Some guidance for year-long plan.

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi Guys!

Recently I have purchased a few of the templates, so first things first, thank you very much! I enjoy both the podcast and regular articles you all put out!

Ill keep this short, as I know you will probably have a lot on and a lot of similarly ‘novice’ level questions to frustrate you.

I’m wondering how I would go about ‘planning’ a whole year based on your templates. As it stands I have the hypertrophy, 12 week strength and Bridge 2.0

Further information below;

I have never ran SS,
Im around 85kg - 6ft 4 - 26 YO Male
(I intend to put on some weight!)

Current lifts are as follows:
Bench ~90-95kg for 3-4 reps
Deadlift ~160-165kg for 2-3 reps
Squat ~150kg for 1-2 reps
OHP ~60-65kg for 3-4 reps

I have never really tested anything below a 3RM for anything bar squats (And that was a month or so ago!) so in terms of actual 1RM’s I don’t have many im afraid. Im coming off of a general style bodybuilding routine, where strength was not the main focus. With this in mind I was looking at doing something like Bridge 2.0 > GPP Hypertrophy > Strength and then rerunning the strength a second time after the peak week. (As from what I’ve read it seems to be that you should only have 1-2 hypertrophy blocks a year) Though if you’d prefer I buy another template (Say your HLM or something) let me know!!

This is the first time I’ve really done anything like this and both yourselves and Andy Baker have been instrumental in changing my outlook and actually ‘planning’ out a years worth of training with an end goal in mind, which is to compete in my first meet!

If you need any more information please just hit me back! (And if this is the wrong forum please feel free to move it, I did not know if it belonged in here or in the training discussions section!)

Best regards
Kyle

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Here are a few sample layouts provided in the introductory tab from the master template bundle.

As far as how I would progress through the templates- there are no rules, but here are a few examples:

  1. The Novice: Novice LP> Strength Template > GPP hypertrophy > Strength Template> GPP Hypertrophy> Strength Template.
  2. The Intermediate: Strength Template> GPP Hypertrophy> Strength Template> Time Crunch > GPP Endurance > GPP Hypertrophy > Strength Template
  3. The Competitor : Strength Template > GPP Hypertrophy > Strength Template > Time Crunch > Strength Template> GPP Hypertrophy> Strength
    Template.
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Hi Austin!

Many thanks for the reply, as I have not bought the master package I did not see this! I will most definitely be following number 2 (simply as I cant find the novice LP and presume it is only in the master package!)

Thanks again

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Since we are speaking about the master bundle. If I purchase said bundle, will I get the updates as time progresses or as is? I ask because completing them all will take time and when I get to them, it would be nice to have them with their tweaks. Still going to support you guys regardless the answer.