From Powerbuilding II to a 3 or 4 day Strength or Hypertrophy Template?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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I’m almost done with the Powerbuilding II template which I began after running the GPP template and then Powerbuilding I a few times.
This year, with a slight Covid delay, I’ve been cutting weight (from 205 to 180) and successfully gotten my waist below 34".
I plan to run my next few templates at maintenance or in a slight surplus. I intend to do a Strength template and a Hypertrophy
template, although I’m not sure in which order. Whichever one I choose, I want to do the other template right after.

My question is whether I should start at the beginning with a 3 day program (i.e. Strength I or Hypertrophy I) rather than a 4 day
(Strengthlifting II or Hypertrophy II)? Since I’ve been running the Powerbuilding II I thought perhaps I could slide right
into Strength II or Hyper II.
What do you think, is it risky for my to skip the first template of either Hypertrophy or Strength or should I stick with a 4 day plan
and only drop down to 3 days if next training template is unsuccessful?

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If you’re traditionally accustomed to training 3 days per week and have made reasonable progress with that, I’d stick to a 3 day setup first.

If you’ve previously been used to training more frequently prior to covid, and would prefer to train 4 days per week, making that jump should be fine. (i.e. I don’t think it’s “risky”.)