I have been following 5/3/1 as written with the triumvirate assistance template and have seen some good gains.
However throughout my training I have made good progress benching and squatting twice a week.
My conditioning consists of pushing the prowler (brought myself one a few weeks ago) and pulling/pushing my 4x4
My week is set up like this due to being away at work from Monday to Thursday night, and having no access to a squat rack.
Also the bars at my work gym can only handle around 150kg, so they are no good for deadlifts.
My question is, has anyone tried doing the following?
Press with triumvirate assistance
Bench with BBB squats
Deadlifts with triumvirate assistance
Squats with BBB bench
I would do the full body template. It has you squatting 3 days a week, and benching two (one is the 5/3/1 sets/reps, the other is DB bench, or just lighter bench if you want).
My strength and size increased very well on this split. There is no fluff here, just squatting, benching, pressing and pulling. I cannot recommend this template enough!
[quote]Nevboy wrote:
Hey all, this is my first post, long time lurker.
I have been following 5/3/1 as written with the triumvirate assistance template and have seen some good gains.
However throughout my training I have made good progress benching and squatting twice a week.
My conditioning consists of pushing the prowler (brought myself one a few weeks ago) and pulling/pushing my 4x4
My week is set up like this due to being away at work from Monday to Thursday night, and having no access to a squat rack.
Also the bars at my work gym can only handle around 150kg, so they are no good for deadlifts.
My question is, has anyone tried doing the following?
Press with triumvirate assistance
Bench with BBB squats
Deadlifts with triumvirate assistance
Squats with BBB bench[/quote]
After thinking of a couple different possibilities, you are going to have to find another gym or another way to do this correctly/smart. It doesn’t do you or the program any good to compromise. When you compromise, both parties lose.
I have access to a a squat rack on the weekends, and I can use a bench for some lighter squats in the week.
DAVE101, I already get up at 2:30 am on a Monday. I drive two hours and then do a twelve hour shift. So not much chance of fitting anything else in on that day.
Thanks for the reply Jim. I have access to a proper gym on Friday through to Sunday. So that’s when I do my squats and deads.
Through the week however I am 2 hours from the closest decent gym, and I work 12 hours a day. So I’m trying to make the best of the facilities available to me through the week.
Why don’t you just do the program as written? You don’t need to squat two times/week to get better. That has been proven by hundreds of thousands of lifters and unless you are a 3x bodyweight squatter without any gear, you might want to take some cues/advice from people that have been there instead of being stuck with training dogmas that don’t serve your current lifestyle.
Sometimes I can’t figure people out - seems strange to me.