So i think i am going to do the 5/3/1

[ark94]

Omg your coming to canada!!! haha where abouts you going?

 

[JDid23]

Toronto.

 

[ark94]

Toronto.

holy shit, for what?!!

i live 45minute-1hour south of Toronto. not far at all

just aside from that, if you don't mind me asking, whats your weight now?

 

[JDid23]

holy shit, for what?!!

i live 45minute-1hour south of Toronto. not far at all

just aside from that, if you don't mind me asking, whats your weight now?

I am Jewish so i am going up for my cousins bar mitzvah lol.

that's awesome! when i find out the name of the hotel i'll PM you- feel free to drop by if you're in the neighborhood

I think i weigh around 167ish..... Over the summer I am probably going to start running, complexes, and making my assistance work geared more towards hypertrophy.

 

[b fold the truth]

Everytime I go for a new real max...I do it on my singles week. Instead of doing a set of 5, then 3, then 1+...I just do singles and depending on how my 95% felt, I'll decide what weight to pull after that for a "new max".

But, again, if you are just pulling for a new 1RM JUST TO DO IT...you are wasting a week of TRAINING.

 

[ExtraMile]

Yeah I see going for maxes kind of pointless unless this happened: say your progressing with 5 reps sets for several weeks or even months, adding 5lbs each week and then one week you only get 4 reps, the next week you get 4 or even 3 well then you see that your started to stall and the progression has caught up on you. At that point I would test my new 1RM then deload.

But if your in the middle of progression (which you are) then whats the point, the way I would see it is that it just tells you what you could lift that week, but then when you think about it, if you went for your max 7 or 9 days later then you would pull possible 5lbs more if that is the rate of progression that your going at and so your 1rm or best lift would be even higher.

Especially when your young and new to the sport like you (and I) are then you can keep up a pretty quick rate of progression so it doesnt really make sense to risk messing up the progression and missing a week of progress just to test what you can do for a 1RM...

 

[JDid23]

Yeah I see going for maxes kind of pointless unless this happened: say your progressing with 5 reps sets for several weeks or even months, adding 5lbs each week and then one week you only get 4 reps, the next week you get 4 or even 3 well then you see that your started to stall and the progression has caught up on you. At that point I would test my new 1RM then deload.

But if your in the middle of progression (which you are) then whats the point, the way I would see it is that it just tells you what you could lift that week, but then when you think about it, if you went for your max 7 or 9 days later then you would pull possible 5lbs more if that is the rate of progression that your going at and so your 1rm or best lift would be even higher.

Especially when your young and new to the sport like you (and I) are then you can keep up a pretty quick rate of progression so it doesnt really make sense to risk messing up the progression and missing a week of progress just to test what you can do for a 1RM...

Hey guys- i know that one should never stray from the way a program is designed because it's designed the way it is for a reason. However, I am really contemplating skipping the deload week for my first 5/3/1 cycle because of the way my schedule is between school/going away. I want to have my 1RMs by June 3rd after my 2nd 5/3/1 cycle, but at this rate i won't be able to get them at if i follow the program.

Does the following seem like a good idea (for my situation)?

I will skip this deload week, and not deload until my 7th week on the program as i don't feel warn out whatsoever and i am still not using weights that are too heavy for me. Then, I will follow the cycle with the deload week for my 2nd one, and after the week of taking it easy, I will go for my 1RMs, leaving me enough time and rest to get all of them as opposed to cramming it in over a 3-4 day span if i were to do the deload this week.

I know that in the scheme of things this means nothing, but i will have been lifting for 7 months at the end of May and really want to find out my 1RMs before i go away.

Any ideas? Thanks.

(Page 6 of log) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Even if this isn't optimal, I train for enjoyment and I really want to find my 1RMs.

 

[b fold the truth]

"I know that in the scheme of things this means nothing, but i will have been lifting for 7 months at the end of May and really want to find out my 1RMs before i go away."

I guess that's just where we differ. I look at the year and the years in my training cycles as much more important as the last 7 months. But I'd have a fair IDEA of what my maxes were after 7 months of training on a program as well.