# Pivot block between 4 day hypertrophy and strength block

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/pivot-block-between-4-day-hypertrophy-and-strength-block/4520>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/pivot-block-between-4-day-hypertrophy-and-strength-block/4520 "2019-01-03T12:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gsmith0728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@Gsmith0728](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Gsmith0728)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/pivot-block-between-4-day-hypertrophy-and-strength-block/4520/1 "2019-01-03T12:26:37Z")

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Hi BB Med Crew,

How would you approach designing a pivot block that comes after the 4 day/wk hypertrophy template and before something like the 12 week strength template? Many of the things I would be doing on a pivot block (high bar 8’s, db Bench, etc) I was already doing in the hypertrophy block. As far as length, would you do 1 week of “pivot” programming and one intro (from say 12 wk strength template) week?

Thank you as always.

Gary

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**Author:** ![LeahBBM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/leahbbm/32/17_2.png) [@LeahBBM](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/LeahBBM)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/pivot-block-between-4-day-hypertrophy-and-strength-block/4520/2 "2019-01-03T16:33:55Z")

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If this is your first time working through these templates, just move from one to the next, doing the intro week on the 12 week strength template.

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**Author:** ![Gsmith0728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/278dde/32.png) [@Gsmith0728](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Gsmith0728)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/pivot-block-between-4-day-hypertrophy-and-strength-block/4520/3 "2019-01-03T23:59:56Z")

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Thank you very much for your response Leah.

I am actually not running the template exactly as written - I am a late-stage intermediate (I think?) with e1rm’s at 500/365/550 bw 181 and have made some modifications to them to address my weaknesses.

The heuristic I have generally followed is a pivot should be ~1/3 the length of the developmental block. Do you think a 1 week pivot where there is not much deviation with regard to specificity (which would be the case if I went from template to template as written) is appropriate in this scenario?