# Is this template progression okay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Programming Discussion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106 "2018-08-23T14:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ericjspencley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@ericjspencley](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/ericjspencley)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/1 "2018-08-23T14:12:51Z")
I am looking to lay out my long term training and was looking for ideas for anyone who might have done it already. I “ran the lp” for about 8 months which was obviously a joke and I reset and screwed around FAR too long. I am wrapping up week 7 of the Bridge 1.0 right now am I am planning on doing this: 1. “LP” 2. Bridge 1.0 (wrapping up week 7 now) 3. Bridge 2.0 4. HLM 5. Hypertrophy 6. 12 Week Strength 7. Endurance or Time Crunch or Hypertrophy 8. 12 Week Press I am sure this has been discussed before but I find the search function in this forum difficult. Overall, Is there anything wrong with running the bridges back to back? Anyone done that with good results? ---
**Author:** ![Josh\_Korzan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/josh_korzan/32/69_2.png) [@Josh\_Korzan](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Josh_Korzan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/2 "2018-08-23T17:48:50Z")
This seems like a reasonable plan. I personally ran the bridge 2.0 directly following 1.0 and had decent results. That being said, people will likely experience diverse responses to various programs. If you experienced a robust training response from 1.0, I would probably expect decent results from 2.0 as well. The rest of the progression seems fine. Depending on your goals, you may consider alternating the strength-focused programs with the hypertrophy template. Additionally, I believe they will be releasing a 4-day hypertrophy template at some point in the future, which may be good to run in between the 12-week templates. Hope this helps! ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/3 "2018-08-23T17:52:28Z")
I personally like to take a bit more of a bottom up approach and really have a plan for my next template. I personally don’t like to plan that far in advance. Goals may change, body composition may need to be altered, etc, and these things all have an effect on the order I would choose. That being said, if I were to set up a long term cycle that could be run ad infinitum it would look something like this: 1. LP (with 1 added conditioning day, 30 minutes on either bike, elliptical, or incline walking on treadmill at a pace that breaks a slight sweat, but is more boring than challenging) 0.1) Bridge 1.0 \*labeling the above as 0 steps as they will only be run once, not repeated. 2. Endurance 3. Bridge 2.0 4. Hypertrophy 5. HLM 6. soon to be released 4 day hypertrophy template 7. 12 week strength 8. Time crunch 9. start the cycle back with #1 (Endurance) and repeat. - if you want a press focused block choose the Bridge 2.0 press focused alternative as well as well as the 12 week press instead of 12 week strength. ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/4 "2018-08-23T18:06:49Z")
I personally like to take a bit more of a bottom up approach and really have a plan for my next template. I personally don’t like to plan that far in advance. Goals may change, body composition may need to be altered, etc, and these things all have an effect on the order I would choose. That being said, if I were to set up a long term cycle that could be run ad infinitum it would look something like this: 1. LP (with 1 added conditioning day, 30 minutes on either bike, elliptical, or incline walking on treadmill at a pace that breaks a slight sweat, but is more boring than challenging) 0.1) Bridge 1.0 \*labeling the above as 0 steps as they will only be run once, not repeated. 2. Endurance 3. Bridge 2.0 4. Hypertrophy 5. HLM 6. soon to be released 4 day hypertrophy template 7. 12 week strength 8. Time crunch 9. start the cycle back with #1 (Endurance) and repeat. - if you want a press focused block choose the Bridge 2.0 press focused alternative as well as well as the 12 week press instead of 12 week strength. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Vandelay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Art\_Vandelay](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Art_Vandelay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/5 "2018-08-23T18:07:29Z")
I’m currently on the bridge 1.0 myself. I plan to do the 2.0 after that with press focus and then after that I’m gonna alternate 12 weeks strength and hypertrophy templates for a few blocks and see how I do. ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/6 "2018-08-23T18:19:19Z")
I personally like to take a bit more of a bottom up approach and really have a plan for my next template. I personally don’t like to plan that far in advance. Goals may change, body composition may need to be altered, etc, and these things all have an effect on the order I would choose. That being said, if I were to set up a long term cycle that could be run ad infinitum it would look something like this: 1. LP (with 1 added conditioning day, 30 minutes on either bike, elliptical, or incline walking on treadmill at a pace that breaks a slight sweat, but is more boring than challenging) 0.1) Bridge 1.0 \*labeling the above as 0 steps as they will only be run once, not repeated. 2. Endurance 3. Bridge 2.0 4. Hypertrophy 5. HLM 6. soon to be released 4 day hypertrophy template 7. 12 week strength 8. Time crunch 9. start the cycle back with #1 (Endurance) and repeat. - if you want a press focused block choose the Bridge 2.0 press focused alternative as well as well as the 12 week press instead of 12 week strength. ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/7 "2018-08-23T18:59:40Z")
I personally like to take a bit more of a bottom up approach and really have a plan for my next template. I personally don’t like to plan that far in advance. Goals may change, body composition may need to be altered, etc, and these things all have an effect on the order I would choose. That being said, if I were to set up a long term cycle that could be run ad infinitum it would look something like this: 1. LP (with 1 added conditioning day, 30 minutes on either bike, elliptical, or incline walking on treadmill at a pace that breaks a slight sweat, but is more boring than challenging) 0.1) Bridge 1.0 \*labeling the above as 0 steps as they will only be run once, not repeated. 2. Endurance 3. Bridge 2.0 4. Hypertrophy 5. HLM 6. soon to be released 4 day hypertrophy template 7. 12 week strength 8. Time crunch 9. start the cycle back with #1 (Endurance) and repeat. - if you want a press focused block choose the Bridge 2.0 press focused alternative as well as well as the 12 week press instead of 12 week strength. ---
**Author:** ![Squib](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/squib/32/1093_2.png) [@Squib](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Squib)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/8 "2018-08-25T04:25:54Z")
See you how you go after The Bridge 2.0. I felt pretty beat up, so following it with the 3 Day Hypertrophy worked well for me, might be a good idea after 16 weeks of purely strength focused training - but you might respond well enough to keep going on to HLM. PS - definitely stick to the percentages ranges for back off volume in the Bridge 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/is-this-template-progression-okay/3106/9 "2018-08-25T12:09:10Z")
I personally like to take a bit more of a bottom up approach. I personally don’t like to plan that far in advance, I really take it more one block at a time. Goals may change, body composition may need to be altered, etc, and these things all have an effect on the order I would choose. That being said, if I were to set up a long term cycle that could be run ad infinitum it would look something like this: 1. LP (with 1 added conditioning day, 30 minutes on either bike, elliptical, or incline walking on treadmill at a pace that breaks a slight sweat, but is more boring than challenging) 0.1) Bridge 1.0 \*labeling the above as 0 steps as they will only be run once, not repeated. 2. Endurance 3. Bridge 2.0 4. 3 day Hypertrophy 5. HLM 6. 4 day hypertrophy 7. 12 week strength 8. Time crunch 9. start the cycle back with #1 (Endurance) and repeat. - if you want a press focused block choose the Bridge 2.0 press focused alternative as well as well as the 12 week press instead of 12 week strength.