5/3/1 BBB Beefcake Programming?

[dagill2]

Wendler has answered most of this here:

@Jim_Wendler

Step 1: Make sure your eating is AT LEAST 90% perfect. Track this for at least 6 months and if you are not 90% compliant, fix it.

Step 2: Make sure you are sleeping as much as you can and napping (if possible).

Step 3: Make sure every single rep is done with 100% precision, power and near perfect.
Step 4: Give consistent, awesome effort in every rep, set and training day. Consistency breeds success.
Step 5: Choose whatever template you WANT to do and you are disciplined/motivated to kick ass with. Because the truth is that as long as you do steps 1-4, it won’t matter as much as everyone seems to think.

I always suggest you try a few different templates for a few cycles each to see how you respond to each. Don’t be afraid to mix and match for different lifts, as long as you’re sticking to the principles of the program. For example, I know that BBB with plus sets always progresses my Bench. I also know that would be a disaster for my deadlift, which I prefer to train much more minimally.