Hey guys,
I have just finished The Bridge, and am hoping you could direct me to which BBM program/template is best suited for me.
I am a 26 year-old male, weighing 222lbs (upon waking) at 6’4.5.
I went from grinding SSLP to death (sorry Jordan) to The Bridge, and unfortunately ended up spending much more than 8 weeks doing the program, with a number of weeks repeated due largely to a stressor in my personal life (things are better now). I gained probably 6-7lbs in this time. I suppose this makes it more difficult to assess how well the program worked for me. Nonetheless, here are the changes in my e1rm extrapolated off of the bone-on-bone 5s at the end of the LP, and the 1@8s I’ve set in the last week of The Bridge:
Squat: 203kg > 211kg
Bench: 129kg > 133kg (FWIW, the first was estimated from a set of 5 with some rather bouncy touch-and-go, the second a single with a 1ct pause)
Press: 78kg > 80kg (Again, the first was estimated from a set of with with a 1.0 touch-and-go style press, the second a single 2.0 style)
Deadlift: 210kg > 217kg (I’ve no idea why it’s so close to my squat. I am squatting to depth!)
I’ve no idea if that progress, over the extended timeframe, is any good at all.
So, with that information, could you guys recommend a next move for me? I would like to keep gaining weight, and get bigger and stronger, and am not at all interested in competing. I’ve quite a lot of time to train right now, so would like to save the 7-week hypertrophy template for a busier time.
Many thanks for any feedback!