Josh Bryant - CAT and singles training

[osu122975]

Don't know how many of you have seen or heard of this guy - I bet most of you have.

blog.joshstrength.com/2013/07/31/training-with-singles.aspx

Here's a great article on the importance of singles in training - particularly from a power standpoint.

I understand the point of dynamic training, but never found much value in it. Why do doubles and triples for speed? Why not treat it like Olympic lifting - after all - powerlifting is a single rep for limit strength. Why not do 12-15 singles at a certain percentage rather than doubles and triples? Shorten the rest periods.

This is something I've played around with in the past and Josh has brought it to a science. After all, he trains Al Davis (670 raw bench 308 class), Vinny Dizenzo (600 raw bench 275 class), Brandon Cass (800+lb deadlifter 220lb class), Jeremy Hoornstra (661 WR bench press 242lb class).

This philosophy works; in particular for me and trying to lose weight and keep strength up. It is not an easy task taking 15-30 sec rest between max effort/max power singles. It is extremely taxing.

Give it a try!

[3speed]

I've always made good progress cycling this type of training in occasionally for my squats and deads. My bench, however, goes backwards with this.

Like you said, "Give it a try". You won't know what works for you if you don't experiment.

[bighawgfsu]

BREACH!!! Move in now!!!

[bulldawg56]

Diet plays a very large part of this type of training, as it does in any other type of training. If you want to be a champion, you need to eat like a champion. Make sure you get proper amounts of potassium and magnesium.