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I started lifting 1 year ago, did the PTC beginner program for 6 months and followed it up with starting strength for another 6 months, my main lifts are currently Squat: 137.5x5, Bench: 70x5, Deadlift: 155x5 and Press: 53.5x5. Hopefully they will all be bumped up further over the next month or so as I finish off my run at starting strength.
Bodyweight is just under 89kg, I estimate low 30s bodyfat % - I am planning to run a small calorie defecit for the rest of the year to address this.
With those formalities out of the way, I am looking for a hypertrophy focused program to give a try next. I would prefer to go to the gym 3 days per week, however 4 is not out of the question.
I was going to say that an upper/lower routine would be good but this would actually be even better. You could quite easily run 5/3/1 with the basics of Lyle's routine tacked on as assistance which will allow you to maintain some strength progression but increase the overall volume significantly for hypertrophy.