I have been using a Sheiko app program for only my bench press. I am doing the intermediate large load and it is going very well so far. However, I am at a bit of a crossroads as to where I should go from here in order to maximize my performance at a meet on May 7th, 16 weeks from tomorrow.
I begin the first week of prep cycle 2 next week. If I do the comp cycle following that, I will be left with 8 weeks to train for the meet, which doesn't fit any of the app programs in their entirety. I was thinking that I could just start back on prep cycle 1 with increased maxes after prep 2 rather than doing the comp cycle, so that I could run it again and do the comp cycle leading into my meet. This would give me 12 weeks to train after prep 2 ends.
I was also considering not skipping the comp cycle and then finding an 8 week Sheiko program that would lead into the meet instead. The intermediate large load feels sufficient in terms of volume but I could certainly handle more without feeling beat up.
Apologies if that was a bit convoluted, and thanks for anyone's advice!
I begin the first week of prep cycle 2 next week. If I do the comp cycle following that, I will be left with 8 weeks to train for the meet, which doesn't fit any of the app programs in their entirety. I was thinking that I could just start back on prep cycle 1 with increased maxes after prep 2 rather than doing the comp cycle, so that I could run it again and do the comp cycle leading into my meet. This would give me 12 weeks to train after prep 2 ends.
I was also considering not skipping the comp cycle and then finding an 8 week Sheiko program that would lead into the meet instead. The intermediate large load feels sufficient in terms of volume but I could certainly handle more without feeling beat up.
Apologies if that was a bit convoluted, and thanks for anyone's advice!