A strength training approach derived from the Soviet system involves training many times a week with many repetitions at moderate effort for years, before potentially switching to a once-a-week cycling method.

“I imagine a strength athlete starting out using the Soviet system and later by the way the Russian powerlifting team uses exactly the same training methodology derived from that which means you training many times a week let's say Squad four or five days a week and uh you're doing a lot of reps with this moderate effort and you do this for for years and you achieve high level and then at some point you switch to this American powerlifting system because your skills are already fully home and you fully adapted to the type of stimulus that that first system brings and you switch switch to this once a week cycling method”