re: Pen and Paper Strength App

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I'm not doing Squatober, but only because I'm competing in IBJJF Pans in mid-October, and I'm not sure how it will line up with my training for BJJ. I'm worried my legs will be gassed for competition. Having done Pool Season I and II and now Silverback, I've gotten a lot stronger and thicker but I'm unsure which direction I want to go when Silverback ends.

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Yea don't do squatober. If I had to suggest something, I would say go with a 3 day program. I assume your bjj training will get more intense so you will need to dial back the lifting a little.

I would say Grasshopper would be a good place to go. Will allow you to go into the comp fresh. Just repeat the month 1 for Sept and Oct and then do month 2 in nov. Then go to something else for dec

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Yea don't do squatober. If I had to suggest something, I would say go with a 3 day program. I assume your bjj training will get more intense so you will need to dial back the lifting a little.

I would say Grasshopper would be a good place to go. Will allow you to go into the comp fresh. Just repeat the month 1 for Sept and Oct and then do month 2 in nov. Then go to something else for dec

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Thanks! Last week I did week 3 of Silverback and trained BJJ for 5 days. My 45 y/o body is just starting to recover.

Yea that's my plan. With starting Prequel this week, it'll end the week of the 19th-23rd. It'll allow a full week of recovery.

That's what I did too

Stacked Jacked and Turning Heads Review:
This program was tough. I was warned it was tough but didn’t fully appreciate what that meant. I thought it was a solid program that I will definitely run again in the future but it’s not one that I’d run multiple times in a row or immediately before/after Squatober for instance.

Layout- 4 day per week program. Squat 2x, Deadlift 2x, Bench 2x, Press 2x.

Your main lift(s) is heavy every day and the volume gradually builds over the 4 weeks. There’s also a ton of volume in the assistance work. If you only have 45-60 min to lift, this program is not for you. I skimped on some warm ups and would often superset assistance work with the main lifts in order to get the workout done faster and it still took me 75-95 min every session. Get your protein and get your sleep if you plan to do this. I probably would not suggest being in a severe caloric deficit on it either. This program is to get big.

Planning to do something less intense on the squat / deadlift for the next cycle leading in to Squatober. Probably will buy Arm Farm for that but am open to suggestions.

Arm farm, pool season or filling out the hoodie

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Can you explain what they mean by "fill in the blanks"

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Fill in the blanks with how much weight you used. It's so you can track progress, or make a better estimate on what weight to use by being able to look back at previous weeks.

When you put the weight you can go back and check. For that example if you used 80 lbs for 8 you can add some when it says do 5 or take some off for 12.

Just finished Grasshopper today. Really enjoyed it, and definitely feel like I got stronger and leaner. The inbody scan at my gym is busted so I can’t share much results other than I probably lost 5 solid pounds. If I were to rerun Grasshopper, should I start over from beginning and up the weight (ie go back to 3 days a week) or just do the second half again with upped weight. Or would I be better served doing another one of his programs. I’d like to keep workouts to 4 per week at most at this time. Also an hour long for the workout from start to finish (with 10 minute warmup) is about all I have time for on a given day.

Any suggestions?

I would suggest pool season 1, filling up the hoodie 1 or arm farm.