BBB is the main sets of 5/3/1 and then 5x10 of the main lift.
Uh, that’s weird. It doesn’t appear like that on the spreadsheet i got from liftvault. I need to find another one i guess…
You could always use the book instead so that you give the author of the program some money 
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Your bodyweight in pounds is 168 lbs.
If the above is correct, you are 48 grams short of eating 1 gram of protein for every pound of bodyweight. 1.5 times is safely sufficient and how I would approach the protein intake.
IMO, you need much more protein per day. That is if your desire is to add muscle mass.
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I eat like 1.6g per kg, so thats like 120g a day. I’ll also eat more protein as part of eating more now.
After 10+ years of dudes talking about 5/3/1 ir seems like;
Everyone who follows a template from one of Wendler’s books gets solid results. And they usually fall in love with a couple of the templates and come back to them often.
Everyone who uses an app or spreadsheet, or tries to make up their own special 5/3/1 plan fails. 100% of the time.
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Oh my god yes.
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It all comes down to the spreadsheet. Of course i want to learn the decisions made to make this program, but it’s much more easy to just follow a program.
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Missed this. I like intensity but I don’t like the stress leading to those sessions. I worry if i’m gonna pass the sets, maybe i’ll get injured because i’m lifting near to my current limit.
Now I don’t think about it that much, but it’s because i’m trying not to think about it. Mainly the injury possibility worries me. My technique is great, but things can happen.
Absolutely not
It is not.
That is an advantage that very few have. I never worried about getting hurt until I did at the age of 26 (shoulder from bench pressing.)
Most lifters in their early 20’s can lift injury free for the most part.
I had come to realize that reps near the end of a maximum effort set were the most risky. And that was pretty much regardless of the targeted number of reps. I never got hurt during a powerlifting meet.
Breaks in form (even miniscule breaks in form) doing a maximum effort are the most risky. Some might not agree with me, but knowing when to not attempt the next rep is a good safety practice. You are currently young and not yet dangerously strong, so don’t allow what you get away with in your youth have you believe it will always be with you.
So you agree with me? Yeah i’m currently young but still injuries can happen at this age.
You should never get injured while lifting. I think the narrative that you WILL get injured in the gym is sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Use of good form and load management should help keep that from being an issue.
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Being young is a huge advantage to have injury free training. Your muscles are still relatively weak, and your attachments are supple. Your biggest concern is proper form. Build good form habits so that you can be better prepared for getting strong.
Not pragmatically. If your form is good throughout the rep range, IMO, at your age, getting injured is way down the list of concerns.
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Of course i’m only talking about when my form breaks. I think that even at an older age if form is good then still you won’t be injured.
Just wanna add, thanks to everyone who helped me out here in the post. There were questions i had unanswered which now are. Helps me get going and had set my mind regarding programming and some guidelines for strength. I’m sure i’m in the right path now.
I assure you that the human body can build muscles too strong for their attachments. And it can happen without warning or a break in form.
Even without drugs?
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I don’t know. How do you know who is taking drugs or not?