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For 5/3/1 I used the calculated max off my last low rep heavy set and then worked off 90% of that number.

What's the goal here? What are set x rep combinations?

The split is fine but this doesn't give much to go by.

Did you just start working out? Have you lifted heavy before?

If you just started, look into some full body workouts by Waterbury or WS for Skinny Bastards by DeFranco

If you've lifted heavy...

I know I'm new here so I still don't understand some of the members' sarcasms but I'm confused about some of the answers.

In my experience, box squats helped me immensely with my wide stance...

Yeah, I need to see a video of someone doing cleans on a smith machine...

As much as I love deadlifts, the guy already has a lot of back exercises that will develop that area nicely. The rest of his posterior chain should be taken care of with squats.

That being...

p90x lean - my fiancee loves it. I like it too but I had to add a strength workout to it.

yes!!!

1. Get him to start eating a healthy breakfast
2. Get him to go for a walk over lunch. Every day.
3. Once he gets 1 & 2 down, give him some weights or a gym membership for a father's day/birthday...

I'm going to echo everyone else here:

1. Great job on the weight loss
2. Make sure that you're really losing 1500 calories a day - that seems like too little
3. Eat more than 1200 calories a day...

I'll try it after my current plan but I will also need a weight progression.

How the hell are you alive with that little sleep? I'd be falling asleep on the bench press if I did what you are doing.

To answer your question, yes it will affect your cutting negatively.

It might work for a couple weeks but then you'd burn out or, worse yet, get hurt. As long as you watch your back I don't see a problem with it.

You won't be able to do this for months though.

Take duct tape and tape over the part where you grab the bar. Helped me a ton!

And it does wonders for the grip too.

I guess the question is what do you consider "strength"? Is it powerlifting/strongman? Is it an ability to pick up and carry random heavy stuff that you don't train for?

The answers will depend...

Farmer walks increased my deadlift by 100 pounds. No lie. Farmer walks 2x a week for 100 feet, increasing the speed then increasing the weight once I could run with the weight.

I can't add anything to this read that was not already said except for the fact that my wrists literally started hurting the second I read about pressing with your wrists touching. I'm curious about...

Thanks, Jax. I've done strength training for most of my lifting life; however, I'm very lazy when it comes to cardio. I was hoping for P90X to fill that void and to also have the lifting days to be...

That's what I was thinking. You're probably very young because I can't handle that stress (especially if you are going as heavy as you can).

So I decided to combine p90x and 5/3/1. Basically, I want to get stronger and get some cardio done. I'm working from home so I have some flexibility of workout out in the morning (p90x lean) and...