Beyond 5/3/1: Simple Training for Extraordinary Results

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Far superior to the original 5/3/1 because there are far more options, something interemediate/advanced lifters need.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. However, once you remove your heavy sessions, maximum exertions, dynamic movements, speed work and gruelling endurance sets, and replace them with just three sets of 5, 3 or 1…there’s hole in your workout, dear reader, dear reader. A big time saver for you so that you don’t have to reenter all your maxes, plates, etc each time you use the calculator.Before reading this book, I confess that I tried applying the 531 to movements such as rows and pullups and the results were not all that great. Boostcamp has a free app version of 5/3/1 Boring But Big (BBB) that you can use directly from your phone. Please understand that it would be virtually impossible to offer a comprehensive review of every single variation of 5/3/1 in a single review.

This involves spending more time lifting heavier weight, which a) feels more like strength training, b) avoids the burnout that advanced athletes may suffer from doing as many reps as possible and c) brings 531 better in line with Preplin’s strength training guidelines, which I’ll ramble about at some other point. I question whether the many programs and training ideas written by “authorities” have even been used, either by themselves or anyone else, programs that exist simply to waste paper, space and time.I've been doing the base program for years with different assistance programs and just feel like it's time for a change. Now I’m not saying that you won’t get any stronger from working at lighter percentages, but I am saying that spending so little time in the powerlifter’s money range, 80-90%, is a recipe for sub-optimal progress. In Beyond 5/3/1 , Wendler offers 26-28 week training plans that include periodized focuses on hypertrophy, conditioning, and strength.