I’m currently running through Powerbuilding I and will probably be jumping straight into a second round of it. However, I’d also like to figure out what I want to do after I start plateauing on progress.
Since I do a lot of endurance events with my wife, the Endurance Template and General S&C both look enticing. However, I’m really liking the powerlift movements. Are the powerlifts built into the Endurance Template so that I could see where those are tracking?
I have completed the Beginner Template and am on week 7 of Powerbuilding I.
I have a lot of room for growth, and particularly enjoy squat and deadlift. If possible, I’d also like to eventually get up to 400+lb deadlift, while also getting my half marathon time down to 2hrs (from 2:10). I think both of these goals are obtainable as long as my training stays consistent over the next 1-1.5 years.
The GPP that I’ve mostly been doing are sprint intervals, 4mile run on a weekday, and a 6+mile run on the weekend.
Also, I feel like time is a bigger constraint for me than work capacity. The workouts typically take 30min (±10min depending on the number of work sets). I can finish a workout and feel like I have enough in the tank to do some of the GPP work as well, however time does not always permit that.
The endurance template does use the big 3, yes. Of note, I think if your workouts are taking 30 minutes you might not be resting enough between sets or warming up enough.
Thanks for getting back to me. I think I’ll go with the endurance template then since that’s more specific to my goals.
I admit that I probably don’t rest enough between sets (around 3 minutes). I’m also not sure about my warm ups. I only really warm up the first exercise then figure I’m good for all the rest. Mostly because I am not typically about to spend much more than 45 minutes in the gym.
Today’s warm up for the heavy single deadlift:
135x10
185x5
225x3
285x1
Finally the heavy single: 315lb
I only took the time to load the weights between the warm ups until I was going to do 285, then I waited around 2 min, then I waited around 4 minutes before the heavy single. So from loading the first warm up to doing the heavy single probably took around 15 minutes.
then, as I said, I just jump straight into the other exercises’ working sets.
Also, my gym only has 2 squat racks and the deadlift platforms are right in front of them (so also 2). I’m trying not to be that guy that monopolizes those for a while hour.