Forever 5s PRO Percentages/Week

Bigger Stronger Leaner Jim Wendler 5/3/1 Coaching
1

In 5/3/1 Forever a lot of the programs call for 5s PRO. I understand what 5s PRO is in terms of doing 5 reps for each percentage of a day (first set Xx5, second set Yx5, third set Zx5). What I do not understand or at least confirming my interpretation is if as the weeks go by each week has different percentages such as is described in Beyond 5/3/1. For respect for Wendler’s work I am not going to use the real percentages, but I think this shows my point…

Week 1
45x5
55x5
65x5

Week 2
40x5
50x5
60x5

Week 3
55x5
65x5
75x5

So this would be used in any template in Forever that calls for 5s PRO? Thank you for the help.

2

The percentages are the standard 5/3/1 percentages (they can be posted since they’re readily available on T Nation’s articles by Jim about 5/3/1):

“5”/lighter week:
65%
75%
85%

“3”/medium week:
70%
80%
90%

“1”/heavier week:
75%
85%
95%

You can do a 5/3/1 setup (lighter > medium > heavier) or 3/5/1 setup (medium > lighter > heavier)

3

Thank you. That is what I thought.