x2. Will we be getting a video of this feat?
To reach “elite competitor” levels may require something more advanced, but your journey to a 405 squat as well as mine to a 600 deadlift both strongly suggest that the first portion, the part getting you to “stronger than most people in the general population think is possible naturally” can be achieved with simple, consistent, hard work.
Awesome work brother! That is amazing to see you reach your goals! Keep going!
BENCH PRESS
135x10
185x5
225x8
225x8
225x7
225x6
225x5
155x14, 6
DB ROWS - 100 reps
BB CURLS - 100 reps
FACE PULLS - 100 reps
PUSH UPS - 150 reps
SNOWBOARDING DAY!
For 8 Hours I’ll be working my core and legs basically!
Have fun man 
Ah I’m so jealous! Carve up them slopes 
Snowboarding was fun! Core and legs are shot today so kept the session light and easy.
BACK SQUAT
225 @ 5x10
BW SPLIT SQUAT - 50 reps
AB WHEEL - 50 reps
So I’ve been thinking. I think with my strength levels now I’m actually wanting to give 5/3/1 a true shot for a few months. I don’t like dealing with percentages so I’ve never truly given 531 a chance but I do agree with all of Jim’s principles that make the program. It would be nice to not have to do ANY thinking when going to the gym and just hit the numbers that are on my excel sheet.
I’ve looked and I think I’d want to start with BBB.
For any of you guys that have done this, how was the experience? How many cycles did you run this for? Anything you would do differently? My body has been pretty achey lately and I think it’s due to the months worth of lower rep work. I think it would be nice for like 8-16 weeks to just focus on some higher reps.
Any opinions? I was thinking of structuring it like this:
Squat 531
RDL 5x10
Abs 5x10
Overhead Press 531
Chin-Ups 5x10
Bench Press 5x10
Deadlift 531
Back Squat 5x10
Abs 5x10
Bench Press 531
Rows 5x10
OH Press 5x10
It definitely works man, but don’t be discouraged if your top end strength dips off at first. 531 is definitely a long term plan, working from higher rep goals to lower rep goals and peaking from there if you want, or resetting numbers to keep smashing records. Your plan makes sense. Training how you have been, you might actually benefit from more volume on squatting just because of how much you were doing.
Side note, I actually really enjoyed (and am plan on starting back doing) chad Wesley smiths version of 531 progression. I ran it before and really liked the way it ran, but skipped the first 3/2/1 and just moved to the high volume one. This would fit perfectly into the 8-16 week idea you had. He does more volume on the work sets up, and joined with BBB or FSL, SSL, etc, should equate to a decent plan back into lower rep training.
If you read about Jims latest work he basically says to do this:
Pick a TM that’s equal to your 5 RM not grinding reps but strong fast reps.
Then do 2 cycles of 5’s pro with FSL 5x5 (increase weights between cycles)
you then do about 50 reps of each push, pull, single leg or core.
1 week deload
then 1 cycle of PR sets (remember to increase weigh)
then 1 cycle test week. pick your TM AMRAP the shit out of it. If able to do 5 reps or more increase weight do a new program.
I personally do not like 5’s pro, and stick to PR sets.
I haven’t done BBB but a lot likes them. Jim says do BBB sets the same as 531 sets. But in the first book he states it doesn’t matter if you do them opposite days.
You have a copy of Forever right? I think I’ve seen you mention it before.
SVR2 and Pervertor seem like they’d be pretty good fits for what you’re looking for. I’m sure there are others too but those are the first two that come to mind.
This is pretty cool, bookmarked!
HOT YOGA
90 min
I like the look of that.
Hey, I’m new to the forums. I have Beyond 5/3/1 but for the life of me I can’t find SSF or 3’s PRO explained anywhere, which sucks because I want to run this template for a few cycles. Could you possibly give me a page number or a source where these topics are explained? Thanks. Also, you’re pretty damned strong.
Hey man strange you’d ask me for 5/3/1 info when I am no expert on 531 and I’ve never actually ran it lol. The 531 subsection should answer all your questions on 531 though.
Thanks man, got a long way to go.
SNATCH
135x2
135x2
135x2
155x2
155x2
155x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
185x2
Today is the first day I’ve felt truly strong (even more so than the squat PR). Snatching 185 is pure butter now lol. I feel like I could do 205 or 225 for doubles. The bottom of the snatch felt so stable it was ridiculous lol.
Or destroy your soul. Either way
531 Forever Full Body 6
This the template I’m going to run for a while.
WEEK 1 CYCLE 1 DAY 1
BACK SQUAT
315x5
EDIT: 315x5 not 515x5 lol
315x5
315x5
315x5
OVERHEAD PRESS
95x10
115x5
135x5
155x10
Weighted Chin Ups
+25lb @ 30 reps
BW ChinUps - 50
Ab Wheel - 5x10
Dips - 2x25
Band Pull Aparts - 100
Feels good to go back to full body!
Big time weights I see over here