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EricT · 07-06-2007, 04:22 PM

^^^^Completely agree with everything you said. And also thank you for your post, Riddick. The only reason I posted today was to try and generate some discussion and interest.

I too can see reasons why Rip didn't include more examples. I for one really dislike cookie cutter examples. But I can also see reasons to include them. With that said I think it should be stressed that this should be viewed as a maleable method and never as a static cookie cutter. This idea of every program as this static, by rote recipe that can never be deviated from and adapted to suit reactions is the very thing that is screwing so many people up. It's the kind of thing that is brought on by assorted internet guru's and their "flavor of the month programs" and it's something that people should view as a slice of pie versus a good supply of pie-making ingredients.

Deads can't be placed perfectly on this program. No doubt about it. I would say that the set-up presented here has, very generally speaking, an excellent chance for success in the average trainee. But that doesn't mean that you can't start the deads on Wednesdays and then later move them to Fridays or vice versa. Now that is a very simple and obvious manipulation to me but, frankly, I think very many trainees would keep plugging away at the presented set-up in the face of continued failure because that is what they have been taught to do by "routines". Definitely need to get away from that type of thinking and realize that you are a dynamic and ever-changing type of machine.

That doesn't mean you need to make broad, sweeping changes every couple of weeks either! It just means you have to make relatively small changes to suit circumstances as they arise.