Thanks! I wish I was able to say "here's the program", but that's just not quite how Bryce 's program works. This is more of an advanced case study imo

That is definitely unfortunate that happens for so many people out there.

That's one way you could view it. Often times a hypertrophy block serves good purpose after a meet. Giving the lifter a bit of some down time from higher intensity protocols. While we may not by looking to gain mass per say, that change in stimulus can help restore a lifters sensitivity to the higher intensity work we often see going into a meet.

A couple of thoughts here. The first thing would be to make sure to not run the same block back to back. There often needs to be 2-3 different blocks that can be run in sequence, but not run back to back. If you repeat a block and there is decline in response, it would be good to consider what ‘outside’ factors might be impacting the lifters ability to adapt/recover. Life stress can very well impact our training response. The first time it could be a response to novelty. That can happen. The core goal is to establish patterns and use those patterns to make informed training choices. Looking at the pivot preceding the block is important as well. Was enough fatigue reduced during the pivot?

@@123peterjackson I generally wouldn't run the same block back to back. I have not found it to be an issue where a lifter responds well to a block and then fails to respond to a similar block as long as it's done sometime later.

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