# A few Bridge GPP day questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347 "2019-04-02T10:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@Jamie](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/1 "2019-04-02T10:12:22Z")
I’ve started the bridge 3.0 yesterday and have a few questions, it’s not clear from the spreadsheet. First of all, does it matter much what days I do GPP on? I see the bridge 1.0 has it on Thursdays at first, then adding a second on day 6, but there doesn’t appear to be any specific guidance on this in 3.0. I was planning to do it on Tuesdays and whenever I can fit it in on the weekend. Second is what to actually do on GPP day? The Overview page for week 1 has the following (bold mine): | Conditioning | 25 min steady state @ RPE 6 **2x/wk** | | --- | --- | | Upper Back Work | 7 minutes upper back work AMRAP **2x/wk** | | Trunk Work | 7 min ab work AMRAP **2x/wk** | | Arm Work | 3 sets of 12-15 reps @ RPE 8, triceps press downs 1x/wk 3 sets of 12-15 reps @ RPE 8, biceps curls | Should I be doing ALL of these from week 1? So GPP day 1 & 2 would be SS conditioning and 1 of each and the 3 accessory categories? I also expected this to start with 1 GPP day per week, as in Bridge 1.0. Having not had this programmed before (SSLP and Texas Method for a few weeks) it seems like one day per week, increasing would be a better transition. Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/2 "2019-04-02T16:00:49Z")
Jamie, Thanks for the post and for joining us here 🙂 > First of all, does it matter much what days I do GPP on? I see the bridge 1.0 has it on Thursdays at first, then adding a second on day 6, but there doesn’t appear to be any specific guidance on this in 3.0. I was planning to do it on Tuesdays and whenever I can fit it in on the weekend. You can do it on days off (the weekend) or after you train. It doesn’t matter when you do it so long as it gets done. > Should I be doing ALL of these from week 1? So GPP day 1 & 2 would be SS conditioning and 1 of each and the 3 accessory categories? You would be doing the conditioning, the upper back work, and the trunk work 2x/wk. You would be doing the arm work 1x/wk. > I also expected this to start with 1 GPP day per week, as in Bridge 1.0. Having not had this programmed before (SSLP and Texas Method for a few weeks) it seems like one day per week, increasing would be a better transition. That’s reasonable too. I would probably do the Bridge 1.0 if you’ve never done it **before** doing the bridge 3.0 so you can get a better transition from those programs (SS and TM). ---
**Author:** ![ionRod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/ionrod/32/5557_2.png) [@ionRod](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/ionRod)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/3 "2019-04-02T18:26:17Z")
> [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](#): > > That’s reasonable too. I would probably do the Bridge 1.0 if you’ve never done it **before** doing the bridge 3.0 so you can get a better transition from those programs (SS and TM). On the other hand, is it reasonable to keep the volume of GPP work I accumulated from previous templates? So if I ran Bridge 3.0 once already and built up to LISS and HIIT session and 8 min of AMRAP sets, had a GPP template and now want to run Bridge 3.0 second time, can I go into the second run with that same volume of GPP work? ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@Jamie](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/4 "2019-04-02T19:35:37Z")
Thanks for the reply. I haven’t done bridge v1, would you absolutely reccomend doing that first? I thought v2/3 was just an improved version so thought it better to start with that, but perhaps I’ve misunderstood. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/5 "2019-04-03T01:07:03Z")
> [@ionRod](#): > > On the other hand, is it reasonable to keep the volume of GPP work I accumulated from previous templates? So if I ran Bridge 3.0 once already and built up to LISS and HIIT session and 8 min of AMRAP sets, had a GPP template and now want to run Bridge 3.0 second time, can I go into the second run with that same volume of GPP work? Sure, that’s reasonable too. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/a-few-bridge-gpp-day-questions/5347/6 "2019-04-03T01:07:36Z")
> [@Jamie](#): > > Thanks for the reply. I haven’t done bridge v1, would you absolutely reccomend doing that first? I thought v2/3 was just an improved version so thought it better to start with that, but perhaps I’ve misunderstood. I think if you’ve never done any of our programming before then I’d get your feet wet first on v1, then hop into the slightly more aggressive v3.