I know jims a big proponent of tire flipping and hill climbs with weighted vests but it's cold out and I have unlimited space to do these things anyway. I saw wendler has made some suggestions for metcon training indoors; I did a jump rope metcon that he created today and it was awful. What confuses me about this though is…
Hi. I haven't read the Wendler book but have the app on my phone. I started out with stronglifts 5X5 then moved on to madcow. The app for Wendler 5-3-1 isn't very clear. I think I may of done a weeks workout in one day! Perhaps I have misunderstood the terminology. I entered my bodyweight and clicked 'add cycle' It lists a…
I have been following 5/3/1 for exactly three months. How do I know? Because I just completed the 5/3/1 BBB 3-month challenge and made some HUGE gains! My previous max for overhead press was 135 x 1; after the challenge was 150 x 3! That might not be a huge number to some people, but 135lbs was a sticking point for me, and…
Does anybody still follow this group? I see a lot of non-sense related to 5/3/1 and "slow" progression "not for beginners" posted on this website and I'd like to see this group active so we can talk through the bull**** for people that are serous about it.
Hoping someone pops on to this forum every now and again. :) I just started 5/3/1 yesterday. I've done variations of it in the past and was currently following my own routine, but I've stalled out on every major lift. Needed some structure, regression and something to work toward! I'm following the program per the…
Got my copy and I love the expansion of the theory! Already added in Joker sets and First Set Last and am really digging it! Wendler does it again! Anyone else get a copy yet?
Figured I'd pose the question in this group to gather some more info. I've been doing StrongLifts now for about 38 weeks and Madcow (Bill Star's 5x5 version) for the past 6+ weeks or so for squats. I'm moving my deadlifts next week to Madcow and still on 1x5 for my other core lifts probably for a few more weeks. Thinking…
I am in Week 3 of an 8 week program with very little heavy lifting. I already miss it, and will be going back to Wendler when I'm done. Because I tend to be scatter brained and exercise ADD, I am trying to figure out what I want to do. I will also want to be getting back to running, so I plan on doing two big lifts on the…
Anyone tried The Juggernaut Method (original or 2.0)? I have been doing 5/3/1 for a year now and made awesome gains in size and strength - love what Wendler has put together. I've just been debating buying the Juggernaut manual for a bit now because I heard it was a spinoff / extension of 5/3/1.
I'll be finishing cycle 9.3 tomorrow and I am looking forward to my deload week. For the first time on the program I skipped the deload between 8-9. At the end of c8 I felt strong and like I had momentum going into 9 so I skipped. I did hit PRs in c9 but I am exhausted. Anyone else skip deloads? Some guys in my gym have…
