Bridge and Strength Template Questions

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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I’m in week 7 of the Bridge. On my week 8 lifts with an RPE 8 x 1 rep would it be acceptable to overshoot the RPE and try to go for some PR’s or would you recommend keeping the RPE @ 8 even on the last week?

Also, I noticed week 8 is a low stress week. After the Bridge I’m thinking of transitioning into perhaps the 12 week strength template. Is the first week of that low stress? If so, should I skip week 1 so I don’t have two low stress weeks in a row or should I do it anyways since it’s an entirely new training program. I haven’t purchased it yet so I don’t know what exactly it looks like…

Thanks

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Hi There,

I would not suggest overshooting your RPE, but if a PR is there while fitting the RPE, that is great. And if you move right into the 12 week strength template I would skip either the final low stress on the Bridge or the first low stress on the Strength template.

And long term, moving to the strength template and seeing some PRs there will be better than overshooting now. :slight_smile:

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