Powerbuilding I Template

The Powerbuilding I Template is designed for individuals who meet the following criteria:

1. Have some previous experience (>3 months) training with barbells. If you’re new to training that’s great! We recommend our Beginner Template for those who have not been training with barbells consistently. Don’t worry, this template will still be available for you when you’re ready.
2. Trainees who want to focus on increasing muscular size while improving strength in the powerlifts, e.g. the squat, bench press, and deadlift. While we expect most to see improved muscle size and strength, this is not a template focused explicitly on powerlifting or bodybuilding. Rather, this serves as a blend of strength-training and body-building wrapped up into one template. Similar to the Hypertrophy templates, this is one of our preferred off-season templates for strength athletes for those who want to gain muscle mass- though we continue to focus training resources on the powerlifts in this template. Finally, the Powerbuilding I template is a great post-beginner template for those who are interested in losing body fat or who are looking to increase muscle size and strength in the powerlifts.

Scheduling

This is a 10-week strength and conditioning program that includes 5 workouts per week broken up as follows:

• 3 hypertrophy and strength-focused workouts
• 2 GPP days including conditioning workouts (e.g. 1 anaerobic intervalworkout and 1 aerobic workout per week) and accessory exercises (e.g. upper-back, trunk, and arm work).The workout days aren’t set in stone, but we recommend the following training week:

• Monday – Day 1 lifting
• Tuesday – Off
• Wednesday- Day 3 lifting
• Thursday – GPP Day 1
• Friday – Day 5 lifting
• Saturday- GPP Day 2
• Sunday – Off

It is 100% okay to mix and match elements of the training week to fit your schedule, however we recommend keeping the putting the lifting days non- consecutively (e.g. M/W/F or T/R/Sat) when possible.

Exercise Selection

Equipment-wise, we recommend that folks have a pair of Olympic lifting shoes, running shoes, cross-training sneakers, and a lifting belt. Straps, wraps, etc. can be used as needed per the lifter’s discretion, but they aren’t explicitly needed.

What’s Next?

After the Powerbuilding I Template you can pick a number of different paths. One option is to run it again using the same exercises if you saw good progress the first time. Alternatively, you could move to one of our other templates such as our Hypertrophy I, Powerbuilding II, Strength I, Titan, General Strength and Conditioning, or Endurance programs. We recommend either continuing on the Powerbuilding track (e.g. do the Powerbuilding II Template) or opting for a more strength or endurance-focused template (e.g. Titan, or Endurance templates).

*Customers receive FREE lifetime updates to the template. No refunds are available for downloadable products at this time.