Thanks James, totally agree! Wendler makes a big thing about saying you don't have to be training with your heaviest weights to get stronger, this is a hard lesson when you don't understand periodisation. Doing Madcow drove it home to me and I won't ever go back to 'balls to the wall' every WO training!
to quote Wendler:
"You don't need to operate at your max to increase your max. Why people get so bent out of shape about taking two steps back if it means they'll be taking 10 steps forward is beyond me."


