Hello guys!
Thanks in advance for everything you do for the lifting community!
Been a long time follower of barbell medicine, been years now and your programming temples have been life changing for me!
After pretty much doing every 3days a week program for 2 years, I switched to 4 days a week programming a 1y and a half ago.
I’ve really enjoyed the PL2 template, but I notice every time I do it I kinda tend to crash pretty hard afterwards, both physically and mentally. I have always enjoyed training, and I do understand these things comes and goes so I try not to worry about it and just ride the waves.
I’ve gotten into the habit of doing PL2 for 12 weeks (dropping week 13) then I move on to the PB3 for some easier RPE 7 sessions and just getting back on the horse, before I do the Hypertrophy 2 and then PL2 again, and then rinse and repeat!
I do enjoy this training cycle, but I was wondering if this seems like a good set up for me, as I’m usually pretty burnt out after PL2!
I’ve consumed pretty much all of your content on programming, and I do understand I’m not supposed to feel burnt out, but powelifting 2 template is supposed to push your limits (inside the RPE scope ofcourse).
Am I going about this the wrong way? Could it be that low fatigue templates are more suited to my needs so I don’t have to do this big template cycle?
I mainly do training just for enjoyment, although I ofc would like to see my numbers go up, I usually distance myself from day to day performance and try to look at the big picture!
To sum up:
PB3 - Hyper 2 - PL2 rinse and repeat.
Usually pretty beaten up after PL2, and need a couple of weeks to not feel burnt out! Does this seem to be a good setup or should I consider more low fatigue work?
Thanks!