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The summer of 2019 ends with Coolcicada’s version of Push-Pull-Legs. PPL has become so popular that commercial gym personal trainers are recommending it and Coolcicada’s version of in turn is probably the most popular version of PPL. This is a little bit of a departure from P.H.U.L. and P.H.A.T., the other two powerbuilding programs I ran this year, and even more from my training in general up to this point. At only three different days, PPL feels more like Stronglifts. But, unlike Stronglifts, is meant to be run 4–6 times a week and is much more effective in general.
I did thirteen weeks of this program, six at full volume, one deload, and then back at full volume one more time.
I will say that this is probably one of the most boring programs I’ve run. In my opinion even more boring than Boring But Big, which literally has the word “boring” in the title. I did a version of it that did switch things up a bit, but if you do it as Coolcicada originally posted it, you literally just have three days of about 5–6 movements each to repeat over and over again until you get strong or something.
But boring is not necessarily bad, there’s a lot to be said for just getting into the gym and doing some work, knowing exactly where you’re going each day and just focusing on form and destroying yourself. But be aware that this program…
