Opt

[Matthew Reilly]

Has anyone here followed OPT's programming? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

[Eugene Goldashkin]

cant say i always follow it but from time to time i do, i think OPT is a very good athlete and that is directly connected to his programing. He is one of the few crossfitters that truly understands fitness and is able to build a very good well rounded program. But i would not recomend his program to everyone

[Jeffrey Cupra]

Originally Posted by Eugene Goldashkin

cant say i always follow it but from time to time i do, i think OPT is a very good athlete and that is directly connected to his programing. He is one of the few crossfitters that truly understands fitness and is able to build a very good well rounded program. But i would not recomend his program to everyone

Which people do you think arent suited for his programming? And why?

[Christopher G. Woods]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey Cupra

Which people do you think arent suited for his programming? And why?

Anyone who's still at the beginner to intermediate level. His programming is very advanced, and the volume is a little high for the average person who's just trying to stay in shape.

[Eric Montgomery]

I've done it for most of the last 8 months and think it's some of the best stuff out there. It's a good mix of strength, conditioning, and technique work, and incorporates logical progressions and deload periods. It's far from random and doesn't make the mistake of telling people to go 100% every day for a prolonged period of time. The fact that OPT tailors his programming in response to the results people post says a lot--he reads the comments every day, tracks individual progress, and uses it to determine when he needs to change focus or dial things back for a few days.

I switched over to it after about 3 months of linear progression on the old CFWF template and saw my strength numbers continue to increase even as I leaned out and got my conditioning back. I credit all his tempo work for that, as well as doing stuff like weighted ring dips and close grip bench press pretty frequently.

I would agree that it's geared more towards intermediate or advanced athletes--even with more than two years of CF experience I found myself having to scale a lot of stuff back at first. The two a days and three a days are also probably beyond the capabilities of a lot of new CFers.

[Stephen Flamm]

+1 for everything Eric mentioned.

I've followed OPT's programming for a full year, and I put anyone in my gym with competitive CF aspirations on it, as well.

[Pearse Shields]

OPT's blog seems cool, but I'm unable to train in the morning, rest 8 hours and then train again in the evening... Does anybody else have the same problem if they follow OPT?

[Eugene Goldashkin]

Originally Posted by Pearse Shields

OPT's blog seems cool, but I'm unable to train in the morning, rest 8 hours and then train again in the evening... Does anybody else have the same problem if they follow OPT?

i would imagine doing just one of the workouts would be difficult enough, just choose the one that fits your goals best. or leave it for the weekend

[Eric Montgomery]

Originally Posted by Pearse Shields

OPT's blog seems cool, but I'm unable to train in the morning, rest 8 hours and then train again in the evening... Does anybody else have the same problem if they follow OPT?

Do what you can--hit the part that you need the most work on, or do them without the 8 hours in between. That's not the ideal solution because you won't be recovered enough to go all out on the second part, but it's probably better than not doing it.

[Peter Williams]

Originally Posted by Matthew Reilly

Has anyone here followed OPT's programming? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

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