was last Saturday and he returns to training today.
I’ll be training the short sprinters at our high school this year, and I’m looking forward to putting them through the full gpp. My boy is not a short sprinter and yet this helped a lot. I can only imagnine how this will help the kids who have genuine gifts in this area.
So yes, it works.
did you follow the exact program or < volumes
Exact volumes on the hill and track and tempo and used Nikoluski’s template from the GPP thread for the (5 kilo) medball work. That said, he was only able to get to the triple hops with the med ball in weeks 6 & 7. The tempo work actually proved to be the hardest part of the program.
Since he’s young and thin (5’10, 128) and it’s been warm where we are, we slightly shortened the recoveries on the hill and track.
Time and access meant he didn’t get to the hurdle work, and the weight work stayed at the beginners circuit for the whole 7 weeks. He didn’t do the plyo’s either - no access to the high jump pads right now. He was doing 3xweek soccer training and playing on top of the GPP, so something had to give.
What’s really exciting is that he only did part of the program and it helped a lot.
Pleased its picking up utfootball. I dropped it down to 2 or 3 lower body and 2 or 3 upper body. Now that they are combined weights sessions we are focussing on 1 or 2 core e.g. Hang Cleans and Box Squats and 2 auxilliary exercises for upper body. Just depends on what has happened in the earlier part of the session. I try to get things rapped up by 8.30pm to allow travel time, food intake, sleep. Keep up the good work.
what do u mean its picking up?? im thinking bout < my weights exercises in spp also but knowing me i probably wont.
I think this was answered elsewhere but because intensity is rising, both with weights and with speed, the number of lifts must either remain constant or be reduced, not increased
Sorry if you have missunderstood my comment utfootball. By picking up I meant improving as you had stated earlier in a post that you were finding the medicine ball work tough. Charlie is spot on once again though, don’t be tempted to increase volume in the weights room when you running intensity is increasing - recipe for disaster.