UPDATE: So the westside template is working for me with these powerlifters coaching me to bigger PRs!
I’m doing deads on my squat DE day doing volume one week and intensity (ME) the next.
My lifts have increased to:
Squat: 365lbs for an easy double
Bench: 275 x 1
Dead; 475 x 1 (almost had a 500 but couldn’t lock out)
I’m really starting to appreciate training with people a lot stronger than me, its made all the difference.
Hope to start posting more,
Josh
UPDATE: So the westside template is working for me with these powerlifters coaching me to bigger PRs!
I’m doing deads on my squat DE day doing volume one week and intensity (ME) the next.
My lifts have increased to:
Squat: 365lbs for an easy double
Bench: 275 x 1
Dead; 475 x 1 (almost had a 500 but couldn’t lock out)
I’m really starting to appreciate training with people a lot stronger than me, its made all the difference.
[quote]Synthetickiller wrote:
If I see one more 5/3/1 comment, I’m gonna puke… its not the best routine at all, especially for powerlifting…There are much better programs.[/quote]
People recommend 5/3/1 because it works and its so simple that its hard to fuck up.
Sheiko was the fad program last year and you were firmly on board, 5/3/1 is big this year. Calm down.
Yeah but 5/3/1 is still not a powerlifting program, it’s like western periodization for the non-competitor, or the strength portion of a fitness program. Sheiko’s program is geared towards peaking for a powerlifting competition, nothing more nothing less.
Anyway good work Joshua, that’s some great improvement in very little time.
Good work. Westside would have been my recommendation to you anyways. I started when I was weaker than you, and it worked great. Even though I didn’t have any mentor or teammates and had to figure everything out from reading and experimenting. That template will last you a long time. And it’s flexible.