Some Thoughts on How and When to Follow Specialization Programs Whether You’re Trying to Improve the Size of a Bodypart or Increase the Strength on a Specific Lift This morning, I sat down with the intention of cranking out an article I had in mind for strength-specialization on a certain lift. But, as I was working on it, I started to think that perhaps I should just write a “general” essay regarding my thoughts on when and how to go about setting up a specialization program. The result is what you’re now staring at—I’ll save the other article I had in mind for another day. (Hopefully, at least. I forget more articles, unfortunately, than I actually write.) First things first, for the most part you shouldn’t follow specialization programs the majority of the training year. Specialization programs are needed when one of your lifts is falling behind the others—or if you’ve never really focus...
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