High-Level Lifting: A Bryce Krawczyk Case Study

[@o-neil]

This video is excellent. I've watched it 3 times now all the way through and retained more each time. Love to see this

[@CliftonPho]

Thank you for providing this case study!

[@cheeks7050]

I had an online coach that didn't pay much attention, it was no better than just doing a free online program.

[@ReactiveTrainingSystems]

That is definitely unfortunate that happens for so many people out there.

[@MeharBhogal]

Very holistic yet tight presentation. Awesome stuff, Mike.

[@michaeltuchscherer9322]

Thanks! I wish I was able to say "here's the program", but that's just not quite how Bryce 's program works. This is more of an advanced case study imo

[@christhompson4660]

Thank you for this excellent in depth information. I was curious, is the benefit of your 'hypertrophy' block solely to act as a buffer between building work capacity and higher intensity work? I don't imagine a natural lifter at Bryce's level is going to build any appreciable muscle after a year of training, much less in a 4 week block. The term has never really made sense to me.

[@ReactiveTrainingSystems]

That's one way you could view it. Often times a hypertrophy block serves good purpose after a meet. Giving the lifter a bit of some down time from higher intensity protocols. While we may not by looking to gain mass per say, that change in stimulus can help restore a lifters sensitivity to the higher intensity work we often see going into a meet.

[@123peterjackson]

Hi Mike, I found this very interesting. Serious question, what do you do with a lifter who is unable to run the same block more than once without going backwards?

[@ReactiveTrainingSystems]

A couple of thoughts here. The first thing would be to make sure to not run the same block back to back. There often needs to be 2-3 different blocks that can be run in sequence, but not run back to back. If you repeat a block and there is decline in response, it would be good to consider what ‘outside’ factors might be impacting the lifters ability to adapt/recover. Life stress can very well impact our training response. The first time it could be a response to novelty. That can happen. The core goal is to establish patterns and use those patterns to make informed training choices. Looking at the pivot preceding the block is important as well. Was enough fatigue reduced during the pivot?

[@michaeltuchscherer9322]

@@123peterjackson I generally wouldn't run the same block back to back. I have not found it to be an issue where a lifter responds well to a block and then fails to respond to a similar block as long as it's done sometime later.

[@SSJBartSimp]

Bro did Barbell Medicine steal the intro theme?

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[@honkblarg339]

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