I have just started 5/3/1 and I am wondering what to do after the 1st 5 weeks are concluded. Should I reset my max or continue to try and hit rep PR for eternity? How does one know when to rest the weights being used?
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Thread: 5/3/1 Wendler reset
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11-02-2010, 08:00 AM #1
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11-02-2010, 08:17 AM #2
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11-02-2010, 08:54 AM #3
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11-02-2010, 08:56 AM #4
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11-02-2010, 09:07 AM #5
I am attempting, gasp, to do this without reading the book. I have gleaned a great deal of information from the internet and this site as well and I feel I completely understand the interworkings and cycling of the program with the exception of the one question I asked. I feel certain I will now be told I am not serious about lifting and I need to make a serious commitment and buy the book if I want any hope of powerrlifting and so on. This is a website that is here to help other powerlifters and I asked a simple question that can be answered in a very simple manner and does not require any input from the peanut gallery. Thank you in advance and to those who actually answered my question.
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11-02-2010, 09:21 AM #6
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11-02-2010, 11:11 AM #7
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11-02-2010, 11:32 AM #8
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You clearly don't understand the innerworkings of the program if you don't even know the answer to that question. There is a massive 5/3/1 thread on the website and even an excel calculator.
The book is well worth it, and if you know people are going to give you **** for asking the most basic question of the program, then why don't you actually research it, because you obviously haven't.
Anyway, you just add 5 lbs to upperbody, and 10 to lower, according to how he says to do it. You don't reset any maxes unless you start failing to get the required reps for that day. I believe he said he has gone through up to 8 cycles before having to reset.
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11-02-2010, 01:49 PM #9
Look at how easily you could have made this reply in a polite manner and satisfied my question if you had left out all of the useless garble. I am sure you are correct and I have no concept of how this program works or what it is even intended to do but I will just wing it on the 2 weeks of lifting experience I have and hope that this thing just works for me.
On another note I clearly understand that rep goals are the order of the day when employing 5/3/1 but should one continue to with this rep goal until one is doing 20reps? Obviously there is a point when poundage must be increased and the time and manner that those changes are to be made are all I was looking for. I will never cease to be amazed at the negative attitude displayed daily on this site. If someone asks a question simply answer it or don't as there is no need for anything else.
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11-02-2010, 04:26 PM #10
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11-03-2010, 06:35 AM #11
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11-04-2010, 07:38 AM #13
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11-04-2010, 07:46 AM #14
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Looks like you brought the negative attitude first... because someone told you to read the book, which is the best advice anyone could give you. It not only explains the %'s, reps, when to increase maxes, it explains his reasons for creating the program, and who should and should not be doing it. It's not a huge book and was actually a pretty entertaining read. So maybe you should just get off your high horse.Excellence is the result of Caring more than others think is Wise; Risking more than others think is Safe. Dreaming more than others think is Practical and Expecting more than others think is Possible.
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11-04-2010, 07:48 AM #15
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11-04-2010, 08:39 AM #16
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11-04-2010, 09:44 AM #17
I assure you that negativity was not one of my goals. I did ask a question and I was hoping to get an answer to that one question, something I accomplished thanks to many posters here. Obviously I understand that I would have a better grasp of this program if I were to read the book but I am currently unable to procure a copy and I am well past the age when it was necessary for me to follow unsolicited advice. In summary: I cannot currently acquire a copy of the book. I had one question about the program and asked that one question in this forum. There was no need to answer questions I did not ask or provide unsolicited suggestions. I am not trying to be a dick I just wanted an answer to my one question. Thanks to all.
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11-04-2010, 11:33 AM #18
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11-04-2010, 06:48 PM #21
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11-05-2010, 06:37 AM #23
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The last set of your main lift you should be going until a rep or two shy below failure. The weight you plug in for week 1 cycle 1 should have you somewhere in the 5-15 range for your heaviest set. Week 2 might have you closer to 7 reps and week 3 I think 3-5 is a good bet. Each month your max gets 5-10 lbs added to it though so week 1 cycle 2 you might only be hitting 10 reps instead of 12.
Basically your last set for your main lift each workout is an all out set and the goal is to hit at least 5/3/or 1 rep. If you hit below 5/3 or 1 on their respective weeks then its time to reset that particular lift (because chances are you will stall out on bench press before deadlifts, you don't have to reset deadlifts if only your bench press is stalling)
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11-05-2010, 06:39 AM #24
Please see my email above. Your conclusion is illogical. How do you conclude that I am unwilling to do a minute amount of work. I stated clearly above that I cannot, at this time, procure a copy of Wendler's book. Because I am unable to obtain a copy of the book I have read the entire program summary on this site as well as performing multiple Google searches and reading everything on the internet I could find regarding Wendler's program. I did not go into detail as to why I cannot get a copy of the book at this time as it is of no consequence to the question I asked. If you wish feel free to make generalized assumptions about why I cannot get the book, I feel certain that will happen after reading many of the replies on this thread, but I assure you the assumptions others make are as meaningless as any broadbased assumptions I were to make of you.
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11-05-2010, 08:12 AM #25
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