New mass building program idea. Thoughts?

CrazeInsanity

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Hey guys. I recently finished Kris gethin's 12 week muscle building trainer. Anyways I need a new mass program now and Im stuck on deciding where to go next so suggestions would be much appreciated. Im thinking of doing a alternating mass/strength program, like power bodybuilding. Here is my idea.

Week 1: 3 day strength full body spilit. Low volume, high frequency.
Week 2: 5 day high volume hypertrophy focused spilit. Multiple training techniques will be used for this. Dropsets,supersets, etc... Also a emphasis on time under tension and good form.
Week 3: Repeat week 1
Week 4: Repeat week 2
Week 5: Hybrid training week. 6 day spilit, moderate volume. Combination of previous 2 weeks.

So that's the general idea of the program. I'm still working and debating on whether or not to take out week 5 and just keep alternating. Also do you think I should just go on a hybrid plan like PHAT instead of alternating the weeks?

Now here is the logic behind the plan. Since I'm natty I couldint decide whether to go high volume hypertrophy training or strength train and lift heavy so I just took the cream of both the plans, the frequency and heavy weight of strength training. Now obviously most Hybrid programs have you lifting heavy but they lack the frequency of strength training. As for the hypertrophy part, its pretty basic but has an emphasis on volume. I'm talking 25+ sets per body part expect arms and other smaller body parts like calves and traps which will be slightly dialed down ( might be overtraining for some but works for me). Now week 5 is supposed to act as a bit of a deload kinda week but I'm still not sure whether I want it in there. Your thoughts and suggestions would be much appreciated and I need some suggestions for a strength program.
Thanks in advance!
 
As I started reading your plan, PHAT was the first routine that came to mind. Is there a reason why you wouldn't just run PHAT? What you're proposing seems alright though as it's kind of like PHAT, but more spread out between two weeks instead of one, until you get to week 5.
 
I was originally gonna run PHAT but I decided against it mainly because of frequency and volume. I feel like PHAT does a good job of combining the two styles of training in an efficient way but not to thier full potential. With the alternating weeks strategy I can give my complete focus to the training style in that particular week. I also came across numerous articles stressing frequency if your natty so that was an influence as well. As for the increase in volume as I said before it just works for me.
 
What you're saying seems logical. I would give it a go and see how it works for you since that is really the only definite way to know. How long are you planning on running it for? You'd probably have to go for at least 10 weeks (2x through the plan) to give it a fair chance.
 
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