Jim has talked about the Wendler Six and certain Weak Point Areas. They are not in Beyond or the second edition. Anyone know what these terms imply?
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Wendler 6 - only assistance work I recommend. Ends all discussion about it. Dips, chins/pull ups, rows, abs, low back, curls.
This is provided the lifter has a complete program. If he chooses not to have a complete program, let it be. Which leads to Weak Point. That is an article I wrote for forum. It details how to look for real weak points in your training. I think everyone has let the whole “muscles as weak points” phenomenon die out: as all fallacies and trends should die.
[quote]Jim Wendler wrote:
Wendler 6 - only assistance work I recommend. Ends all discussion about it. Dips, chins/pull ups, rows, abs, low back, curls.
This is provided the lifter has a complete program. If he chooses not to have a complete program, let it be. Which leads to Weak Point. That is an article I wrote for forum. It details how to look for real weak points in your training. I think everyone has let the whole “muscles as weak points” phenomenon die out: as all fallacies and trends should die. [/quote]
I think this 6 would probably serve 90% of people well if they kept their assistance to that (the other 10% needs variations/other exercises because of injury or other limitations). Not trying to discount other exercises - like DB bench - but there’s much less variables that people can overcomplicate with the 6 (re: incline of the bench on DB/barbell incline press, narrow vs wide grip).
Beyond this, I think one of the biggest gifts you gave to strength training after the 5/3/1 program itself is the Triumvirate template. Experiment and simplify. I had (and have) the best results when I kept things simple and worked my ass off. I have recommended many of my friends to read your “World’s Simplest Training Template” article here. There’s something to be said about prioritizing hard work, simplicity, and flexibility in a program - not many others do.