Returning to Prior Peak. Progress Slowly for Injury Prevention?

[Chris_Colucci]

@Northern

Actual training goal is pretty much just to get pretty strong but mainly to do it in a smart way where the shorter term goal (12-18 months) is to get back to prior strength levels. Medium to longer term 3-5+ years I would like to get to a 5 plate squat and maybe bench 3 plates as general strength targets.

This screams 5/3/1 to me. 5/3/1 gets pushed a lot as a cure-all, which it isn’t, but it’s 100% designed for long-term progress. Like, loooooong-term. I mean, two of its core principles are “start too light” and “progress too slow”.

So, yeah. Get on 5/3/1 and ride it out:

5/3/1: How to Build Pure Strength