Tudor Bompa's Serious Strength Training

Anyone knows this book?

Derrick, thank you for answering... I was speaking about Bompa's
cyclization phases and i was asking if he means the first example i
made OR the second...

Abrahm said:

Hi guys, im an Italian bodybuilding that likes so much strength
training; so ive buyed from amazon some Tudor Bompa's books and
Baechle's (nsca) books.
Yesterday is arrived serious strength training, and reading the book i
have not understood a thing: when he speaks about grade in the workouts
he says that must be "step-type" so there are a low one, a medium one
and a high one, BUT he means in the same microcicle or in the entire
program?

Is something like

Sorry, I don't read books, but maybe he is talking about cycling intensity.

3 steps of intensity, low, med, and high. switch steps after some
number of workouts.

Quoted message said:

Microcicle 1>Grade Low> Day 1 2 3 // Microcicle2>grade Medium> Day 1 2
3

If you benched 100 lbs for 10 reps max, then it might be something like
this.

day 1-3 75 lbs
day 4-6 90 lbs
day 7-9 100 lbs

Quoted message said:

OR

Microcicle 1>Day 1 Grade Medium>Day 2 Grade Low>Day 3 Grade High?

day 1 75 lbs
day 2 90 lbs
day 3 100 lbs

If that is what this book is talking about, it is pretty solid advice.
search for "progressive load" on this news group.

--Derrick

Abrahm said:

Derrick, thank you for answering... I was speaking about Bompa's
cyclization phases and i was asking if he means the first example i
made OR the second...

Because of the word "phases" I would think the first example is the one
he ment.

--Falooley

Yes Bob, i think it too, but what do you think about alternating
phases, as the second example? Maybe more productive...

--Abrahm

Abrahm said:

Yes Bob, i think it too, but what do you think about alternating
phases, as the second example? Maybe more productive...

--Abrahm

Personally I have been doing the second example for the last 6 months
and have made steady gains. I am thinking about switching it up now to
your first example using pyramid loading now, because my gains have
started to slow.

--Derrick

The president of italian Tudor Bompa institute told me that the second
example its better but he tolds me to do this :

(for example)
Day1 90 lbs
Day2 75 lbs
Day3 100 lbs

I've written an email directly to Tudor Bompa, he has not yet
answered...

Abrahm

p.s. Sorry for my english 🙂

Wow, i've solved my question: i've write to Tudor Bompa and he
answered:

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Good to hear from you,
I am sure you'll understand the book quite well. Just read it with
attention and it will be OK.
The step loading applies to:
1. microcycles. Example: fist micro is low intensity, the second is
medium and the third is high,very demanding
2. per days of the week (microcycle): there could be several vaiations,
but the simplest one is:day 1 of low intensity,day 2 medium, and day
three very high.
If you train six times per week you can repeat the same thing once
more.
For a five days training: day 1= low, 2= mdeium,3=high,4=low or medium
(depends how tired you are) and day 5=high again.
As you'll get accustomed to the text you'll see the merits of step
loading.
Sorry for replying so late but I had a conference in USA.
Auguri,
Tudor O. Bompa
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I hope to be helpfully!
Abrahm