# Skipping week 1 of General Strength and Conditioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [December 6, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/skipping-week-1-of-general-strength-and-conditioning/7630 "2019-12-06T23:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eddiemun0503](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/eddiemun0503/32/731_2.png) [@eddiemun0503](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/eddiemun0503)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/skipping-week-1-of-general-strength-and-conditioning/7630/1 "2019-12-06T23:23:27Z")
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 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/skipping-week-1-of-general-strength-and-conditioning/7630/2 "2019-12-07T02:40:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![eddiemun0503](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/eddiemun0503/32/731_2.png) [@eddiemun0503](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/eddiemun0503)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/skipping-week-1-of-general-strength-and-conditioning/7630/3 "2019-12-07T07:50:34Z")
Dear Leah, Thank you for the swift reply! Sincerely, Eddie