hey, docs.
I bought both hypertrophy1 and the strength1 template and I’m trying to understand the logic behind it.
I heard that hypertrophy is the primary driver of strength.
Since you guys are recommending to run Strength 1,2,3 to the one whose goal is to be strong, I guess strength templates have enough volume to drive hypertrophy for strength gain. Am I right?
If so, can it be said that the first phase of the strength template is a (kind of) hypertrophy phase leading to the strength phase and peaking phase?
I guess the reason strength template is a better choice to one who trying to build strength compare to hypertrophy template is that hypertrophy template does not include high intensity-low repetition training of competition lift even if it can produce more hypertrophy result than strength template. Am I right?
If so, I think running hypertrophy 1 first and then running strength 1 template is like running program which includes hypertrophy phase-hypertrophy phase-hypertrophy phase(of higher intensity)-strength phase-peaking phase. I think this can be more beneficial for beginner trainee who needs to gain a lot of muscle mass and strength(which is myself) than just running strength template or hypertrophy template alone since I can build more muscle mass than running strength template alone and also includes the strength and peaking phase which hypertrophy template alone does not have. Is this strategy make sense?
It’s not. Where did you hear this from? Strength is force production measured in a specific context. While increased muscle size correlates to greater force production potential, the ability to display that comes from specific training.
In the context of a strength program, we think so.
No, not really- though it’s hard to separate strength work from training that drives hypertrophy.
One of the reasons, yes.
I think if you wanted to run the templates like that, that’s cool.
That said, most of our strength templates have enough volume to drive hypertrophy- though not as much as a pure hypertrophy template- which may not be appropriate for a new trainee since they may not be able to tolerate that volume.
Jordan. Thanks for the reply.
I am a 5’10-70kg male and currently on the third phase of the Beginner template.
before the Beginner template, I ran SS and It didn’t work very well(I added quite some weight but it wasn’t “linear” and too much grinding eventually led to injured)
now my lifts are
Squat:150kg
deadlift:160kg
benchpress:95kg
On the Beginner template, I kept almost all my session RPE under 8 while running the program as it is. I think the beginner template has built my work capacity pretty well.
In this case, considering my skinniness and work capacity, my strategy makes more sense?
I think you could do either template after the Beginner Template depending on what you want to prioritize. That said, if you’re looking to gain weight you will need to be in a caloric surplus
