5/3/1

Phoenix_Warrior
Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Looking for those who've done this routine and would love to hear positives! I just started today and honestly started a bit on the light side of what I do, so I had room to push forward. I'm dedicated and plan to do the routine 4 days a week, that's no problem. I really just wanted to see improvements in gains plus aid in lowering BF% but be time conscious. My first day was today and I felt like I completed it fairly quickly. I've never actually done any routine outside of me just randomly doing things on my own. Is this routine beneficial? Sorry I'd this is a muddled mess of text. Kids are being their usual form of crazy

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  • rlinaresv
    rlinaresv Posts: 108
    I'm in for answers. I'm doing it too, this is my second week but just yesterday I hurt my lower back deadlifting. What about the resting days? Can I do the workout in 4 days in a row?

    Cheers and thanks a lot
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    5/3/1 is a great strength training system and we actually have a support thread already started and going in the PowerLifting forum on this site.

    If your diet is in-order then yes you can hit whatever your goals are be it, strength, body comp, fat loss, etc. Diet is really the key to everything; diet dictates your outcome. If you have his new book (Beyond 5/3/1) you'll find a lot of great methods of 5/3/1. My favorites so far are Boring But Big 6-week challenge with First Set Last and Joker Sets. The SVR version looks awesome too and I hope to try it in a few months after a few cycles of BBB.

    Jim definitely recommends fairing on the light-side of things so if you started extra light that is fine, just work hard and don't be afraid to push yourself. Make sure you make the appropriate increases in weight each cycle.
    I'm in for answers. I'm doing it too, this is my second week but just yesterday I hurt my lower back deadlifting. What about the resting days? Can I do the workout in 4 days in a row?

    Well, you definitely can but you may want to split up the training and throw a rest-day in-between Day 2 and Day 3. I've had weeks where I had travel come up or maybe my sleep got screwed up and missed a session where I've lifted 3 or even 4 days in a row and that's fine but probably don't want to make a habit out of it.

    Find some good videos on executing the Deadlift. So You Think You Can Deadlift is good, and Candito training has some good videos as well. You can go YouTube and search for things like EliteFTS and Deadlift or JTS and Deadlift and you'll find plenty of good videos.

    Come join us, http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1056132-5-3-1-support-thread
  • rlinaresv
    rlinaresv Posts: 108
    Hi Jnick77 thanks a lot dude. Very useful
    Cheers
  • ChrisLindsay9
    ChrisLindsay9 Posts: 837 Member
    Another vote for 5/3/1 here ... I started this program back in the Spring when I shifted to a more powerlifting training program (and I rarely did squats and deadlifts). I had such good success, that I entered a powerlifting competition a couple of weeks ago and ended up doing pretty well (profile pic is from that event).

    The support thread that JNick mentioned is really helpful as well. Good discussion from beginner questions to advanced questions.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    5/3/1 is the best intermediate power-lifting routine around IMHO...Jnick77 pretty much covered everything I would have said.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Yay!! Thanks so much for the great info. I'm so excited :D

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