# Figuring out what to do after hypertrophy template

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074 "2018-08-21T15:29:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doubleojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Doubleojon](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Doubleojon)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074/1 "2018-08-21T15:29:44Z")

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Hi all,

As of right now I’m approaching the end of the Hypertrophy template, and trying to figure out what to do next. I really want to take another crack at this one, as I really enjoyed it and made some decent progress, but feel I didn’t get the most that I could out of it (my fault: started a new job with crazy hours, sleep was out of whack, nutrition was waaaaaaaay off, and I injured myself). Now that life has settled into a more predictable rhythm, I can make training and nutrition more of a priority, and I want to run this again.  
It’s been recommended that a pure strength program be run before and after this (I ran the bridge previously), so basically I’m trying to figure out what I should do before I run this again. I can rule out the 12 week strength program, as it was a struggle to get my work schedule to allow for a 3 day training week.  
My goal is to gain as much strength/size as possible through the end of the year - abz be damned - before leaning out a lil next year (I’ll probably be signing up for group programming at that point).

Thanks again for the incredible content/programming. If I hadn’t been introduced to and able to obtain a solid understanding of RPE and its implementation, these past two months would have been a major setback. Instead, I kept training with the proper mindset, hit the prescribed RPE’s, and never missed reps (except that one time my ego got in the way). I’m excited to see what the future holds.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074/2 "2018-08-26T19:34:12Z")

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You could run it again (there are no hard rules here), or use one of the other 3-day templates such as the HLM/Bridge 2.0. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![Stenson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@Stenson](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Stenson)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074/3 "2018-08-27T02:46:37Z")

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Austin - how does volume compare between the 3 and 4 day hypertrophy templates? Would it work well to run the 3 day template then the 4 day template, after a period of running relatively low volume programming?

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/figuring-out-what-to-do-after-hypertrophy-template/3074/4 "2018-08-29T14:51:23Z")

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Sure, you could do that. The 4-day has more work than the 3-day template.