# Curious....Training Every other Day:  3 day, 4 day or alternate program?

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**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/curious-training-every-other-day-3-day-4-day-or-alternate-program/8632 "2020-04-21T20:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chaosbane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/chaosbane/32/840_2.png) [@Chaosbane](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Chaosbane)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/curious-training-every-other-day-3-day-4-day-or-alternate-program/8632/1 "2020-04-21T20:21:18Z")

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Hi BBM!

I’m currently running Powerbuilding I and plan to switch to Hypertrophy after. But had a quick question, as I train every other day, one week is 3 days and one is 4 days.

I know this is a minimal thing in the long run and doesn’t REALLY matter, but I am just curious as to whether you would run a 3 day program (making it a weekish shorter), 4 day program (making it a weekish longer) or mash the 3 day and 4 day templates alternating between the equivalent templates?

Thanks and keep up the awesome work. I also see a bodybuilding template mentioned on here, assuming it is not the hypertrophy one, any drop date on that? I’ll be snapping it up.

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**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 23, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/curious-training-every-other-day-3-day-4-day-or-alternate-program/8632/2 "2020-04-23T00:08:12Z")

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Is there anyway you can do the program in the prescribed constraints, e.g. not train every other day in perpetuity?

The BB template will likely drop when the gyms open up 🙂

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**Author:** ![Chaosbane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/chaosbane/32/840_2.png) [@Chaosbane](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Chaosbane)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/curious-training-every-other-day-3-day-4-day-or-alternate-program/8632/3 "2020-04-26T20:05:22Z")

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Hi Jordan,

Thanks for the response. I can stick to 3 days per week at the moment, training every other day just works well with work and family constraints (my wife and I alternate childcare/cooking and training in the evenings) and I just like having the 1 extra (barbell) training day per fortnight with every other day vs 3 days per week. From mid June/early July I plan to start training 4 days per week anyway and was mainly curious about my current and next training blocks.

I look forward to the BB template.