Two upcoming comps; how to adjust?

Competitions:
  - April 16th, 2016
  - June 12th, 2016

Q1: Currently running med. prep. 2 and am in week 4. If I finish the program I would max on April 24th. The first comp is on the 16th, so I need to cut out one week, but I do not know which one I can safely leave out.

Q2: After the first comp I have 8 weeks left till the second one. In which way can I run Sheiko for 8 weeks while also having a good peak for the second comp?

The second one is the most important one, because I need to qualify for Nationals. I want to compete in both to gain experience. The first one is not that important and will be my first time competing, but I think it's a good opportunity to make mistakes which I can fix before the second comp.

I appreciate all the help and can't wait to compete.

I would like to know how much you have been doing before the med. prep. 2? and what?

It really helps us deciding were to cut and therefore can be hard to answer Q1

with regards to Q2. It again depends on what you have been doing and for how long time? Complicating it further is the fact that it can be very individuel. Overall it would be a structure of a prep of some length X, and a Comp of Y, where X+Y = 8 weeks. You can find inspiration on how to structure it in some of the threads on the forum (at least I remember I saw something from one of them).

I would like to know how much you have been doing before the med. prep. 2? and what?

It really helps us deciding were to cut and therefore can be hard to answer Q1

with regards to Q2. It again depends on what you have been doing and for how long time? Complicating it further is the fact that it can be very individuel. Overall it would be a structure of a prep of some length X, and a Comp of Y, where X+Y = 8 weeks. You can find inspiration on how to structure it in some of the threads on the forum (at least I remember I saw something from one of them).

Thank you for your reply.

I'm doing Sheiko since January 2014. This is my second time running the Advanced Medium Load 4-day a week cycle (P1, P2, P3, C). Before that I did the Intermediate Large Load 3-day a week (since I was not above the recommended 500kgs) and before that the good ol' 3-day Excel sheets.

Overall making very good gains on the program, and now it's time to take it a step further. Appreciate the help.

Thank you for your reply.

I'm doing Sheiko since January 2014. This is my second time running the Advanced Medium Load 4-day a week cycle (P1, P2, P3, C). Before that I did the Intermediate Large Load 3-day a week (since I was not above the recommended 500kgs) and before that the good ol' 3-day Excel sheets.

Overall making very good gains on the program, and now it's time to take it a step further. Appreciate the help.

You're welcome.
 
Q1. sounds like you have done a lot of prep work. I would cut one week from prep.

Q2. One feasible lay-out could be 4 weeks of prep and 4 weeks of comp. But this is really individual. For instance I am young and recover quickly, so I tend to cut the Comp. An alternative could be 5 weeks of prep and 3 weeks of comp.   

Be aware that you would be getting different recommendations from different lifters.

Quote from: GymGym on January 25, 2016, 12:11:47 AM

Thank you for your reply.

I'm doing Sheiko since January 2014. This is my second time running the Advanced Medium Load 4-day a week cycle (P1, P2, P3, C). Before that I did the Intermediate Large Load 3-day a week (since I was not above the recommended 500kgs) and before that the good ol' 3-day Excel sheets.

Overall making very good gains on the program, and now it's time to take it a step further. Appreciate the help.

You're welcome.
 
Q1. sounds like you have done a lot of prep work. I would cut one week from prep.

Q2. One feasible lay-out could be 4 weeks of prep and 4 weeks of comp. But this is really individual. For instance I am young and recover quickly, so I tend to cut the Comp. An alternative could be 5 weeks of prep and 3 weeks of comp.   

Be aware that you would be getting different recommendations from different lifters.

Q1: are you by default not supposed to start with prep 1 and follow up with the other ones (2, 3 and then comp)? For example, the Medium Load 4-days a week lasts for 22 weeks. This is what I've been doing last year.

Q2: I'll look into it. I am young as well, and recover rather fast. Do you have recommendations for choosing 5 weeks of prep and 3 for comp? Should I be looking for a lot of lifts and AVG Kg per week?

Again, thank you for your help.

Q1: are you by default not supposed to start with prep 1 and follow up with the other ones (2, 3 and then comp)? For example, the Medium Load 4-days a week lasts for 22 weeks. This is what I've been doing last year.

Yes. Normally you would find the comp. date and count backwards.

Q2: I'll look into it. I am young as well, and recover rather fast. Do you have recommendations for choosing 5 weeks of prep and 3 for comp? Should I be looking for a lot of lifts and AVG Kg per week?

Again, thank you for your help.

You have a lot of options here and it is a more difficult question to answer. I would have reduced loading just after the comp. and otherwise an amount of lifts that fits you.

You could have some benefits from reading these:

http://sheiko-program.ru/forum/index.php?topic=10.0

http://sheiko-program.ru/forum/index.php?topic=7.0