I’m looking forward to running my first BBM template in a couple of weeks but I’ve been thinking about how I want to incorporate the prescribed GPP. I have a bunch of resistance bands from early pandemic days that I never used consistently. In the interest of shorter sessions and fewer weekly trips to the gym, is there any reason I shouldn’t do my GPP arm and upper back work at home with the bands?
I don’t think you’re likely to get the same strength and hypertrophy improvements with bands as compared to free weights, though program adherence and sustainability are more important than “optimal” gainzZz. I’d probably just do your upper back and arm work at the tail end of a gym session, if you can.
Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. Also, I’ve started familiarizing myself with the app and have a question about logging workouts. For bodyweight exercises, do you recommend logging the weight using that day’s weigh in or just leaving it at 0?
I would just log your BW +/- any resistance/assistance you’re using.
Thank you! Some additional questions about the app now that I’ve started:
- Is there no timer within the app? I see that there’s a session duration timer, but is there no separate in-app timer for time-limited exercises or rest periods?
- Is it possible to reorder exercises within a session without deleting and re-adding them?
- Is there a way to move around the days within a microcycle? Like if I decide to do GPP after Day 1, it looks like the app will try to jump me to Day 3 as my next session right after that with the upcoming session widget.
- I looked ahead to the next block within this template and there are days that prescribe things like 1 @7, followed by 3 @7, but the app doesn’t seem to show me what my estimated 3 @7 should be based on the indicator set. Am I missing something here, or do I have to switch to the calculator and switch back to the workout? Thanks again for your time!