Thank you, this is really helpful as I’m running ROP ladders, a lot of this applies, didnt mean to hijack this thread.
With ROP, the original recommendation was, if you could not press the next bell up at the end of 5 ladders of 1 through 5, was to switch to ladders of 2,3,5 and build up to 10 ladders, then add a rung (2, 3, 5, 10) and build up to 5 ladders, but each time you add a 10 rung you take away a 2, 3, 5 ladder. This means you build up to 100 reps (10 x 2, 3, 5), but then maintain that volume (100 reps) as you add rungs of 10. So your transition (for heavy day) would look like this:
5 x 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (last heavy day of ROP)
5 x 2, 3, 5 (first heavy day of "extended" ROP)
... (build ladders similar to ROP)
10 x 2, 3, 5
1 x 2, 3, 5, 10; 8 x 2, 3, 5
2 x 2, 3, 5, 10; 6 x 2, 3, 5
3 x 2, 3, 5, 10; 4 x 2, 3, 5
4 x 2, 3, 5, 10; 2 x 2, 3, 5
5 x 2, 3, 5, 10 (last heavy day of extended ROP)
At the end of this, you should be prepared to press the next bell size (e.g. 24kg to 32kg).
As you can see, there are similar ideas within the Giant framework.
You also now have a "Heavy ROP" that substitutes the next bell size up for the singles, then gradually adds it into the doubles, usually on the light and medium days. For instance:
Heavy day 5 x 1, 2, 3 @ 24kg
Light day 5 x 1 @ 32kg
Medium day 5 x 1 @ 32kg, 2 @ 24kg
It has been a while since I brushed up on Heavy ROP, but that's the gist.