How to fit everything in just 4 days?

I know bbm logic is bench squat and dead multiple times a week. My question is how the heck do I go about doing that in just 4 days ? Current routine is :

saturday squat
sunday bench
tuesday dead
Wednesday accessory / second bench.

issue is I work time plus am a single father so those are the only days I can get there so isn’t like I could switch days around.

Check out the free The Bridge ebook, it’s a 3x/week full body workout and you’ll see how BBM likes to program.

If you want 4 days, I highly recommend just purchasing their 12 week strength or press templates - you won’t regret it.

You definitely need to be squatting and deadlifting more than just once per week if you want to see continued progress.

I squat after my deadlift session also , Might have to check it out.

Current lifts are 415 squat 310 bench and 405 deadlift will the strength template be helpful to me still ? Says intermedia te so I would assume so. Just don’t want to go backwards. I currently use block periodization

I don’t know your training history, but Austin, Jordan, Leah, and Alan Thrall all train themselves with programming similar to the 12 week strength template, so I imagine it could work well for you too.

Side note, I see you’re also in the ‘I squat more than I deadlift’ club :slight_smile:

Hahaha sure am. I honestly just started deadlifting maybe 6 months ago I neglected it for soooo long.

I think your actual issue is you only have a 4 day week, correct? In that case you can’t do a 3 day bbm template without modifications. I’d double check 12 week is laid out over 4 consecutive days before purchasing. And that you actually have enough time each day to do it.

Fred I would say that’s correct. And because I only have those specific days , it’s not as if I could do Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday or any other order you could think of. So I’m kinda limited. I mean I’m already squatting Twice a week and benching twice , I suppose on Saturday after I squat I could deadlift ?

I think their 4 day templates are setup for 2 days on, 1 day off, 2 days on, 2 days off which is what you are doing so they should plug in just fine. I read in another thread that the only real difference between the 12 week strength vs the 12 week press templates are if you want to focus on bench or press. Below is a helpful link if you want a tl;dr version of their templates. I think that in almost all of their layouts you are squatting, pressing, and pulling almost every workout instead of a 4 day split like you have outlined.

https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/forums/training-q-a-with-dr-jordan-feigenbaum-and-dr-austin-baraki/8900-barbell-medicine-template-overviews

As others have said, just buy the 12-week template. Run the Bridge first if you haven’t, then jump into the 12-week program. While it is a 4-day per week routine, here are instructions in it which lowers the volume a bit by modifying it for 3-days per week. So you can use it either way. After that, you could look at picking up the GPP Hypertrophy which they’ve stated a number of times is ideal to alternate with the 12-week program for best results.