Ok, I've finished my first run of Bridge 1.0 and I'm pretty happy with RPE based training. I'm re-purposing this OP to state my current status and goals.
I'll be re-running "The Bridge 1.0" starting on week 2 to avoid 2 low stress weeks in a row. Jump to this post if you care to see the beginning of this run.
I bought the HLM and Hypertrophy templates the weekend I finished my first run as there was a spring discount, and if the curves in my below graph have pretty upward trends, I'll run through HLM next, otherwise if they aren't perty enough, I suppose I'll do the Hypertrophy template as a "palate cleanse."
My history:
I've been doing barbell focused work since the summer of 2015, and through sub-optimal programming I'd not really gotten the best results. I switched to BBM RPE based programming with a trial run of BBM's free Bridge 1.0 template at the end of January 2018, and I'm enjoying the system.
I really like the results for squat for the first run. The execution of the DL portion sucked on my part due to not being conditioned to the extra volume, not being good at gaguing the RPE, and a DL competition in my gym week 4. Bench, I've seen improvement, but it's hard to gage since before this program I'd only done T&G. Press... Meh. I think I'll be adding a block of extra volume in the form of 3x8 for Press on Saturday.
Mid March stats:
Age: 38
Weight: 178
Waist: 33"?
I'll try to keep a weekly updated graph of my BBM training e1RMs in this post.

Resources:
Bridge 1.0 tracker google sheets spreadsheet
I've had requests for a tool to allow others to generate the above graph. I made it in excel, and tried to build a generic version in google sheets, but didn't quite suceed. I'll try again by building it in excel and exporting it to google sheets another day.
I'll be re-running "The Bridge 1.0" starting on week 2 to avoid 2 low stress weeks in a row. Jump to this post if you care to see the beginning of this run.
I bought the HLM and Hypertrophy templates the weekend I finished my first run as there was a spring discount, and if the curves in my below graph have pretty upward trends, I'll run through HLM next, otherwise if they aren't perty enough, I suppose I'll do the Hypertrophy template as a "palate cleanse."
My history:
I've been doing barbell focused work since the summer of 2015, and through sub-optimal programming I'd not really gotten the best results. I switched to BBM RPE based programming with a trial run of BBM's free Bridge 1.0 template at the end of January 2018, and I'm enjoying the system.
I really like the results for squat for the first run. The execution of the DL portion sucked on my part due to not being conditioned to the extra volume, not being good at gaguing the RPE, and a DL competition in my gym week 4. Bench, I've seen improvement, but it's hard to gage since before this program I'd only done T&G. Press... Meh. I think I'll be adding a block of extra volume in the form of 3x8 for Press on Saturday.
Mid March stats:
Age: 38
Weight: 178
Waist: 33"?
I'll try to keep a weekly updated graph of my BBM training e1RMs in this post.
Resources:
Bridge 1.0 tracker google sheets spreadsheet
I've had requests for a tool to allow others to generate the above graph. I made it in excel, and tried to build a generic version in google sheets, but didn't quite suceed. I'll try again by building it in excel and exporting it to google sheets another day.
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