Harry Bizzle wrote:I haven’t at the moment, but will probably fall back into PPL. I generally don’t like bodybuilding programmes because they generally have way too much volume and waste too much time - I’m not sure whether they’re designed for enhanced people who can do insane volume at high intensity and still recover or gym bros who do loads of volume at 0% intensity, but they’re not designed for me, so I just make my own up.
My PL numbers are very average, so I will probably look to get back to where I was over the next few months by just doing a simple linear progression for all the main lifts at the beginning of the relevant workouts (So one of my Push days starts with bench, one starts with OHP, one leg day starts with squats, the other DLs) and just add weight accordingly.
My DL is disproportionately weak after some frustrating injuries (~160kgx3) and a secondary goal would be getting that to 180kg for the time being.
I’ve heard about the Bridge and it’s very well regarded. When I eventually go back to Strength focused (I want to hit 2/3/4/5 plate strength), I’ll definitely be considering it.
Yeah I'm the same, I found body building training was wrecking my joints plus I like having a defined objective with hitting numbers. Plus I don't have the time too do a 5 or 6 day PPL programme.
That sounds like you're going to start back on an upper lower split, I'd highly recommend you check out Andy Bakers site as there are a lot of options.
The only thing that puts me off Barbell Medicine is that they use RPE and I just don't think that would benefit me yet. Also they're very technical so rather than just squatting, benching, etc there are pause squats, tempo squats, pin press, etc. I like a bit more simplicity.