pavel tsatsouline's workout routine help?

[CroSpartacus]

I've just finished reading pavel tsatsouline's "Power to the People" book and I am wondering if anyone has read it and what are your opinions on the routine?

He writes that the squat is over-embellished and it's better to do deadlifts. In his periodization he only says to do 1 set of deads with your 5RM, then another set of 5 with 90% of your 5RM.

To me that looks kind of low in terms of volume. I'm not sure what other exercises he suggests doing because there is no plane outline of a routine.

From my understanding he focuses on deadlifts and press so from my guess he outlines

Deadlift: 1 set of 5RM, 2nd set with 90% of your 5RM
The Side Press: same as deadlift?

And each workout increase the weight.

I am only suspicious because he takes squats out of the routine. However, his technique to increasing your weight numbers seems to make sense because he has a kind of "2 step forward, 1 step back" approach that prevents stalls.

Is this a good routine to follow?

and what does everyone think of the side press exercise he outlines? it seems kind of weird to me.



I was thinking of trying a squat/deadlift/press routine using his methods, however are 2 sets per exercise too little?

 

[ronin0352]

Just do a routine from the FAQ or Starting Strength

 

[Richmond_Hrvat]

Lifting weights isn't voodoo. There's not only one thing that works, and there isn't just one type of "success" either. I think it was Dan John who said "The squatting motion is important; squatting heavy isn't." I could be very wrong. In any case, why don't you try it and find out if it's a "good routine to follow" for you?