Ed Coan's Peaking Cycle

[slobberknocker]

Somebody just showed me this. It may be of interest to some people.

http://www.joeskopec.com/coancalc.html

 

[casualbb]

haha it's HST! Who would've thought that a growth and strength routine could look so similar?

 

[Scotsman]

Thanks for the link. Eddy is the man.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[TheOak84]

can someone explain what its for?

 

[slobberknocker]

can someone explain what its for?

It's a guideline for a 14 week periodization program. You cycle down from high reps to lower reps over 14 weeks, and it's supposed to help your strength peak at the right time. You're supposed to figure like an %11 strength increase, so if you bench 450 now and you follow the peaking program, you'd be able to bench 500 in week 14.

It doesn't mention assistance work, but Coan's routine might look something like this.

MON
deadlift
row 2x5

WED
bench
incline 1x5
OHP 1x5

FRI
skwat
abs
(insert hamstring exercise here/stiff dead/etc) 1x5

 

[IronLion]

hmmmm.....14 weeks huh......lol

 

[Tagio]

yeah that seems like an eternity.. aren't loading/deloading cycles much shorter?