Reviews

At first sight, it looks weird to start as easy but stick to the program don't over do and the results are amazing. Before starting bullmastiff Squat PR was plateaus at 298 lbs for more than 15 years and now 386lbs.

I’ve run this program twice now. Got back into lifting weights in 2022 and ran this program Jul - Nov 2024. My 1 rpm prior to the program were a 365 squat, a 550 deadlift, and a 275 bench. After 18 weeks I performed a 415 squat, a 600 deadlift, and a 295 bench. In 2025 I stopped lifting heavy and focused on losing 30 lbs while doing less weight more reps in the gym. In 2026 I ran the program again from Mar - Jul. I put the 30 lbs back on and was able to get back to previous maxes after about 2 years and then hit new PRs. After 18 weeks my 1 rpm was a 305 bench, a 445 squat, a 610 deadlift which I felt I had more in the tank for 615 or 620, and this time I attempted my overhead press max which was 215. All weights lifted above are in Lbs. This program may not be for everyone but it sure works for me. The only changes I made were replacing Tricep extensions on a cable machine for rolling Tricep extensions with dumbbells and cutting out doing abs. I felt I got enough core work doing deadlifts and RDL’s. Beginning the program is always horrible especially on leg days. It was normal for me to feel like shit and power through while trying not to throw up for the first 3 weeks while your body adapts to the volume. I tried push the weight on the accessories and never go lighter just because it was RPE 6 or 7 and I was supposed to have 3-4 reps left in the tank. Last thing I changed my second time running the program was increasing the 1 rpm weight every 3 weeks by 10 lbs until the end. My first time I only changed the 1 rpm at the start of the peak phase.

6 weeks in and I really enjoy this program so far

I was doing the usuals. 5x5 and 531. Was stuck on my ohp and progressed slowly overall. I feel confident that Bullmastiff will bust plateaus. My on paper 1rms across the board have jumped big time. I'm almost there. Feeling Strong.

Switching from competitive martial arts for 10 years to strength required some modifications and lots of help in the squat but Bromley encouraged such practice in this program. His squat video or YouTube also helped. Why I choose it along with steering into blunt force hard work. Highly effective will do more bent rows next go around and lower back work. Want to join the league of big back mutants.

Really good exposure to going from high to low volume. Pretty malleable. I wasn’t as consistent as should’ve been, am a few weeks behind, but I’ve put at least 45 pounds on squat and deadlift and 15-30 on bench. Likely a fair amount more but I wasn’t sure my 1RMs going in

Had a ac joint injury last year, after close to 8 months off and doing pt this program has let me start rebuilding actual strength. Bench pain free without a brace or any crazy modifications. I used significantly lower 1 rep maxes than what i could have done though so i had to modify my 1 rep max in the program as the waves change

Building work capacity as a novice was tough the first couple weeks. Work through it, be a man

Decent results so far. Session lengths aren't too long

Best program i've done in years