Running the 3-day hypertrophy again

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I am running the 3-day hypertrophy template with great results, and I plan on jumping right back into it when I finish. In the program, you change between 2 sets of 6 @ rpe 8 and 3 sets of 6 @ rpe 8, which I am guessing has to do with managing training fatigue. My question is, is it reasonable to modify this to change between 3 sets of 6 @ rpe 8 and 4 sets of 6 @ rpe 8 in the second block? My thought process for this is because you discuss increasing work capacity over time, which I may have developed after the first run through of the program, or will this modification lead to too much stress?

This question is more for me to get a better understanding of the training theory.

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It’s not unreasonable to try that, though it’s also impossible to predict whether you need to do that at this point. Long-term modifications to training are always dependent on the trainee’s response to the program. In other words, if you ran the template and had a poor response, we might consider increasing things. I’m just not sure I’d automatically do that for the sake of it, after a really successful run, you know?

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