Deload With Multiple Anchors

Bigger Stronger Leaner Jim Wendler 5/3/1 Coaching
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One thing, with a 2 Leaders/2 Anchors or 3 Leaders/2 Anchors setup: ideally, should the Anchors be done back to back, or have a deload in between?
The way it’s written in Forever has more than one interpretation.

I’m currently in the first Anchor cycle and was considering doing a deload week between the two Anchors, since the first one has PR sets from the original 5/3/1 and occasional Jokers as in Forever (+5-10% increases, for 1-2 sets of 1-3 reps), while in the next cycle I wanted to ramp up to a heavy single (not necessarily a new 1RM, but close to it) as laid out in Beyond.

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It doesn’t matter. Just do a deload every 1-2 cycles, whichever you feel like you need. That said, no one ever lost progress from deloading too often on a 5/3/1 setup.

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