well I just don't think you should try and PR your MAX 1RM *every* MSEM session, but that's because I like to rotate things and PR in other aspects like volume etc, for example:
session 1: MSEM var 1: 2 x 2 with 95%
session 2: MSEM var 1: 2 x 3 with 95%
session 3: MSEM var 2: ... obtain PR
session 4: MSEM var 1: 2 x 2 with 95% (of new PR)
session 5: MSEM var 1: 2 x 3 with 95% (of new PR)
session 6: MSEM var 2: ....
so you see there, that's how I like to rotate through, trying to "PR" added volume and then PR max strength 1RM.
hope that clarifies what I meant, cya!
This looks like a clever approach. Will it work however if I only have one MSEM session every 10 days? I am not even sure if my gains in the VJ will last 60 days after my strength block, I would think they don't but I don't have any experience with that situation...
ah.. variant 2 by itself would work best in your scenario then, for sure. Why every 10 days? You could do var-1 and var-2 4-5 days apart, for example:
monday: Var-1
tuesday: ...
wednesday: ...
thursday: ...
friday: Var-2
saturday: ...
sunday: ...
monday: Var-1 or one more rest day, shifting the schedule by one day every time through
If that's not feasible then ya, every 10 days is pretty far apart, but I would definitely use your setup if you go that route, the one you outlined here:
http://www.adarq.org/forum/performance-training-blog/maximum-strength-effort-method/msg6283/#msg6283peace