I am interested in giving Pendulum Bodybuilding a try after my week off.
However i cannot use the prescribed split because of my work timetable (i am an air traffic controller and i work some tough shifts). I can do one on one off ie Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday Tuesday Thursday etc. Can fit some HITT in a couple of days in between.
Can the program be altered to fit my needs? The problem is only encountered in the first two phases.
I feel i am a little advanced for ABBH which fits my schedule exactly
Actually, it shouldn’t be a problem at all. Just use a rolling week. No one says that you must start every week on a Mon. and finish the week on a Sun.
Ex. Structural 1- Wkt1/mon, wkt2/wed, wkt3/fri, wkt4/sun
Structural 2- Wkt1/tue, wkt2/thr, wkt3/sat, wkt4/mon
Functional- Wkt1/wed, wkt2/fri, wkt3/sun
Structural 2- Wkt1/tue, wkt2/thr. wkt3/sat, wkt4/mon
Structural 1- Wkt1/wed, wkt2/fri, wkt3/sun,wkt4/tue
Wednesday-Sunday off for recovery and you can start a new phase on Monday which falls within your schedule, or you can do another form of training such as ABBH. I really don’t see any reason why you would be too advanced for ABBH. It is a very good program with which many “advanced” trainees have been getting great results with.
Another option would be to do a three day per week pendulum. Here is a general all-around pendulum that CT posted in his guest forum. It should give you the rough idea. I think this was the first time he mentioned his pendulum idea on t-mag:
"If you want strength, power and hypertrophy while training only three times per week I recommend the pendulum approach: