2 days a week is fine for comp phase but I think it’s possible and in some cases beneficial to lift as many as 5 days a week during comp phase as long as the volumes and intensities as well as the types of lifting are adjusted accordingly. Having said that, strength can be maintained very well on 2 days a week for as long as 6 weeks as long as the intensity is high enough. I’ve never tried it but I’d imagine strength could even be maintained with as little as 1 day of strength work every 7-10 days as long as the intensity was high enough and another stimuli such as high level plyometrics were added to the training plan about once within the microcycle.
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