Hey btw I know it’s late, but I found a formula for 531 to end in a 5 interger. You still use 5lb plates, but no 2.5s:
=((INT(A1/10))*10)+5
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I realize I hate using percentages haha! So I run a 5/3/1 variant, but just no percentages and more based on feel lol.
CLEAN & JERK (Been a while!)
185x2
185x2
205x2
205x2
225x2
245x1 (PR!)
255x1 (PR!)
265x1 (PR!)
BACK SQUAT (ss: Hanging Leg Raises - 5x15)
315x5
335x5
365x5
385x5
405x5
365x8
335x12
DB Single Hand OHP, DB Rows, DB Curls - 100 reps each
Squatting strength DEF transfers over to my Olympic lifts. 265 felt heavy as fuck, but that’s because my technique started breaking down. Looped the bar and it crashed on my rack position vs being able to glide under there. It’s ok though just had to go for it today lol.
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It’s raining PR’s in here 
Well done Mate
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Thanks man! It’s been a good few weeks. Can’t PR forever though lol.
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PRs get them while you can.
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Looking good man, I gotta keep better track of your log.
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Nice PR… so Olympic lifting competitor or what 
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Thanks guys! The PRs will slow down at some point I’m sure of it lol.
BACK SQUAT (ss: Ab Wheel 5x15)
335x5
335x5
335x5
335x5
335x5
OH PRESS (ss: Chest Supported Row 5x10)
155x5
155x5
155x5
155x5
155x3
PENDLAY ROW (ss: Dips, Curls - 100)
225x8
225x8
225x8
225x7
225x7
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I like the setup mate.
How long time do you spend in the gym?
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1 hour.
Sometimes I finish way under, sometimes I finish like 5-15 minutes over. Just depends on what time I go and how busy it is. But I shoot for an hour of all out work.
I try to finish each “Section” in 20 minutes so like:
Squat (ss: Abs, Push Ups) - 20 min
Press (ss: Rows/Chin-Ups, Split Squat) - 20 min
Rows (ss: Dips, Curls, RDLs) - 20 min
I superset a specific exercise depending on feel and availability and whatever I’m in the mood for I guess.
I rest like 30s-90s between everything, so I’m really flying through. If I actually rested for like 3-5 minutes between heavy sets I’m sure I could lift a good chunk more, but since I don’t like running too much, flying through my workout helps with conditioning so this is why I like the way I do this. I got these ideas from @Evolv @Alpha and @T3hPwnisher. If you haven’t, I HIGHLY recommend reading through their logs.
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I’m on @T3hPwnisher log it’s great.
But now I want to do strongman stuff
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FRONT SQUAT (ss: Chin-Ups 5x10)
315x5
315x5
315x5
315x4
315x3
315x3
BENCH PRESS (ss: DB Row 5x12, Split Squat 5x10)
225x8
245x8
255x6
225x10
225x10
RDL (ss: 3-Way Shoulder Raises (Front, side, rear) - 100 reps)
315x10
315x10
315x10
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CONDITIONING
1 Hour of swimming.
Did some sprints, did some easy laps, did some a mixture of it all. Felt good to get in the water though.
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BACK SQUAT (ss: Hanging Leg Raises 5x15)
275x8
315x8
335x8
365x6
385x6
405x3
225x30
OH PRESS (ss: Pendlay Row 5x8)
135x8
135x8
135x8
135x7
135x6
FARMERS WALK (ss: Curls - 100, Face Pulls - 100)
315 x 50 yards
315 x 50 yards
315 x 50 yards
NOTES: Nothing makes me as tired as farmers walk. I literally went home and slept right after my workout. But I wake up wanting to eat everything I see lol.
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F*ck man did you just do 30 reps of 225 squat.
You’re insane
Impressed mate
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Lol thanks man. Well 225 is super light for me these days. 20 reps felt too easy, so pushed it to 30, but reps 23-30 were HARD. My lungs and quads were on fire lol.
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I’m doing it. I’m running 531 Building The Monolith as of Monday. I’ve been wanting to run it for so long and now with my new strength levels I think I’m at the perfect spot to add some real size running it two times (12 weeks).
@T3hPwnisher hey man I’m going to run BTM the way you ran it in terms of giant sets, but I had a few questions:
- The ONLY changes I was thinking of making was:
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Chin-Ups (too many) kill my elbows. I was thinking about for Monday 100 reps to do 5x10 chin-ups and 5x10 BB rows to get a 100 total reps of major back work in.
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Just to save time I was thinking about changing the OH Press on Day 3 from 10x5 to 5x10.
Does this seem viable or would it change the program too much?
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How long were your conditioning sessions in between the lifting days?
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Any advice you would give me before embarking on this program?
My proposed way of doing it looks like this:
MONDAY
Back Squat - 5x5
OH Press - 531+
BB Row - 5x10
Chin-Ups - 5x10
Dips - 200
Band Pull Aparts - 100
WEDNESDAY
Deadlift - 3x5
Bench Press - 5x5
DB Rows - 100
Curls - 100
FRIDAY
Back Squat - 531, 1x20
OH Press - 5x10
Weighted Chin-Ups - 5x5
Shrugs - 100
Band Pull Aparts - 100
TUESDAY/THURSDAY/SATURDAY
Sprint or Swim
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Excited for you dude. It was a great program.
For point 2, I did 3 different conditioning workouts with 3 different lengths. 1 was a 50-60 minute weighted “vest” walk (wore chains instead of a vest), 1 was a 10 minute Stone of Steel EMOM workout, and 1 was a prowler workout. Prowler, from what I remember would be something like 10-40 minutes depending on what I was in the mood for.
For point 3, week 1 and week 4 are the worst. Just big shocks to the system. Don’t let them get you down; once you get through them, the rest is manageable.
For point, I couldn’t speak specifically to those changes, as I didn’t train that way. I theorize the 5x10 approach would not work well with the giant set approach, as those sets of 10 would generate significantly more fatigue than the sets of 5. Also, you start doing more than 10 sets in the second half, so I’m not sure how you would make the swap there. More reps, or more sets of 10?
If elbow pain is the issue with chins, I’d just vary grips as much as possible.
So how do you setup the giant set?
Have been looking at the BTM for a while