I'm sure many people here, at least those who follow u/mythicalstrength's posts, have been intrigued by the deep-water method. It sounds brutal and straight to the point. But another program, that I'm sure a lot of people have heard of, is quite similar - German volume training (GVT).
Both revolve around 10x10 sets, but the difference I'm interested in: rest time and percentage of 1rm used.
Deep-water has you progress from rest intervals of 4 minutes, to 3 minutes, to 2 minutes (in the beginner routine, that is). GVT has rest intervals between 1-2 minutes, depending on if you use supersets or not. GVT also has you use around 60% of your 1RM, whereas Deep-water uses approximately 54% of your 1RM (70% of your 10RM).
So now my question, or what I'm wondering about, is why does the deep-water method have such legendary status and unquestionable results (from the reviews I've read at least), and why do people do that instead of GVT, if GVT is so much more brutal - and maybe even a more popularized program? I don't know where I'm going with this, I just wondered - does anybody see any pros/cons with the two? Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences!
Link to programs:
https://liftvault.com/programs/strength/deep-water/
https://liftvault.com/programs/bodybuilding/german-volume-training-routine-spreadsheet-gvt/
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