Hall- why don’t you try it and find out. We won’t tell your coach!!
Deb- awesome snatch! (never gets old)
Grny- yes, we could have poured $6-700 into that dog to get her treated. Not to mention more money to get her tail fixed(it had a cyst) get her spayed and get her up to date with her shots… too much!
I don’t do a set program either and rather like it that way. I just try and progress in some way each week.
Hallowed: Yeah there really is no way to tell. Depends on a million factors. I would venture to say you should smoke the shit out of 95lbs tho no prob.
[quote]debraD wrote:
I don’t deadlift anymore either. I was thinking of trying a 1RM just out of curiosity since doing a lot of squats and clean jerks to see how it’s doing.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure I can pull 495 any day of the week, at teh very least 455.
My squat doesn’t seem to tail off too hard either.
Now if I could just get my OHP to not drop 10lbs per every lb I lose then I’d be in business.
You don’t do set programs either?[/quote]
Beans if you went back in my log I was doing the true version of 5/3/1 for over a year. I just recently am trying to cut weight so started doing other stuff (the name that will not be mentioned).
My opinion on 5/3/1 is to build a base strength it is the best program for that. He will be coming out with a 5/3/1 for power lifting which has some great adjustments.
I will say that recently he had advised to flip the 5 and 3 week so technically do 3/5/1.
I’ve never been one to stay on a program for more than 3 weeks. I started 5/3/1 two months ago and I enjoy it.
1- love the flexibility. Bad days I just go in and do prescribed rep/set. Good day I can kill it with tons of accessory work.
2- it has forced me to rep out my deads over 225lbs which has been a major blockage for me. Finally managed 250 x 5 without any resets. really proud of that.
3- my goals are overall strenght gains for powerlifting competition so lifting hard and heavy 3 times a week works for me. The millies are not a competition lift so I usualy combine them with another lifting day.
I’m not saying I will stay on this program forever but I have made some really good progress so far.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
I’ve never been one to stay on a program for more than 3 weeks. I started 5/3/1 two months ago and I enjoy it.
1- love the flexibility. Bad days I just go in and do prescribed rep/set. Good day I can kill it with tons of accessory work.
2- it has forced me to rep out my deads over 225lbs which has been a major blockage for me. Finally managed 250 x 5 without any resets. really proud of that.
3- my goals are overall strenght gains for powerlifting competition so lifting hard and heavy 3 times a week works for me. The millies are not a competition lift so I usualy combine them with another lifting day.
I’m not saying I will stay on this program forever but I have made some really good progress so far.
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I have to point out something, 5/3/1 is a program, but it is based on principals that you should follow. Ones that Jim tries to teach people. If you want an article that talks about those principals specifically, let me know.