# Time?

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/time/2952>\
**Category:** Programming Discussion\
**Created:** [August 11, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/time/2952 "2018-08-11T17:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![charlieR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@charlieR](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/charlieR)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/time/2952/1 "2018-08-11T17:04:17Z")

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My big issue and concern is am I training enough. The most days i can get to the gym is 4 days a week. I am a husband, father, part-time student, and I work a physically demanding job 6 days a week usually. I am currently on the 3rd week of The Bridge and I feel better than things I’ve been trying in the past. I have modified it just because of time issues. I might super set my stuff with pull ups, weighted dips, and core variations. Then I might do some conditioning like a row machine in the end. The fourth day I dedicate to the prescribed GPP. My question is this: Can i make continual strength gains only lifting three days a week? The three day lifting has helped with my recovery due to my very physical job.

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**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/time/2952/2 "2018-08-12T22:35:47Z")

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Yes? No? Maybe? These things are highly individual. No one can tell you how your unique body will adapt over time, especially with no knowledge of your training history.

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**Author:** ![ropable](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/ropable/32/5961_2.png) [@ropable](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/ropable)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/time/2952/3 "2018-08-13T07:56:43Z")

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I’d suggest that working a physically demanding job means that you can probably avoid doing some of the GPP (e.g. the cardio). Given that The Bridge 1.0 is a three-day (M/W/F) program with GPP in some off days, it should fit your schedule as described. As to “continual progress”: remember that a big point of using RPE is to auto-regulate your own training stress. If you’re fresh and hungry for it, go hard. If you’re sleep-deprived and coming off a long work shift, adjust the weight.

At the time I moved from a 3-day NLP to The Bridge, I certainly made a bunch of new progress. Will I continue to be able to progress, while only training M/W/F? Not forever.