5/3/1 may be good for you then if you were "unsure you were doing the right thing." The right thing is whatever makes you bigger and stronger, in which 5/3/1 with BBB can do both. One thing people seem to not understand with the BBB template is that you don't have to move up in weight every time. That should not even be the goal of the 5x10. The 5x10 should be challenging and that is it. increasing the load on the 5x10 will not have much of an effect on your strength so why strive to push the weight up? If you busted your ass on the 5x10, don't move up. Move up when it is much less difficult and you complete the 5x10 with moderate strain, but still have some left in the tank. You will still get a training effect by doing this.
Don't stick with it for a year, stick with it for as long as it works. This may be three years or not at all. There is no need for dips if you are already doing bench for 5x10. Despite what you hear a lot on here, you don't need insane amounts of volume to grow. As little as 50 reps a week is plenty if you're doing it right.
This game is diet diet diet. This training program will only take you as far as your diet will let it. If it sucks ass don't plan on gaining anything. Even if you're eating enough to gain weight you're gonna be a fatty if you don't make good food choices i.e. ditch the captain crunch for breakfast and have some oats or Ezekiel bread.
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