Hi BBM team,
Age: 28
Bw: 170 – 215
Height: 6’
Squat: 115 (3x5) > 315 (3x5)
Press: 75 (3x5) > 140 (3x5)
Bench: 95 (3x5) > 200 (3x5)
Deadlift: 95 (3x5) > 345 (3x5)
I started exercising completely untrained last August. I was lucky enough to end up on starting strength only a couple months after that, which limited the accumulation of too much silliness. From early October until late February 2018, I did the SSLP, complete with several deloads/resets. I drank a bunch of milk/learned to eat at got my bodyweight up as well. You may notice some of the lifts I’ve mentioned above start in goofy places, this is simply due to me having absolutely no idea what I was doing.
At the end of LP, I was destroying myself (mentally and physically) ‘running it out’. I also ended up on a night shift that messed with eating, sleeping, etc… I have since settled into this shift and am productively training again. I said enough is enough and resolved to give The Bridge a go, and am finally cresting the RPE learning curve. I began week #6 today. the 1@8 Squat was a very encouraging moment.
My question is this:
Planning ahead – I would like to do the bridge again once finished to give it a fair go. If I do, 1. Am I able to add a 1@8 for the main lifts every week (instead of waiting until week 6)?
2. How much extra stress is induced by the 1@8 (generally speaking), and what modifications to the subsequent sets would need to be made to facilitate this? My apologies if this has already been addressed. Thanks for the content, it’s been invaluable to me.
Eric