Yes Jim gets pissed off with this
Is coordinating with Jim on this a possibility? So it’d be more like his official app?
I was planning to stick to 5/3/1 Beginner for like a year…or is that not a good idea?
If you eat right and push yourself you can probably move on from it in 6 months.
I doubt Jim is going to work with a complete stranger to make an app that covers the info he has written several books on.
And does anybody here know? No, haha. None of us are buddies with him.
It’s just not really his style.
Its not that proven …people here report hitting a wall pretty quick.
As u seem to like it stick with it until stall then immediately move on to something else like one with 5s Pro
Can ask Jim in his forum here, but 97.7463559% sure he’ll politely tell you to shove it 
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I’ll echo everyone’s advice here. Keep doing the prescribed TM advances outlined in the articles and books. It will definitely catch up to you at some point. I was in a similar situation as you, hitting ~18-20 reps on squats on 5/3/1 days for a couple months. Just roll with it. High rep squats, in my opinion, are outstanding for building “character”. If you can continually force yourself to hit heavy squats for high reps, let’s say more than 10, you’ll be in an outstanding place in 6-12 months.
My experience has been with back squatting, which hopefully you’re still trying to nail form on. I’d assume it’d be quite a bit easier to load back squats and slam out some extra reps than with FS.
Eat like it’s your job, lift the shit with a purpose and push yourself outside of your comfort zone. You’ll be amazed at this time next year how much stronger you’ve gotten.
I highly doubt that he’ll allow an app version. The reason being is that he wants people to read the books to get the principles why you are doing what you are doing. Once you fully grasp that, 5/3/1 and its principles greatly expands your potential in lifting and strength development. If people just stuck to an app and did what the app told them to do, then 5/3/1 is just gonna be another program that people jump on and get off.
And yeah, I doubt he’ll work with an absolute stranger over his most prized brain child.
You can always send him an email, tell him what you’re thinking about.
BUT I think you wouldn’t be the first.
Get second edition read it, and most important understand it.
Lifting weights takes a lot of time, getting results maybe even longer.
Jim’s work is very very easy to understand, start out too light improve slowly.
Everybody is different and has their own preferences on what work for them.
Some like higher rep some lower some in the middle.
You’re in a great starting position.
When you’ve completed 2 cycles and start out on the third, you’re beginning to understand the principles and you beginning to see what’s going on. You’ll start to use weights you did on the first cycle, now you have a goal target, do just one more rep than on the first cycle. It can be very addictive.
So advice is to read the first book called second edition, go to wendler sub forum in here, read some of the posts there are around there. Lots of info.
Keep up the good work my friend. Get the head down and grind on.
Offering to develop an app for a program you have not read any of the books for, have just begun, and are asking for advice on how to run is demonstrating being well outside your depth.
You’ve titled your training log “Clueless Lifter”. Embrace that. Use this time to learn and grow.
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Bench
Weight in lbs
70% 90 1 3
80% 105 1 3
90% 117.5 1 3+ (11 reps)
70% 90 5 5
Front Squat
Weight in lbs
70% 62.5 1 3
80% 72.5 1 3
90% 80 1 3+ (20 reps)
70% 62.5 5 5
Assistance
Pushups (nose to ground): - 35,23,15,17,10 (Goal: 100 reps - 75 sec rest)
EZ Curls: 52.5 lbs - 20,20,10 (Goal: 50 reps - 2 min rest)
Leg/hip/toe raises: 30,20 (Goal: 50 reps - 1 min rest)
Notes:
- My Friday bench is always 1 rep worse than on Monday. Same thing happened last week. Coincidence? Maybe due to deadlift warmup on Monday?
- Incrementing EZ curls by 2.5 lbs instead of 5 lbs since I have micro plates.
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I’m going to start tracking my weight and taking the weekly average. How much should it go up by? I was actually scaling inaround 136ish last week a few times and then other times more closer to 135 but this morning I was below 135. So, I think I’m losing weight even though my lifts are improving.
0.25 to 0.5 pounds per week. 1-2lbs per month also okay. I feel like the latter has less risk of resulting in a “I’m too fat so I want to diet”-mindset. So, maybe start with 1-2lbs per month and if you feel comfortable with that then you can shoot for more later.
OK, just bought 5/3/1 2nd Edition on Kindle. Looking forward to reading it. The hardcover one is a bit expensive…glad it’s available as an e-book at least.
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Make sure you pay most of your attention to the principles. The sets and reps are something that can be looked up if needed. The principles are the important part.
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I agree with this absolutely. Take regular, consistent readings and look for trends and averages. Weight fluctuates naturally, particularly if you’re looking for changes on this scale.
You aren’t 21 anymore, you probably won’t be adding pounds of muscle a week to your frame. The advantage you have is that you aren’t 21 anymore, so 5 years is not such a massive timescale. 1lb a month, every month for 5 years puts you at nearly 200lbs lean, which, at 5"6 is massive.
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The part I’m wondering is whether increasing my calories early (i.e. now) is important or not if my lifts are going up with my existing calories. Maybe I’m experiencing that early, but rare recomp where I’m losing fat and adding muscle at the same time. Wouldn’t it make more sense to add calories when I get closer to stalling?
Track your weight on an app, that way it’s very very easy to see if the scale moves up or down.
If you’re gaining weight no need to up calories, losing eat more.
I like the idea of a weekly average.
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Front squat
Weight in lbs
75% 67.5 1 5
85% 77.5 1 3
95% 85 1 1+ (20 reps)
75% 67.5 5 5
Bench
Weight in lbs
75% 97.5 1 5
85% 110 1 3
95% 122.5 1 1+ (9 reps)
75% 97.5 5 5
Assistance work:
Dips: +5 lbs - 13,11,10,9,7 (Goal: 50 reps - 2 min rest)
EZ Curls: 52.5 lbs - 25,20,5 (Goal: 50 reps - 2 min rest)
Medicine ball/leg raises: 1x60 (Goal: 60 reps)
Notes:
- Disappointed that I didn’t hit 10 reps on bench.
- Currently sitting at 134.4 lbs. When I started this program I was around 135.6 lbs.
Not happy with bench at 9 reps. I think I need to increase front squat next cycle by more or should I just switch to back squats? I like front squatting though.