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[Jordan Feigenbaum]

What do you mean?...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

BrodG,

I'd probably just do phases 2 and 3 of the Beginner Template and see how you do. Ultimately, if it's a good fit for you, you'll know...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Hey Bill,

I'd probably do the following:

1) Make sure your daughter is playing lots of different sports besides soccer, even...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yea, I don't think it matters much so long as it gets done. Carry on ...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Hey Andy,

We would recommend the following:

1) doing The Beginner Template
2) Not gaining 2lbs per week, as that's probably...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

I don't think it matters at all....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yep. It's more important to get the work in than it is to strive for optimal frequency, which probably doesn't matter until total # of sets gets very...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

I wouldn't worry about it if your waist is less than ~ 34", you have no adiposity related chronic diseases, and your BMI is ~ 30 or less....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

You could do that if you fasted for a whole day, maybe- though the data isn't great on alternate day fasting either!...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Hey Lee,

Good to hear from you!

1) I would do it daily unless you're doing some intermittent fasting type thing.

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[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Beans are okay if you prefer them. I don't love them personally, but I agree they (along with many other carb sources) can be a part of a health-promoting...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

You can override this if you switch to expert mode....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

I'd do the first 6 weeks of one of the strength templates, followed by the slow peak template....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

It's probably not going to work as well if you do it that way without changing the other bench variations to press variations. That said, you could do...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Carl,

Thanks for the post and hopefully you're on the right track with managing your insomnia!

As for your questions:
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[Jordan Feigenbaum]

It's just a number that's significantly lower than the target failure point. Ideally each set of 5 would be RPE ~7-9. Dropping 2 reps below that signifies...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Hard to predict the response, but my prediction would is that it's not very good for strength development and it may not actually be a useful way for...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

No real difference for health outcomes. Performance wise, you don't get as much endurance improvement by splitting up the sessions into shorter ones,...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

That's pretty cool Nice job!...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yea I don't really like this programming approach for strength improvements. I also don't think rep progressions are great for hypertrophy purposes, though...