Thread: Can there be a "4 days upper/lower" beginners' LP routine, like this?

Hi.

For example, let's take the Fierce 5 Novice Routine and make it 4 days like this:

Lower:
Squats 3x5
Front Squats 3x5
RDL 3x8
Abs

Upper:
Bench 3x5
Pendlay 3x8
OHP 3x8
Lat Pulldown 3x8
Facepulls 3x10

(only the unskippable exercises from the routine are here, I didn't include arms and calves isolations.)

And rotate it like, I don't know L U R L U R R or U L R U L R R. And increase weight every week like the original one.


I really like the original F5 routine (mainly because of the focus on preventing muscle imbalances), but I have reasons for not being able to continue a 3-day full-body program.


My numbers are really low (Squat: 110 lb, Bench: 88 lb). And my goal is to take those numbers to 350+ lb and 250+ lb respectively, before even thinking about biceps or triceps or calves. In an ideal world, I would do the Starting Strength as I like the idea of doing only the basic exercises or a barebones program and focus on getting my numbers up, but here I am, thinking about full-body vs no full-body and muscle imbalances.

I am currently doing the famous Reddit PPL (6 days a week but LP). If I keep managing the time to go 6 days a week, I might continue it. But if I can't, I really wish there were an LP program that can address my issues (something like the one I wrote on the top, BTW is that even close to the original Fierce 5 Novice program? Can it be used as a beginners LP?)

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Candito LP