# Irregular Training Days
**URL:** https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/irregular-training-days/4737
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]
**Created:** [January 24, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/irregular-training-days/4737 "2019-01-24T06:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@malwiggin](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/malwiggin)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/irregular-training-days/4737/1 "2019-01-24T06:39:12Z")
It seems that most people have a pretty regular schedule about when they can train, and programs are written accordingly. My work/life situation doesn’t make that possible, leaving me with a situation where most weeks I can fit in three full sessions and a GPP day, with the occasional week when I can manage four full sessions plus a GPP day.
In the past, I’ve handled this by ignoring the specifics of WeekXDayY in my programming, and just running whichever session is programmed next on the days I can get to the gym. Sometimes, that means getting through a week of “4day/week” programmed work in a week, while sometimes it may take me 9 days for the week’s worth of programming. Or if I’m running a “3day/week” program, I am occasionally get through the week’s programming in 5 days.
Using “12 Week Strength” as a specific example, I know that there is a recommendation for taking what is normally a “4day/week” program and adapting it for “3day/week” training. How would you advise that I approach a program like this, given the irregularity of my training schedule. I can think of three options:
1. Perform all “4day/week” programmed sessions when I can - full 12 week program will take ~15 weeks.
2. Perform sessions from the adapted “3day/week” version of the program when I can - full 12 week program will take ~11 weeks.
3. Adapt the program to 3 or 4 day/week on a week-by-week basis to ensure that the each official “week” of the program is actually performed in a week - this might be tricky, as I often don’t know my weekend schedule until the Friday.
And on a related note, if the only way for me to get my all training days performed within the week would be to sacrifice a GPP session - am I better to skip GPP, or to perform it and stretch the week’s worth of programming out to 9 days.
Many thanks for your advice.
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### Author:  [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/irregular-training-days/4737/2 "2019-01-24T19:23:27Z")
Number 3 is what I’d choose.
I would skip GPP on a weekly basis if I had to and do the regular training instead.