[quote]DiddlySquat wrote:
I meant the regular BBB program, not the three month challenge.[/quote]
No knock at the program at all, it definitely works, I just don’t have the patience for it, honestly.[/quote]
I’ve been lifting for a year and haven’t done a hyperthrophy program before…so for me it was a nice change in pace. I was tired of just doing low set/rep schemes.[/quote]
Maybe I was too weak at the time, but 5 x 10 @ 50% was just too easy to keep me interested.
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.[/quote]
That’s actually a great idea. You have good training instinct.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.[/quote]
I had the same idea too. Except, I have microplates, so I could do 2.5lbs increases per week on upper body and 5 lbs on lower. That’s actually what I did yesterday on my Press workout.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.[/quote]
This is more or less what I did. First switched to this method, then changed my 5 x 10 sets to a similar, but not identical, exercise at an appropriate weight to relieve the boredom. Front squats for back squats, Spoto presses for bench etc.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.[/quote]
This is more or less what I did. First switched to this method, then changed my 5 x 10 sets to a similar, but not identical, exercise at an appropriate weight to relieve the boredom. Front squats for back squats, Spoto presses for bench etc.[/quote]
Ah yeah, I did the same at one point as well. It’s why I dig the 5/3/1 approach so much: it’s just a good starting base to work with.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
When I ran it, I started at 50% and then added 5lbs each week until I couldn’t hit the desired reps. I’d then look at my current training max at that point, use 50% of THAT, and then start the process over.
Which isn’t at all what Jim says to do, but I am not a smart person.[/quote]
This is more or less what I did. First switched to this method, then changed my 5 x 10 sets to a similar, but not identical, exercise at an appropriate weight to relieve the boredom. Front squats for back squats, Spoto presses for bench etc.[/quote]
Ah yeah, I did the same at one point as well. It’s why I dig the 5/3/1 approach so much: it’s just a good starting base to work with.
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I’m relatively confident it will be the basis for my training indefinitely. Even though I haven’t run a “Wendler approved” template for nearly a year.