Leo Costa Program

[Mike Mahler]

Sounds like your had some great results with the program. While the program was designed for bodybuilding, I think that with a few modifications it can be more of a strength program. Just knock off the 15, 12, and 8 rep days and replace them with 6,4,2. Cut out the isolation work and focus more on the compound moves. I like how the program is cycled every four weeks and how Costa recommends that you have a back off week for every three weeks of hard training (Just as Jack Reape recommends). I think that it is a grat program if you avoid training to failure most of the time. I think that it is the main reason why the program did not work for some people.

Mike Mahler http://www.mikemahler.com