I'm curious to why the program is split into lower body and upper body workouts. I'm very used to doing both in all of the training days of the week. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, just curious to know the reason.
I'm also curious about what you would think about changing the routine slightly so that there is always some upper and lower work in all of the workout days. For example changing the day you do lockout assistance from Day 4 to Day 3 and then changing some lower body exercise from Day 3 to Day 4.
Again, have a look at Mike's training log, you will see he is using a high-frequency template where he will squat, bench and deadlift in various combinations on every training day. Bench is trained 4x/week.
You have to look at the context in which it was written. The whole RTS System is about training evolution -- learning to evolve your training into a customized program. Templates like the one in the book are common and popular in the USA (and it's something I have used in the past), so as training evolves, it won't change dramatically for some time.
I eventually changed into a frequency-based template (still not high frequency compared to some). I'm always learning more about programming and based on this, I now think that for most people, a frequency based program is better (I've written on that in another topic, I think). There are some that this is simply not true for one reason or another and for them, I think the templates in the book still offer a great starting point.
Thanks for the replies guys. I know the program is supposed to be customized, but I don't like to mess around too much with a template before running through it at least once. But I will this time, since I can see no reason to do otherwise, and also because this isn't just an ordinary template.
