For sure! I would say, keep in mind, everything is a snapshot in time. Whether or not I loved a program was based on when I did it, what was going on in life, etc.
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Gamma Bomb: simply outstanding. I far prefer the base split, because I don’t like lifting weights for 90 minutes, so it was a win there. It was a medium mix of both volume and intensity, so I felt like it matched up perfectly for me. The “extra” days were either upper body or lower body, so you didn’t have to pick what you were focusing on, and they were a lot of giant sets and really fast-paced work that I thought capped the week off well and didn’t dig into my recovery. I actually ran this one twice, which I can’t say for most his programs.
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Project Colossus: this one was “ok” for me. It went very high-intensity, which is cool, but I didn’t feel like I had enough “chances” at something. There’s something to be said for some volume, and I just felt like this wasn’t all the way DC but was too far from Flex Magazine, if that makes sense. I also tend to get annoyed with PPL, but the days were short enough here that didn’t matter. I realize I’m in the minority on this program.
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High Evolutionary: baller program! Back to base split, which is awesome, and is a terrific blend of intensity and volume. He also tended to do a couple sets at the heavy weights with the main compound lifts for each day; I always preferred working up to a heavy set and then doing a backoff, so this just spoke to me. It’s also only 6 weeks, which has become my attention span.
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Avalanche: I don’t know. I never did it. He died right after and I got sad and just didn’t run it.
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The Unity: I actually did a whole writeup on this one. The TLDR is it was really freaking hard and I was just surviving the last block. It’s super fun, though. If you want a Meadows conjugate program, I actually think Program X was much better - I was a big fan of that one.
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Creeping Death 1: Never did it
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Creeping Death 2: I only did the first 6 weeks. I don’t remember what took me off it (ADHD?), but I actually really liked it. I liked the pause squats and I felt like the frequency was bang-on. It was probably right about my sweet spot for volume. Odin Force is a little too much for me, but I’m also busier at work than I have been in like 5 years so that’s a real factor.
I love talking Meadows programs!