# 12 Week Strength Template Exercise Question

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**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/12-week-strength-template-exercise-question/3795 "2018-10-26T14:38:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanchezcruz\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sanchezcruz\_20](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/sanchezcruz_20)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/12-week-strength-template-exercise-question/3795/1 "2018-10-26T14:38:17Z")

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Just coming off the 4 Day Hypertrophy Template and currently working through the 12 Week Strength.

Week 1 Day 3 calls for beltless squats. Wondering if I can swap in HBBS instead?

I understand we are free to make whatever changes we want in theory but the exercise selection, volume and organization of the template is purposeful so I wasn’t sure if it made sense from a programming standpoint.

I guess, my real question is, does the HBBS make sense from a programming standpoint as far as achieving meaningful volume and useful stress are concerned in the way the program was designed?

I’m working through an issue whereby squatting without a belt, for whatever reason, produces a brief tingling/shock sensation on the anterior surface of my left quad.

As Jordan say; “But what are you gonna do, not train?” - So I’ve essentially just continued to train with a belt whenever I squat.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/12-week-strength-template-exercise-question/3795/2 "2018-10-26T14:43:08Z")

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Yes, that should be just fine – as it sounds like you’d be able to train more productively (i.e., without those uncomfortable symptoms) with that substitution.

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**Author:** ![smey2049](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@smey2049](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/smey2049)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/12-week-strength-template-exercise-question/3795/3 "2018-11-27T10:58:51Z")

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butchering this thread for another 12w strength template question:

I’m almost done with it and what I can definitely say is that I hate touch and go bench. I’m not really stronger at all compared to my 1ct pause bench, I think mainly because not pausing throws off my movement pattern. I guess touch and go is in the program to have a “overload” variation. As I can’t really move more weight, would it make sense to substitute slingshot bench for touch and go if I rerun the program?