This is more a question for Coach Thibs, but anyone can feel free to answer.
As a father, husband, a full time student, a full time employee and whatever other hats I wear, time is of the essence for me. It just doesn’t exist like it once did when I was in my early 20’s and had little care in the world beyond, “Chicks, training, food, and partying”. Not to mention, recovery at 37 is a bit harder as a result.
I want to put my training on auto-pilot and love a good Push/Pull split. I train primarily for bodybuilding purposes, so this program is right up my alley.
That said, I can not get to the gym six days a week from a time and recovery perspective.
Is it ok to run this 3, maybe 4 times a week and just slide the other two days into the next week?
Its principles rely on high-frequency/low volume. If you start sliding days into the following week you are not hitting the frequency requirements that this program relies on for you to profit best from the lower volume.
People have probably had some success merging some of the days together leaving you with a longer exercise list on each day, but it would NOT be the same program since it leaves behind all of the vital pillars of why the program was set up the way it was in the first place.
So in short, my answer would be no. My recommendation would be to find a program that better fits the frequency you can manage.
You might enjoy a DC type program. Very abbreviated, effort-based, 3 days a week. Other days are “cardio,” which can always be walks/ playing with the kids.
Where is the best summary for DC training in your opinion? I may be interested in giving it a go sometime, but I don’t really want to navigate to a new forum to read a bunch of posts to try interpret how it works. Is the old Tnation article a good place to start in your opinion?