Well that was a mouthful of a title.
My plan going forward is to bulk (eat a caloric surplus to gain weight) for the next ~4 months. If I do it slowly, that will be about 8-12 lbs. The goal is for most of that weight to be muscle rather than fat. So my lifting schedule will be 4 days a week - the typical hypertrophy focused brosplit (Push / Pull / Legs) and then one day a week where I do a full body strength workout (following the 5/3/1 rep scheme). I'd like to continue to run three times a week, and the current plan is one short (3), one medium (5-6), and one longer (8-10).
What's throwing a wrench into my plans is trying to fit climbing with my brother in during the week. Ideally, I'd do the PPL split Mon-Wed and then the full body routine on Friday. Running would be short run on Mon or Tues, medium on Thurs, and long on Saturday. Climbing is generally a 2.5-3 hour endeavor during the week though, due to traffic, so how can that be slotted in?
I'd prefer not to lift on the same day as climbing, so with the routine mentioned above, Thursday probably makes the most sense. I'd then have to switch my running days around, potentially doing either Mon/Wed or the short run on Thurs after climbing. Of course, this week my brother could only go on Tuesday, and in that scenario I'd need to flip the timing of the workouts (so strength is on Mon, PPL on WThF).
Needless to say, this might be an overly optimistic schedule on my part. My bulk begins on Saturday so I'll update next week with the starting weights.
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