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I've noticed there are a few guys on here who are using, have used, or are looking to use Rip's Texas Method from Practical Programming. While lurking at another website, I came across a guy who trains at Rip's gym. He posted the following and I thought it would be of interest to a few people. I hope he doesn't mind me reposting it here. I haven't edited it.

Cheers,
Jeff

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Monday night, I asked Rip to write a couple of generic programs for someone coming off of SS and interested in the Texas Method. It's not an easy thing to write a generic program because different people will be interested in bringing up different lifts. I said "just write something" and he came up with the following:

Routine 1

Monday
Squat 5X5
Heavy Press (5X5)
Bench Press Assistance
Power Clean (5X3)or Row

Wednesday
Front Squat 3X3
Back Extensions or GHR
Chin ups

Friday
Squat 1X5
Heavy Bench Press
Press Assistance
Dead Lift 1X5

Routine 2

Monday
Squat 5X5
Bench Press 5X5
Power Clean (5X3)or Row

Wednesday
Front Squat 3X3
Press 5X5
Back Extension/GHR
Chin ups

Friday
Squat 1X5
Bench Press
1X5
or 5X3
or 5X2
or 5X1
Dead Lift 1X5

Where I don't list sets/reps, he didn't write them down. I can surmise the sets/reps by looking at my current program. I didn't want to throw that information in here because I wanted you guys to see it exactly as it was written. The second workout was written at my urging. I said, "what if I want to get strong at the bench since that's what a lot of guys want to do".

Just throwing this out as a couple of workout suggestions.