My name is Ian, I just finished high school and I’m planned to ship to Illinois for navy basics around December. Ever since processing I have planned to increase my overall athleticism so I got a gym membership. My current lifts are bench 165x5, squat 185x5, press 110x5, deadlift 285x5. Sad to say I…

Once I conpletely stall I’ll do 5/3/1, I wouldn’t do it now cause I like putting more weight on the bar and pushing myself to move that shit

Op, I’m not going to mess with your plans. Please, just tell me, where did this phrase “milk your beginner gains” come from? A book(who)? Forum posts(where)? Internet guru?

Bro! You push yourself for more reps, and you add weight to the bar every time you repeat a session in 5/3/1. It just takes 3 weeks before you repeat a session. It’s just like your plan, only with 9 days intead of 3. And then after you do each session twice, you change things around. You work h…

I’m aware, I have both books and have done the triumvirate template

So your “problem” is that you really have just been messing around? All you need to do is get serious then.

[image] Program Tapered to Me Jim Wendler 5/3/1 Coaching My point is not that you won’t do the work. It is that your plan can be very simple, leaving you to just “go do the work”. The advice others gave is golden. Less than a week ago you said you preferred 5/3/1 to …

But then I decided to just make my own program so I can do what I want

Remember, beginner gains are a result of getting more skilled at the movement. You are new to the move, so you get better rapidly at first, because you are “learning.” This means you can get better, or make gains simply by getting workouts in. You can literally do the same weights for 2-3 weeks, …

It seems like you’re more likely to stall from searching for the perfect plan then from having shad plan.

I’ll come back to this thread and share my results in like a month or 2

Tired of Messing Around

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T3hPwnisher July 24, 2016, 7:56pm 21

Less than a week ago you said you preferred 5/3/1 to SS.

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