I am 45, 5’8", 188Lbs., 35"-ish waist. After years of Bro-splits, I wanted to focus on getting stronger. So I found BBM, ran Brige1.0, bought and ran Bridge 3.0 and now am running 12 week strength.
In the past, I have had lower left back pain when conventional deadlifting. I have tweaked my form (5 step setup) and learned to brace better. However, I still get bad pain when working up to 1@8 - mainly at the last few sets as I approach 1@ 8. So I chalk this up to load management (but I still am trying to get stronger, so I need the load.)
I have also nicked up my groin during a leg press set (10@9) during day 4, week 4, which also affected my loads on Day 1, week 5 for comp squats (only went to 1 @ 315Lbs, whereas the week prior was 380Lbs for 1@8. Hopefully, this will be a quick fix as my squats, unlike my pressing and deadlifts, have been progressing nicely lately.
I also nicked up my left shoulder on week one and have been drastically reducing loads for weeks 2-4 on pressing. My strength is starting to improve, but taking some time and the template is only 12 weeks.
I give you the back story to ask these more specific questions: My goal is to get stronger, but I keep getting these nagging injuries that affect my ability to push maximal lifts. What to do? Am I on the wrong template? Or should I consistently train at lower rpe’s? And how can these adjustments be made whilst using the templates so I can see progression of strength with these seemingly consistent regressions - i.e. do I stop running the template during the regressions and then start again once back to full strength?
Thanks for your assistance.