Hi all
Ok. Anyone who saw my last post knows where I’m at.
Just starting my 5/3/1 lifting life.
I took your advice and just jumped in and picked a program. I decided to run krypteia as I’m currently just finishing off getting rid of my fat before I fully commit to getting BIG and I just completed my first week.
Anyway, my question is, are there any acceptable substitutes for the assistance on squat/deadlift day. I’ve only just started them but I’m not really feeling the goblet squat or the dumbbell sldl. (Maybe I’m doing them wrong but I find it hard on my wrists to get the dumbbell into position for the goblet squat and I keep hitting my junk with the dumbbells on the sldl at lockout!) Could I do barbbell front squats and say barbbell romainian deadlifts instead?
Would that be acceptable or would that be changing the program itself? I really don’t want to mess with the program.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
you should keep on doing the goblet squats to train your wrists then,
I dont know how you hit ur balls with the SLDL though? just concentrate on holding the dumbells apart and infront.
Short answer no dont change its like that for a reason.
Edit i remember there are suggested alternatives for the pulls and presses though if you want to change those
Start light, get good at them during the prep phase (the first cycle) and let your body adapt, then hit them hard after the prep phase.
The DB goblet squat and DB SLDL aren’t hard moves to learn and adapt to, so stick with them. The assistance is what really makes the Krypteia a unique program different than just doing a BBB template and picking your own assistance.
Thanks guys. Yeah, I think my form must be off on the sldl. I’ve not done these movements with dumbbells before. Time to check my form. Suppose I’m always tempted to switch dumbbell movements for barbell ones. I’ll keep that in check. Thanks again.
Get a YouTube channel so you can take video of form and do form checks. This place is good about helping you get things together.
You are asking to change the one thing that separates this program. He literally says don’t fuck with this in the program description