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# I recently picked the 4 day advanced power and strength program. I was to do…

The question

I recently picked the 4 day advanced power and strength program. I was to do the workout monday thru thursday. Then I changed the days to mon,wed,fri, and sat. I noticed that now my workout has changed. On tuesday of the first week I remember having bench, incline bench, and dumbell bench. When I lood at my workout now it only shows bench for that same day. Is there a reason my workout changed. The other workout seemed harder, and that's what I liked. How can I get my old workout back. please help.

Dan's answer

Dan Wirth, MA, CSCS

Remember, each week is different. Some weeks are easy and some weeks are brutally hard. You need to follow the way these workouts are laid out if you want to maximize your gains. Training like a mad man is awesome but you can't do this workout after workout for weeks on end. You will just end up with tendonitis problems or stop making gains altogether after 3-4 weeks. Thanks, Dan

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