Hi, how are you?!
1). For someone coming off of a powerlifting meet, would it be wise to directly jump to hypertrophy work like the Hypertrophy 2 program (too much work too soon) or should I do something else?
2). Are the only exercises done with a belt, the ones that are written “w/belt” next to it?! What about OHP?!
3). I don’t have an SSB bar at my gym, would you suggest a variation like front squats instead of that? What about the last 5 weeks, which variation do I choose?!
Thanks!
We don’t know enough about you in particular to make a specific recommendation here, but going into a hypertrophy-oriented training phase after a meet is reasonable.
Correct, and Doesn’t matter.
A high bar squat is a reasonable substitute for SSB.
Thanks for the answers. I’m doing High Bar squats on Day 1. My question is about day 3 squat variation!
Leon,
I just finished my second run of the legacy 12wk strength last Friday. On Monday I started Hypertrophy 2. I did not compete, but I did test my 1RM on all 3 lifts, and felt completely wrecked going into the new block. I did not feel like Monday was too bad, and felt pretty good after the first session.
For my day 3 squat, I subbed in a front squat for my variation. As for the second half of the template, it looks like the template calls for D1 low bar, and D3 pause squat. I’m assuming that you should be able to manage this with the equipment available at your gym.
Hope this helps!
Thanks Ruben, highly appreciate it man!
What did you do about High Incline DB bench which is programmed twice a week and the other 5 weeks where there’s two Low Incline Benches consecutively?
Other than the squat variations I plan on running it as written.