5/3/1 Wendler reset

[RedMaster]

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?

[zpm]

i think you keep track of the all-out sets (the 5+ x weight).The more of those you can do,the higher your 1rm goes.I might be wrong.

[bobby_]

Add 5 lbs to your calculated upper body maxes and 10 lbs to your calculated lower body maxes.

[iSquat_ATG]

Read. The. Book.

He breaks it down in an example perfectly.

[RedMaster]

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.

[SASQUATCH7212]

Read. The. Book.

He breaks it down in an example perfectly.

nO bULLS**T Where is the easiest place to buy it? Elite?

[simp3204]

nO bULLS**T Where is the easiest place to buy it? Elite?

go to amazon.com, I just ordered my copy from there this weekend.

[PhreEkGarden]

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.

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?

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.

[RedMaster]

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.

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.

[Retardo-pex]

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.

Are you saying first 5 weeks because you are using week one as your maxing baseline?

Anyways +5 to upper lifts +10 to lower, repeat until you no longer can hit the minimum reps then reset.

[RedMaster]

Are you saying first 5 weeks because you are using week one as your maxing baseline?

Anyways +5 to upper lifts +10 to lower, repeat until you no longer can hit the minimum reps then reset.

Week one I have done 75%x5, 80%x5 85%x5. I am no where near uping my numbers yet as I just started the program but I wanted to have an understanding of everything well in advance. Thank you very much for the answer. reps on the way.

[Retardo-pex]

Week one I have done 75%x5, 80%x5 85%x5. I am no where near uping my numbers yet as I just started the program but I wanted to have an understanding of everything well in advance. Thank you very much for the answer. reps on the way.

I was just curious where you were getting 5 weeks from. Week 1 = 5+ week 2 = 3+ week 3 = 5/3/1+ week 4 = deload Week 5= Cycle 2 week 1

[MJAffliction]

I was just curious where you were getting 5 weeks from. Week 1 = 5+ week 2 = 3+ week 3 = 5/3/1+ week 4 = deload Week 5= Cycle 2 week 1

3 days a week.

Week 1: M/W/F (squat, bench, deadlift)
Week 2: M/W/F (press, squat, bench)
Week 3: M/W/F (deadlift, press, squat)
Week 4: M/W/F (bench, deadlift, press)
Week 5: M/W/F (deload)


I'm only assuming...

[PhreEkGarden]

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.

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.

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.

[PhreEkGarden]

3 days a week.

Week 1: M/W/F (squat, bench, deadlift)
Week 2: M/W/F (press, squat, bench)
Week 3: M/W/F (deadlift, press, squat)
Week 4: M/W/F (bench, deadlift, press)
Week 5: M/W/F (deload)


I'm only assuming...

Yeah... this is how I am running it also..

[Drew23]

Read. The. Book.

He breaks it down in an example perfectly.

This.

/thread

[RedMaster]

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.

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.

[Retardo-pex]

3 days a week.

Week 1: M/W/F (squat, bench, deadlift)
Week 2: M/W/F (press, squat, bench)
Week 3: M/W/F (deadlift, press, squat)
Week 4: M/W/F (bench, deadlift, press)
Week 5: M/W/F (deload)


I'm only assuming...

Gotcha, I've only ever done the 4 a week so it just looked weird to me.

[skeavs]

Week one I have done 75%x5, 80%x5 85%x5. I am no where near uping my numbers yet as I just started the program but I wanted to have an understanding of everything well in advance. Thank you very much for the answer. reps on the way.

What do you mean you are are nowhere near uping your numbers yet. As long as you are not failing to get prescribed reps on the day you should be adding every month till failure.

Best of luck with the program, hope you see some good gains out of it.

[MJAffliction]

Gotcha, I've only ever done the 4 a week so it just looked weird to me.

Understandable.

[Black_Spit]

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

Well, you're 38 years old and unwilling to put in a minute amount of work reading a very easy and short book necessary to understanding a program that you're going to use. But you want it spoonfed to you instead. I can see how it's irritating to people.

[RedMaster]

What do you mean you are are nowhere near uping your numbers yet. As long as you are not failing to get prescribed reps on the day you should be adding every month till failure.

Best of luck with the program, hope you see some good gains out of it.

It is my understanding that reps should be upped on the last set as opposed to weight.

Thanks.

[Retardo-pex]

It is my understanding that reps should be upped on the last set as opposed to weight.

Thanks.

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)

[RedMaster]

Well, you're 38 years old and unwilling to put in a minute amount of work reading a very easy and short book necessary to understanding a program that you're going to use. But you want it spoonfed to you instead. I can see how it's irritating to people.

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.

[AmericanPhysco]

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.

Just torrent the book if you can't pay for it. Jesus.

[nekkidbear]

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.

Well you obviously didn't do your research before starting the program. So instead of doing that or getting the book you asked questions that you should have known the answers to if you would have used the SEARCH function.