Hey BBM team!
First of all, Id like to say that I highly appreciate your work. I have learned from you so much and it has been huge help for me. So thank you for that so much!
Some details about myself:
24yo / 86KG BW / 179CM tall
Best comp lifts - SQ 190 / BP 135 / DL 220
Been lifting for about 6 years but most of them were with no real progress due to sticking way too far after SS with Texas method and 5/3/1.
Right now for the last 4 months my programming is done by a local coach - I lift 4 days a week with 2 of them upper and 2 lower body.
I use RPE and really like it.
I dont want to waste your time with irrelevant details so if you need further information about my training please let me know.
I train in my home gym and dont have a power rack since I have no room for one unfortunately but I do have stable adjustable squat stands, adjustable bench, chinup bar and these basic stuff. No machines / rower / sled etc.
So my questions are:
I understand that your templates or some of them make use of the power rack pins. since I have no pins, am I limited or it can be replaced with other exercises?
If I am limited, what templates could or could I not use?
I go on a trip in the end of the month for 10 days and probably will not attend to a gym so it will be a full break from BB training.
After that, I really want to start using BBM templates.
Thought maybe to begin with The Bridge 3.0 to build back my work cappacity when I get back after this long break. What do you think?
My goal is to get as strong as possible in the big BB movements and maybe to compete later this year.
If The Bridge is a good choise, what would you recommend after that?
You can replace them with other exercises. There are no templates you couldn’t do.
The General S/C template or Powerbuilding 1 would be my recommendations. The Legacy Bridge 3.0 could work too. After anyone of those I’d probably do Strength II if you dig getting strong!
It’s great to hear that I could use any template.
I scrolled down the templates overview and noticed that many of them say “No” under user selected exercise section.
By your answer you mean that there are multiple options for me to choose inside the template or I will just have to ask you for subtitution for each specific exercise that I dont have the equipment for?
And about your advice to follow Powerbuilding I with Strength II, assuming that my goal is more toward PL (even though I do care about my press and love doing it), would it be better if I did Powerbuilding I and then not Strengthlifting II but PowerLifting II?
Out of curiosity, is there overhead press in the PL II template at all or it’s fully neglected?
The templates without modifiable exercise selections have alternatives listed when necessary.
If you fancy the bench press more than the press, I would do PL II after PB 1, yes. You could start with Strength I, sure, but I think given your recent break from training I would start with a more general approach and then jump into something more specific.
