Diving off into the deep end of the pool.   I'm a former HIT guy, but injuries have made me take second look at my training.  While rehabing my knee,  low back and chest (There is a funny story to that mess) I began looking for better ways to improve my powerlifting training.  I had been following Mike T.'s training for awhile and decided to buy the manual.  I'm having to thow out everything I thought I knew about training and this is harder than I thought.  After reading the RTS Manual I'm very excited to get started.  Having some difficulty wrapping my brain around some of the stuff.  I think I got the basics down fairly well. 

 I am gonna follow the basic blocks of volume 3 weeks and intensity 3 weeks after 1-2 weeks transition to help reahab my aches and pains. I plan to follow the basic 3 day per week template mention in the forums.  Using fatigue stops until I get a full grasp on how to plan stress into my weekly plan, then fatigue percents.  Hopefully this will not take long as that is a very exciting aspect to me.  My first thoughts are this for the layout.

Monday squats, bench press, front squats

Wednesday bench press,  deadlift (comp), db bench presses

Friday Squat , close grip bp, good mornings, ohp

Adding xtra workouts for upper back, cardio and flexiblity/mobility on Tuesday, Thursday and Satruday.  The RPE protocol to be picked at start of week.

Just wanted to say hi and get any feedback on my starting point.  Thank you

Kevin F.

Hey Kevin.

First be sure to cure your injuries.

Second, be careful not to do too much too soon. Going from 1 training session every 5 days, to 5 training sessions every 5 days has to be carefully managed in relation to volume and stress.

Cheers!