Skipping week 1 of General Strength and Conditioning

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Dear Dr. Feigenbaum,

I just finished my first run at the General Strength template, but I want to run it again with the same exercises.

Can I skip week 1 and go straight into week 2?

Sincerely Yours,

Eddie Mun

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Hi Eddie,
You could do that, but note that this would mean you have 7 weeks in that run before a low stress week, right? I’d do week 1 so you have better spaced deloads and proceed as written.

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Dear Leah,

Thank you for the swift reply!

Sincerely, Eddie