I'm re-reading Tom Kurz' Science of Sports Training because I'm better able to understand the concepts after having gotten my NASM cert. If you haven't read the book and want something that is way more technical about setting up training programs than the average book but isn't quite a real textbook on the subject, then Kurz' book is exactly what you need. Don't look for a cookie-cutter program through. Kurz lays out the basics and gives you the tools to do it yourself. But this is waaaay beyond the average lifting/exercise book so be warned.
In the opening chapters, he talks about how volume should always proceed intensity and that's a good point that I'd forgotten about recently. You have to do a higher volme of work BEFORE you can squeeze all that volume down into a more intense workout.
I'd forgotten that with my kettlebell workouts recently. I had reached a certain level with the 16kg KB through sets and reps training, tested it with 10 minute sets in the IKFF cert, and thought I was therefore ready to just jump into 20kg KB training with long sets. That was a no go.
It took me time to build up my KB training with the 16kg KB. I didn't just do a long set the first day I got it. I had forgotten that. The intensity of jumping from a 16kg KB to a 20 kg was too much for my hands. Time to go back to volume and build myself back up with the technique and endurance before I try long sets with the 20kg.
Remember: volume before intensity.
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