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jleopold  ·  3464 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My First Week Back on the Iron

I think of it as an adapted 5/3/1, for linear progression. Once my beginner gains stop, I will try to move to the actual 5/3/1 routine, because it gives enough flexibility for me to be able to personalize it to fit my plans. Right now, it isn't much of a detailed program, more of just a routine with pretty defined end goal (intermediate strength standards).

Rather than try to describe every detail, I'm just going to write out the routine.

Day 1: Deadlift

Hack squat 3x7

Deadlift (conventional or deficit) 3x5

Power Snatch 3x5

Pushup progression 3x4-12

Planche training

L-sit training

Day 2: Squat

Stiff-leg deadlift 3x5

Front or Zercher Squat 3x7

Power Cleans 3x5

Dips progression 3x4-12

Pendlay Rows 3x7

Hanging leg raises progression 3x4-12

Day 3: OHP

Lunges 3x5

OHP 3x7

Good Mornings 3x5

Pull-up progression 3x4-12

Front lever training

Once I get a couple more weeks under my belt, I'll sit down and say: "okay, add x to dead lift every week, y to squat, and z to OHP." Since pretty much all the others I am treating as accessory lifts, I don't think I'll really program them, though if I find I'm not really progressing, I will. For anything that is a progression with a rep range listed, the goal is to add one rep to one set each week, though in my experience, I can often do one ne rep to all three sets. For the exercises without sets and reps listed, they are static holds, and I am still experimenting with where I should be.

If you've got any questions about why something is the way it is, I'd be more than happy to the explain. I really like talking about this stuff, in case you can't tell.





user-inactivated  ·  3463 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Excellent work! I like that you have a plan tailored to your needs; and that you seem fully prepared to adjust it as you progress. Too often you see people stick with a split that worked months ago but may be the cause for stagnation in the present.

I'm running an altered PPL routine, usually going PPLPPLR, where I Rest on Sunday's. My Push days (1 and 2) I alternate between chest and shoulders. So I'll lean more to Chest for the first Push day and Shoulders on the second. Just trying to even it out as much as I can while still working areas twice a week.

I too love talking about this stuff, so I'll be here to chat with if you wanted to discuss anything you've come across; there's so much for me to learn!