Hey great article! Was wondering if this rep scheme could be applicable to other things then the squat.
For instance upper body workouts..using the intensity phase…training upper body 2x a week. Could one use BB bench press one day (or incline), then db presses the 2nd upper body day in that week…obviously followed by chins, rows, pullups etc? Other assistance work could be curls, but not much else would be needed I would think, maybe a set or 2 of triceps if one desires. What do you think? I think recovery would be alright because here BB benching your using a heavier load, but on the DB’s one can’t use as heavy as a load, so it would give a little bit of a break.

I really don’t have much experience with upper body lifts since I don’t really need upper body strength but yes, I think you could use the 8-7-6-5 for that too. I for one am using it with my bench press.

I think what your saying is pretty good, I see no reason why it would not work. Since the 8-7-6-5 is working as a progression, then just follow it, adjust it as needed (when you hit the points I talked about) and after the cycle is over either restart it with your new found strength as the threshold for selecting the starting weight or get into more dynamic stuff like upperbody plyometrics or speed bench presses, med ball throws etc.

I mean, you can have a hard time sleeping before a workout that coincides with the third strike and think you’re reached the stagnation, when in reality it was just a bad moment. Still, doing a bit less isn’t going to kill anyone so that’s why I left it out.

The point is that if enough common sense is used, things should be simple enough.