re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Completed the first 4 weeks of Grasshopper. 3 days a week Tues/Thurs/Sat. Workouts averaged about 80/90 mins or so.

This morning was day 2 of the 4 days per week section of Grasshopper. I'm doing Tues/Wed/Fri/Sat split. I like it alot . Quicker workouts in the morning these two averaged closer to 50/60 mins.

Still have plenty of stomach fat. My man-titties are definitely smaller which is nice. Also definitely see some major improvements in my shoulders and arms.

Is there a PPSA plan for grip strength? My golfers elbow is flaring up again and I need to improve my grip strength.

Christmas Big Bench has a grip circuit portion. Also the cardio portion in DB Strength tends to focus on grip (carries and shrugs).

I'm 6 weeks into my first program (Grasshopper) using minimal wieght and sometimes just the bar and I've seen a huge improvement in my body. I cant imagine also adding steps would be a drawback. Go for it.

I plan to take a break next week and then restart the program using a training max as well as adding in cardio on the off days. I took this into to weightlifting very slow with minimal weight to learn the proper form and get my joints and muscles used to the motions.

As for adding steps, the more steps the better in life generally. Cardio is never a bad thing and a simple walk each day can be amazing just for the mental health benefits.

Trying to search for reviews of Hypertrophy remastered and I can't seem to find a single one.

What is the consensus of this program as it seems like the next step after silverback with higher rep ranges.

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I just ran Hypertrophy Remastered last month and posted my daily notes in this thread. It hits the big 3 twice a week and took roughly 90 min/day.

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Thanks, i will see if i can locate it.

I couldn’t agree more for this advice. Like S&J, fatigue mitigation with sleep, stress and macros have been tricky with 1000 reps at age 44

It was mentioned somewhere here and also on the program’s description, two to three sessions a week with recover walks is enough to get decent results.

it’s a lot of fun to complete each session and now a favourite.

After a month, I’m trying to decide to stick it out and complete knowing it’s significant challenge with equal gains or switch to shorter sessions like Oak Tree

Lets Get Peachy is a 4 day/wk plan. It focuses mainly on legs and back. We ran it as a group last June. Every day had 4 lifts focused on back/legs, 1 press variation, and 1 upper body superset. Then the cardio portion usually targets legs also. It was a decently intense program if you take it seriously.

Squat days 1/3
Deadlift days 2/4

OHP day 1
DB press variation days 2/3
Bench day 4

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Anyone done stacked, jacked, and turning heads

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I'm on week 3 day 4 right now. This will be my sixth time running it in the past two years, so yeah I think it's worth it. I never do the warm up, and I rest 60 to 90 seconds max and usually finish in about 1 hour 15 minutes.

By week 3 I can feel it wearing me down. It's just a s*** ton of volume. But I definitely feel like I accomplished something at the end of the 4 weeks. I plan to continue to run it one or two times a year when I have the time to dedicate to it.