# Template questions

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/template-questions/12857>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/template-questions/12857 "2022-09-16T17:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jhm1002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Jhm1002](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jhm1002)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/template-questions/12857/1 "2022-09-16T17:06:16Z")

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Hello,

I have a question regarding programming. So I recently came off of the PB 1 template after having just run strength 1 in to a competition with good results (set PRs in all 3). I’ve been training for almost 2 years now and have completed two PL meets. PBs are 420 squat, 275 bench, and 465 DL. 30 years old, 5’5” 190.

I was going to be competing in another meet that I have since found out I cannot do. So now I have 21 weeks before my next meet. My thought was to take 8 weeks to experiment with the low fatigue template and if it’s working well, go back and repeat some of the template to be peaking at 21 weeks. The other option i considered was to run low fatigue for 8 weeks and then pick up with the strength 1 template for another round. Would either of these options( or another entirely) be preferable?

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/template-questions/12857/2 "2022-09-17T21:07:09Z")

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JHM,

Congrats on your recent PRs- those are great! I think if you had good results with the Strength I and/or PB I templates, it’d be easiest to pick one of those to re-run unless you wanted a change. In that case, the low fatigue template could be a good experiment if you’re interested. It’s really more about your personal preferences and what you’d like to do for 8 weeks , as I think all possible choices are likely to work well here.

-Jordan

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**Author:** ![Jhm1002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Jhm1002](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jhm1002)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/template-questions/12857/3 "2022-09-18T02:19:42Z")

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Thank you for the response sir! I will pick one of the above options and move forward!