PowerBuilding 1 GPP Work

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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BBM Team,

I am just about to finish out the Endurance template and begin the PowerBuilding 1 template. After reviewing I noticed it calls for Arm work, Trunk Work, Upper back work, and SS Cardio or HIIT twice per week.

In your overview its mentions the recommended split is Day 1, off, Day 3, GPP 1, Day 5, GPP 2, and off.
I am assuming the GPP 1 and GPP 2 include all of the arm, trunk, upper back, and cardio work prescribed for each and distributed evenly.

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to breaking the GPP days out and incorporating portions of them at the end of a primary day as opposed to doing all of the work on a separate day? E.g. having arm, trunk, and back work at the end of say Day 3 and Day 5 of the three training sessions and cardio only on the GPP 1 and GPP 2 days. Or is the GPP work prescribed on the days outside of the 3 primary days to increase frequency that the stress is applied throughout the week? Any input regarding logic on this would be appreciated.

Thanks for the quality content.

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It doesn’t really matter how you do it, as long as you do it :slight_smile:

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Hey Jordan, question along the same lines so I’ll post here:

If I am re-running Powerbuilding I, should I re-set the GPP and go back to 7 mins ab work, 7 mins trunk, or should I stay at the week 10 level, and keep all GPP at that rate (10min ab and trunk, 22/30 min cardio etc.).

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I would go back to the lower level :slight_smile:

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Hi Jordan,

i’m currently on this program and had a question about GPP cardio. For weeks that require 30 mins steady state 2x a week and 20 mins HIIT 1 or 2x a week, do you recommend we stack do them on the same days, i.e. steady state 30 mins and HIIT 2 mins on the same day/workout? Or how should we incorporate the additional GPP cardio within the week?

Thanks.