Great job! It's funny how the improvement sneaks up...the effort feels the same but when you look down at your monitor you've shaved off minutes.

I do it a few different ways. Sometimes as brief as 30 sec intervals rolling from one to the other with no break for a set amount of time (30 sec plank - 30 sec shank - 30 sec plank - 30 sec shank and so on.... for 3-10 mins). Other times I'll hold longer, up to 2 minutes each movement with a break ...

Awesome question man. For me, E chills me out and makes me feel mellow. HIC does the opposite, wakes me up and makes me want to tackle my goals. Both good moods, just different flavors.

I'm a huge Dune geek as some of you might be able to tell. Frank Herbert was a genius:

“Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.'

Now tell me if this doesn't bring TB to mind.

@Doc, I should add that Wendler has dealt with the low frequency/inadequate volume to the basic program in the follow-up book Beyond 531.

Thanks for the advice guys! I did read the other thread and considered trying it out. Like you said, the limited time I have makes Kinetic's plan the better option. Plus I want to keep some limited max strength work to help drive up endurance numbers. My current 3x week Operator cluster is the back...

I don't have anything against using a true max per se. But I look at it like this: Training Max: Pros - makes workouts manageable, no missed reps or sets, makes weights + cardio infinitely more manageable, leads to progress in true 1rms over time. Cons - feel like a fancy-boy in the gym with less o...

WallBilly wrote: I get my power, explosiveness and athleticism from my Black HIC.

This is the way I look at it.