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Guess since this is the only short week in October AA pumped the volume up cause these first 2 days are long and lots of work lol

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 10/1/26 at 2:18 pm to
The pro and con of having so many great PPSA programs purchased is wanting to bail a week or two into any program I'm not obsessed with and going back to the staples lol i've never run hypertrophy before but PS1 & 2 agreed could run those back to back forever and be fine!

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 9/30/26 at 1:22 pm to
Heavier focus on compound movements, much less accessory work volume than PPSA programs. Good switch up for a bit if you been running these for years IMO

re: 3 Day Programs

Posted by biggles1883 on 9/3/26 at 2:45 pm to
I love running Oak Tree Remastered by PPSA as a 3 day split

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 9/3/26 at 2:27 pm to
Hoss Anabolic by Will Ratelle. Dont think any PPSA plans run this split
Earth Fed Muscle tastes incredible and is NSF certified. Grass fed etc. Its probably more expensive than some others but it tastes fantastic and is clean

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 8/24/26 at 9:03 am to
Wish AA would drop another athletic development program. I've taken a couple of months off of PPSA doing Will Ratelle's Hoss programming. Might run Sport Strength for the next few months while the weather is still good for field runs
Pressure cooker is so fun. I've been running a different program that does "pressure cooker" density sets every week for the first 4-5 weeks for Back Squats, Bench Press and OHP and my TMs have sky rocketed. Super effective method
I've done squatober 2018, 2022-2025. Really enjoyed last years Squatober I think it was by far the best programming yet. Looks like Zerchers are being incorporated more this year based on AA's posts. Cool to see the evolving nature of Squatober with AA getting up there in age, I feel like its shown in the programming (not in a bad way)

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 7/27/26 at 12:50 pm to
Mass that Lasts, Oak Tree, Pool Season 1 & 2, Big Back Billy, Stacked Jacked & Turning Heads

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 6/29/26 at 12:09 pm to
I usually finish Pool Season lifts in 45-50 mins. Big Pump Friday will take longer depending on your rest times but thats just 1x per week
Agreed. All my friends who were on Whoop have switched to Garmin and never regretted it. One time purchase not a monthly subscription and get all the same data

re: Stubborn groin strain

Posted by biggles1883 on 6/1/26 at 2:51 pm to
I tweaked my groin playing football in college. I swear one of the best things for this to me was lay on your back and put your feet flat on a wall with your legs at 90 degress. Place a small medicine ball in between your knees and hold that light squeeze ISO for a 2-3 mins. Did a few rounds of this a day on top of other light PT and the blood flow and activation really helped

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/26/26 at 9:28 am to
I 2nd running Oak Tree Remastered as a 3-day. I ran this as a 3-day sometime even 2-day during the newborn trenches and still got solid results.

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/26/26 at 9:26 am to
Yall inspired me to start DB Strength 2. I've never ran any of his DB programs been too married to the barbell but man, Day 1 is the most i've sweated during a lift in a long time. I've been sleeping on these programs for sure

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/18/26 at 8:39 am to
Look at Will Ratelle Hoss Programs on Train Heroic or his website. He does mainly upper/lower splits lot of compound lifts and also plyos/olympic lifts. You can skip that explosive work if you don't want to train like an athlete anymore

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/18/26 at 8:37 am to
Same man! I also love the Thursdays. Tons of upper back/trap work mixed in with lots of back squats. Always get a great full body pump

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/18/26 at 8:36 am to
I do not think a single PPSA program has any calve work tbh
Earth Fed Muscle is expensive but insanely good. We put it in oatmeal, yogurt, shakes, etc. mixes great and very clean ingredients

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/7/26 at 1:43 pm to
Pulled an audible and decided to run Pool Season 2 for the month of May. Man these OG programs are tough to beat

re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Posted by biggles1883 on 5/4/26 at 9:36 am to
Hard to pass the OG Arm farm lol but this new Summer Stacked looks great I just looked through the whole plan. Good strength progressions lots of exercise variety and less "junk" volume compared to some of the other PPL programs IMO!