Schedule and Order of HLM Programs

[Tim K]

In your HLM articles and in PPST the examples have all the heavy lifts on one day, all the light lifts on one day, etc. However I recently purchased the GGW template and noticed that you vary the lifts so that you don't go heavy on all three lifts on the same day. You mention it's to distribute the length of the sessions more evenly which makes sense.

I'm wondering though, if time is not a concern then would you say it's ideal to do the same schedule for each lift?

Also, assuming a MWF schedule, if I did HLM for squats and MLH for deadlifts, what would be best for bench... MHL or LHM? My guess is LHM in order to be more recovered for heavy day... or would you say it's best to keep Wednesday purely a light day and only put the heavy day on Monday or Friday?

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

It doesn't matter that much except for balancing your squatting and pulling. I prefer to not have my heavy squat and pulling exercises on the same day. You can do your pressing work however.