Starting Strength + CF?

[Eric Montgomery]

Originally Posted by Mike Doehla

looking around there are so many options.

Greyskull
The cojugate westside/cf mash up (only two heavy lifts per week though)
Lascek s&cp

My goal is to gain strength and size, and keep or get a little more conditioned.

My thoughts are all over the place and I'm not sure which one to go for.

Like I said up above, I prefer GSLP to the 70s Big/Lascek program, and Justin Lascek has spoken favorably of GSLP in a few blog posts and podcasts as well.

Westside/CF seems to work great for the people who do it, but I'm still a little uneducated about Westside in general and prefer to keep things simple in my training, and GSLP did the job fine for me.

[Blair Robert Lowe]

Mike, as Paulo said, you basically described CrossFitFootball to a T. The Strength WOD is basically SS if you are on the amateur level.

GSLP, 70sBig, 531+CF are other off the top of my head besides Gant's/Oto's hybrid programs which all pretty much require you to figure out your own conditioning. With CFFB, you just look it up.

[Mike Doehla]

Originally Posted by Blair Robert Lowe

Mike, as Paulo said, you basically described CrossFitFootball to a T. The Strength WOD is basically SS if you are on the amateur level.

GSLP, 70sBig, 531+CF are other off the top of my head besides Gant's/Oto's hybrid programs which all pretty much require you to figure out your own conditioning. With CFFB, you just look it up.

thank you. I'm leaving towards the Lascek s&cp. I do like the cffb's programming though. Hmm.

[Blair Robert Lowe]

It would give you some variety I think.

On my own, I'd end up very similar conditioning workouts week to week I'd say. Not a bad thing but possibly tedious.

[Mike Doehla]

Originally Posted by Blair Robert Lowe

It would give you some variety I think.

On my own, I'd end up very similar conditioning workouts week to week I'd say. Not a bad thing but possibly tedious.

I've been programming my own metcons for about 3 months and haven't repeated one yet so I think I'm ok at it. I just think I did too many and let my strength lifts go off to the side.

[Blair Robert Lowe]

"My name is Mike and I'm a metcon junkie..."

[Graeme Moore]

Originally Posted by Mike Doehla

thank you. I'm leaving towards the Lascek s&cp.

Justin's is a solid program. If you stick with it you WILL be rewarded.

(I'm sure CFFB would equally so, but I've never tried it so can't comment).

[Mike Doehla]

Originally Posted by Graeme Moore

Justin's is a solid program. If you stick with it you WILL be rewarded.

(I'm sure CFFB would equally so, but I've never tried it so can't comment).

Did you do the lascek program?

[Eric Montgomery]

I've done both programs, and like I've said twice already, I made more progress faster on GSLP and enjoyed it a lot more.

[Graeme Moore]

Originally Posted by Mike Doehla

Did you do the lascek program?

Yes, I used it for 6 weeks to transition between Stronglifts and GSLP.