Good day, I have a training question about adding the No equipment template Day 2 to The Beginner template Block 3. For the past couple of years my training history has been rotating between the At home templates and The Beginner template due to Covid lockdowns and after that my son being born plus going back to school. I finished my degree in October of 2023 and since then I’ve been back to the gym three days a week on The Beginner template and doing well. I go to the gym 3 days a week and do my GPP work at home using the adjustable dumbbells I got for the Limited equipment template. For steady state cardio I walk and swim when I get the chance. For HIIT cardio I do high knees / jumping jacks / burpees etc. Currently at the end of Week 2 of Block 3 of the Beginner Template and I just got the urge to add Day 2 of the No equipment template. I did it and feel fine. My goals are meeting the physical activity guidelines, to have fun training and after that I’m happy with any strength / hypertrophy gains I make. I want to add that At Home template Day 2 because along with the GPP stuff I usually do when I’m watching my son and he usually thinks it’s hilarious and sometimes joins in for a bit. It sounds silly saying it, but I also want to be capable of bodyweight exercises to “empress / keep up with” my son as he gets older by doing a decent number of pushups, hands stand pushups etc. Plus doing bodyweight exercises makes it possible for him to join in should he want to and it’s fun for me. Currently I can: Squat 160kg x 1 @ RPE 8 Bench press 120kg x 1 @ RPE 8 Deadlift 200kg x 1 @ RPE 8 (with straps because the gym doesn’t like chalk) Press 65kg x 8 @ RPE 9 (All without a belt, just because I don’t have one) My pushups are currently in the 8-12 range (of the At Home template). Jump Squats 12-15 range Pike Pushups in the 12-25 range. Eventually I would like to: Squat 180kg x 1 @ RPE 8 Bench press 140kg x 1 @ RPE 8 Deadlift 220kg x 1 @ RPE 8 Press 100kg x 1 @ RPE 10 Handstand pushup in the 8-12 range. Pistol squats / Nordic hamstring curls 12-15 Difficult pushups in the 12-25 range. So long story short, would you recommend adding Day 2 of the At Home no equipment template to Block 3 of the Beginner Template. If so, would it be okay to run it for weeks on end and just reset it to Block 2 every now and then with different exercises? Later I plan on getting a fully equipped home gym and will get other templates, but for now this would be ideal.
I think this is a perfectly reasonable idea. Have fun with it, build up the additional training stress slowly, and see how you do.
Thank you very much!