[quote]vorsillion wrote:
It’s not supposedly 7/5/3 7/5/3 but 5/3/1 5/3/1.[/quote]
If you’re wave loading, don’t necessarily cut yourself off at two waves. The idea is generally to push them until performance declines in the last set of the wave. That could mean two, three, or even four waves if you’re having an especially kickass day.
Okay. I just wasn’t aware that Wendler advocated wave loading instead of just hitting the target reps in sets leading up to the big PR set.
Gotcha. Again though, this is putting a little more emphasis on the assistance work than Wendler’s usually cool with.
As far as fixing your exercise selections, you just want to minimize overlap. There are a bunch of exercises out there. If you’re deciding it’s important to break up the sets for two different exercises, they shouldn’t be practically the same movement. Like Wendler said in the first 5/3/1 manual, “You must have a very strong reason for doing an exercise. If you donâ??t, scrap it and move on.”
[quote]tsantos wrote:
What purpose does the wave loading serve? More volume?[/quote]
Not sure if you were asking the OP specifically, or just in general. Wave loading can be a useful tool, if done properly. It’s a form of autoregulation, while still getting quality work done with heavy weights.