Hypem's log: 5/3/1

[hypem74]

Thank you everybody for your answers. I do not have time just now to answer every point but I will tonight.

So you are saying I should do 5s pro with a lower TM and also scrap jokers ? (Only for great days)

In that case I will be doing less volume with less weight… Especially if I don’t do as many jokers then the workout will be light pretty much all the time

In the book Jim says in the 5s pro part that jokers can be used to regulate because of the low TM chosen for 5s pro. In the example he gives there are two jokers each time, I do understand Jokers are not meant to be used each time and that is just a template to show what he means.

Also how would you plan the assistance you gave above for the three day pattern I have in my precedent post ?

My assistance was trying to follow what you mentioned but when doing 2 main lifts a day I just did not have time to do a lot of assistance.

I typed this from my phone sorry if it is not clear

EDIT:

1. Yes I have realised that my TM are too high, as I wrote in my last post with a training session.

2. I stretch often and I am quite flexible, I also run and swim twice a week. I got interested in 5’s pro for the same reasons as you, it was also mentioned in the pattern Anchor/leader. Because I have just done two cycles of PR sets I wanted to switch to 5’s pro now.

3. I agree, although oon the last cycle I used Jokers because I had time to recover from them (training twice a week)

4. I love setting rep PR’s too

5. I always try to do one pull and one push movement, sometimes back raises. I never erally do abs, which was one of the reason to switch to three days so I could do it after squats.

From now on I wanted to use this

5's PRO + FSL 5x5

Monday Squat - 5’s PRO, FSL 5X5 Assistance - Abs - 50-100 reps, Chins - 50-100, DB Bench - 50-100 Tuesday Press - 5’s PRO, FSL 5X5 (main work SS with 50-100 rows) Assistance - One leg Squat - 50-100, Dips - 50-100 reps, Curls - 50-100 reps Thursday Deadlift - 5’s PRO, FSL 5X5 Assistance - Back raise - 50-100 reps, DB Incline - 50-100 reps, Chins - 50-100 reps Friday Bench - 5’s PRO, FSL 5X5 (main work SS with 50-100 rows and face pulls (total for both)) Assistance - KB Snatch - 50-10…

as Bench/Dl+Press/Squat as explained in another post.

6. So do you mean plan what my main/supplemental/accesories would be for each cycle ? I was going to do 3 cycles of 5’s pro and 2 of PR sets as I read Jim talking about it on this forum and as you described above.

7. Good point on the DL, though if I do less Jokers I should be able to do it ?

Thanks so much for your help guys!

edit:2 for some reason my numbering is not as nice as yours… sorry!