Hi Fellas,
Mark Rippetoe has popularized what is called the Texas Method. I′m sure most of you know what it is by now. If anyone is interested, there is a long thread dedicated to the "TM" on bb.com. Just go to the workout programs section and do a search.
Anyways, in that thread there is a gentleman who trains at Wichita Falls BB Club and talks with Rippetoe regularly. He has posted a couple of full routines that Rip drew up for him. I hope he doesn′t mind me re-posting them here for those who are interested.
Anyways, here they are and I haven′t edited them whatsoever. I have included his original commentary as well to give a bit of context:
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Monday night, I asked Rip to write a couple of generic programs for someone coming off of SS and interested in the Texas Method. It′s not an easy thing to write a generic program because different people will be interested in bringing up different lifts. I said "just write something" and he came up with the following:
Routine 1
Monday
Squat 5X5
Heavy Press (5X5)
Bench Press Assistance
Power Clean (5X3)or Row
Wednesday
Front Squat 3X3
Back Extensions or GHR
Chin ups
Friday
Squat 1X5
Heavy Bench Press
Press Assistance
Dead Lift 1X5
Routine 2
Monday
Squat 5X5
Bench Press 5X5
Power Clean (5X3)or Row
Wednesday
Front Squat 3X3
Press 5X5
Back Extension/GHR
Chin ups
Friday
Squat 1X5
Bench Press
1X5
or 5X3
or 5X2
or 5X1
Dead Lift 1X5
Where I don′t list sets/reps, he didn′t write them down. I can surmise the sets/reps by looking at my current program. I didn′t want to throw that information in here because I wanted you guys to see it exactly as it was written. The second workout was written at my urging. I said, "what if I want to get strong at the bench since that′s what a lot of guys want to do".
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That′s it. Those of you who have read the book, you should understand what what types of weights to use and why things are organized as they are. You′ll also probably be able to fill in the set/rep scheme where they are missing.
I hope the original poster doesn′t mind me doing this, and I thank him for sharing this with us.
Cheers,
Jeff