Bodybuilding II block II question

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Hey BBM team, hope you are all doing well! I’ve got another question for you if you’ll have it.

I just finished block I of the Bodybuilding II template and will be starting block II tomorrow. I was just skimming the overview and I noticed that the supersetting for some of the iso work starts in this block. I train in a somewhat crowded commercial gym, and realistically speaking, I won’t be able to superset some of this stuff, or when able, will feel really rude doing so.

I assume the more important aspects of block II are the higher intensities and slightly higher volume, but is the supersetting important enough in your eyes to figure out a way to do it? Is there a substitute “intensity modifier” so to speak that you would recommend instead?

Thanks,

Adam

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I think the additional metabolic stress may be worthwhile in the context of someone pursuing hypertrophy improvements, who has already been running a hypertrophy-focused program for a bit.

I’d consider using a pre-fatigue approach, where you perform exercise 4 prior to exercise 3 (flipping the order of the supersetted stuff) to generate some additional fatigue on days 2 and 4. On days 1 and 3, I’d pick a BW leg exercise (squats, lunges, etc) and do a high-rep set to a minimum of RPE 5-6, before each set of exercise 3.

-Jordan

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