57 reviews for Ultimate Hypertrophy Programs: Bridge
Boostcamp is proud to partner with Natural Hypertrophy to bring this free program to Boostcamp.
The bridge program is ideal for novice lifters looking to transition to the intermediate stage. If you are newer to lifting, it is strongly recommended you start with the Ultimate Hypertrophy Program: Novice.
You'll be training 4 days per week, instead of 3 days per week. The extra day is to add upper body work. There are accessories movements added throughout the week to increase your work capacity and volume.
Recommended workout days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
Read the full program guide below.
Lance
Man, 249 weeks complete
4 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
The program is great though there are a few speed bumps that I personally had issues with. The superset training is good, but it takes a serious toll on the mental aspect of each full body day. At the later weeks in the program I had serious trouble finishing full body workouts in an hour. Due to mental fatigue it regularly took me twice as long. This is in part due to real world stress on my side, but the program was not very accommodating in that regard. Second point of contention is the recovery aspect. Hitting 4 sets of preacher curls to failure (or even just close to) on the arm day, just to hit 3 heavy sets of bicep curls a mere 48h later is just too much for me and I reckon thats too much for most people. The other main recovery weak spot in this program is the leg curls into RDLs 48h later one. If you went ham on your hamstrings, I do not see how you can perform RDLs with proper form and proper intensity. Maybe NH is just build different and can tank those two flaws I had to wrestle with in this program without issue. Those two points not withstanding I think pretty much every natural body builder would benefit from trying to run this program for its 12 week duration at least once. I ran it like 2 times (a bit more than 24 weeks) and saw great results.
Orandi
Man, 319 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
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Thomas W.
Man, 233 weeks complete
5 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
This is so good listen to sir NH
Don Peter Dator
Man, 323 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Great program. Good progression from beginner to novice and hopefully to intermediate as well.
Jason R.
Man12 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Good program for putting on some muscle mass if you are squatting in the 200’s, benching in the low 200’s, and deadlifting in the 300’s. I ran it for twelve weeks and I’m going to run it again. Benched 275lbs for a single and squatted 280 for reps with zero maxing out just by following the routine as it’s laid out. Instead of RDL’s I did 3 ramping 5 rep sets of conventional deadlifts, that was the only thing I modified. I noticed significant muscle gains, especially in my lower body. Shoutout to NH for the free programs.
Bob E.
Man, 203 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Like that I can spread Levs over 3 days. I’ll always feel sick after a full workout of legs. I like the ways of targeting a different muscle every set. Feels like I can push myself more this way. I would recomend this workout.
Cassandra
Woman5 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Good overall. I liked the layout and weekly program. Advice: push yourself mentally, your body can handle it. Only critique is that it may be lacking in specific glute development.
J C.
Man, 373 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Great app, easy to use and I like the programs offered on it.
Man, 23
3 weeks complete
1 year of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I love how it keeps all muscles engaged throughout the program
Lachlan H.
Man, 425 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
I think I’m 5 or 6 weeks into the 12. I haven’t missed a session yet, the program has kept me committed and forced me to use equipment that I haven’t used before as I thought it would be intimidating. I feel great.