C1W2D2
Squat
35x5
85x5
100x5
110x3
125x1
Bench
35x5
65x3
75x3
85x9
SA BB Row +40x5x10
100 band pull aparts
Standing ab wheel progression 2x6, following by 15 reps on knees
Almost skipped core work because my obliques were exhausted from yesterday.
5 hill sprints.
Chilly morning, and my legs didn’t want to work very well.
C1W2D3
54 pullups
Squat
35x6
90x3
105x3
120x3
Press
37.5x3
45x3
50x12
Deadlift
135x3
155x3
175x11
50 pushups
100 band pull aparts
Don’t know why I bother posting videos because it’s just me lifting the same weights over and over again. I think my back looks better this week even though weight loss is slowing a bit. I squatted a touch wider and cut some depth, but I honestly think I didn’t even hit depth on the last 2 reps. My knees still shoot back, and I don’t feel great going any wider than this.
Something fun to break up the monotony 
This is a weird cue, that shouldn’t help with coming out of the hole but it does for me.
At the bottom of the hole, try and press the bar overhead.
Alsruhe deserves credit for this one.
FWIW, during the descent the cue is to bend the bar forward towards the nipples.
Have heard that one before. I’m really focusing on knee travel now though. I don’t do so well if I have to try adopting several cues at once
Had to post just to say: That’s very impressive!
Thanks! Though it’s mostly sets of 6 without strict rest times at all.
What cue are you using to help with that?
Tips compiled from Max Aita’s videos, such as the following (may have already posted some awhile back):
You have shared them in the past. Just wondering if you had something tangible going through your head as you perform. I really like Alsruhe’s cue cheat sheets that he uses with the practice of picking 1-2 cues to work on for a series of sessions before focusing on another pair. As you said, working with them all simultaneously just won’t go over too well
Personally, I like to pretend there’s a coach kneeling beside me with a hand touching my knee in the bottom position. I then fight to maintain that knee position, as if that person’s hands were still there, during the ascent, to discourage my knees from shooting back.
Obviously would be more effective if that person’s hands weren’t make-believe…
Ah, that cue. I remember Aita talking about imagining a wall. I can’t help but think you actually have an opportunity, with training at home, to do that. Place a bar next to the wall, put your squat shoes on, and spend five minutes doing it every day. Or a broom stick would probably be just as good. Might make it second nature for you.
I suspected you would say this. I probably should put forth more effort into doing something like that. Though honestly I think quad strength is also an important factor that will take much, much longer to address.
If you get the cue down pat through this greasing-the-groove approach and the problem remains you’d know unequivocally that the problem is leg strength and could then plan out the cycles that’d best benefit you there.
On the other hand, working on leg strength straight away will always give you more leg strength (boon) and won’t eat up five minutes of your every day.
And then there’s the option of doing both simultaneously.
Welcome to T Nation 
@Voxel Yep, that’s why I chose a full body approach for the time being. Gives me more opportunities to practice squatting. Then I hope that with weight gain on top of the practice over time I will no longer have a less than mediocre squat.
@whang I dunno, I don’t feel like that’s the case for most people who post here. And while I can agree that many feel that they should be stronger for the amount of time and effort they have invested, it’s almost miraculous for me to PR on anything
Hmmm…could it be a mental barrier, perhaps?
I don’t know. I think my head’s in the right place. I just gain strength at a snail’s pace and pretty much only in a caloric surplus at that. If my memory serves me correctly, I’ve only set a PR in a deficit once in my entire life. Sucky but that’s the way it goes.
How long have you been using 531 style programs?
I followed 5/3/1 for the past 2.5ish years, a little less though because I tried out Brian Alsruhe’s programming for ~4 months about a year ago.