So you want to do a program that is designed for hypertrophy (muscle gain) while losing weight? I think the program might be good for cutting, simply because the intensities are lower on the lifts, but I wouldn’t expect any hypertrophy to occur. Might be better to do the HLM and focus on maintaining strength during the cut.
I didn’t expect to gain muscle on a cut. I was just going by the official descriptions. Of all the templates on the site, the two GPP are the only ones that are recommended for cutting (though it doesn’t say they are optimal for it). Out of those 2 options I was more interested in the hypertrophy than the endurance mainly because I would possibly reuse the hypertrophy one to put on some mass later while I couldn’t see myself reusing the other one and I’m not really interested in endurance anyway.
I think I’m gonna tough out the bridge but I will still have some weeks of cutting to do after. Is there anything about the HLM that you think is better for cutting than the bridge or just better than the Hypertrophy?
I don’t think I’m qualified to answer this. The description does say that the GPP Hypertrophy is good for cutting, due to the lower intensities used throughout the program. I’ve heard Jordan/Austin say that lower intensities are ideal for cutting also, so it all makes sense. So it sounds like you are all clear to use the program for that purpose.
I missed this till just now. I got a lot out of it personally, since it meant I was starting a program for the first time with a respectable understanding of putting RPE into practice. That meant progress was good for me over the v2 from the start. However in retrospect now I think I could/would have done just as well on the HLM program for example.