Best way from 1000 to 1100 lb Total

[JBisGod]

My current total is about 1020lbs at 6' 183lbs. I was up to almost 1050 at 198 but cut some weight for summer. I'm starting to turn my diet around and shooting for a 1100 lb total.

I'm looking at 5/3/1 BBB which would get me to 1130 lb in 8-9 cycles over the next year. Is it realistic to think this will happen without stalling if my diet supports my goal?

Could I do it faster with something else like madcows or smolov? Not too keen on the time in the gym that comes with smolov but once winter hits ill have the time.

Current lifts are 330 squat, 265 bench, 425 deadlift. Not competing yet but I'd like to do a meet sometime in the future

[TrettinR]

If you haven't competed then you don't have a total. Totals are done in meets, not adding up your best gym lifts.

[hammerfelt]

Start competing now. Great motivator to lift heavier. Start with a local meet. Learn to follow direction, eat, and rest for the first meet.

[arian11]

Does it matter if it's realistic or not? If some random person on the Internet tells you it is not realistic, are you just going to give up lifting and quit before even trying?

It's possible you could do it faster but nobody know for sure. The best way to get there is to lift heavy consistently and eat food consistently. Hard work pays off.

[JBisGod]

So... Yes to 5/3/1 three days per week? BBB? Different assistance template recommendations?

I appreciate the kind words but I'm looking for a program to follow. It's becoming harder to progress and I'm looking for validation on the program I've chosen or alternative recommendations.

I don't like self regulation, I like numbers to follow so I don't constantly doubt my choices and switch things.

[StrongmanSteve]

Madcows 5x5.

[onionhead444]

Pick a program. 5/3/1, madcows, texas method whatever the program is, run it like it is written and for atleast 6 months.

[strongjim]

I went from 1000 to 1200 by gaining 20 pounds. There is a direct relationship between weight gain and your total.

[NorthStrong]

I went from 1000 to 1200 by gaining 20 pounds. There is a direct relationship between weight gain and your total.

I wonder if that is why there are weight classes?

EDIT: intended as joke not implying stupid statement above me.

[untranslatedZA]

I went from 1000 to 1200 by gaining 20 pounds. There is a direct relationship between weight gain and your total.

Gaining weight will help but saying there is a direct relationship is a bit narrow minded tbh. Just lift consistantly for 10 years and u will have a massive total. Powerlifting is a marathon not a a sprint

[KthxHibye]

If you haven't competed then you don't have a total. Totals are done in meets, not adding up your best gym lifts.

Yeah cause weight inside a gym is different then weight in a meet. Nice supremest attitude brah.

[arian11]

Yeah cause weight inside a gym is different then weight in a meet. Nice supremest attitude brah.

It actually is. You think your gym weights and bars are calibrated to the same accuracy as competition plates? In addition, the standards that the lifts are held to in gyms are not always equivalent to competition. Throw in having to make weight for a competition, having to do all 3 lifts in 1 day, having only 3 attempts, having to lift when they say the bar is ready for you not when you are ready for the weight, and alot of other variables that come into play. This is why a lot of people will not do well their first meet because they think they can hit their gym numbers or higher in competition. Some of them even bomb out because of this which discourages them from ever competing again.

[Jason2459]

It actually is. You think your gym weights and bars are calibrated to the same accuracy as competition plates? In addition, the standards that the lifts are held to in gyms are not always equivalent to competition. Throw in having to make weight for a competition, having to do all 3 lifts in 1 day, having only 3 attempts, having to lift when they say the bar is ready for you not when you are ready for the weight, and alot of other variables that come into play. This is why a lot of people will not do well their first meet because they think they can hit their gym numbers or higher in competition. Some of them even bomb out because of this which discourages them from ever competing again.

All that plus this isn't the gym rat section. This is the powerlifting/strongman section where we all compete or encourage it.

[trancebreak]

The fastest way would be intermediate linear progression such as madcows 5x5 or texas method. Although at 1020 total beginner linear progression like ss or sl could be a choice aswell

[jalundah]

Yeah cause weight inside a gym is different then weight in a meet. Nice supremest attitude brah.

You can actually probably lift more in competition. Adrenaline is powerful.

Edit-after reading the rest of the thread, this is assuming your form is on point and you aren't using a mirror all the time for your squat

[Jianxxx]

Were those maxes done in 1 day? Squat followed by bench then deadlift?

[Mitch666]

OP do madcows, throw in some bbing stuff if you really want but don't go full retard

[strongjim]

I wonder if that is why there are weight classes?

EDIT: intended as joke not implying stupid statement above me.

Why starve your body of precious nutrients and calories growing muscles need? Weight classes will only limit your potential... Especially for beginners like myself and the OP.

[TrettinR]

Yeah cause weight inside a gym is different then weight in a meet. Nice supremest attitude brah.

Thanks. Except that peaking three lifts for a specific day against competition with a ton of other variables (like arian already mentioned) is nothing like hitting three lifts on any given day per lift and then adding them up. You're more than welcome to think it's the same, but then you'd be wrong.

Also a powerlifting total requires that it be done in competition. Otherwise you are just adding up random gym lifts that could have been hit months apart. You're more than welcome to do that, but don't call it a total otherwise you're giving the impression that it was done under meet standards.

[Jason2459]

You can actually probably lift more in competition. Adrenaline is powerful.

Edit-after reading the rest of the thread, this is assuming your form is on point and you aren't using a mirror all the time for your squat

Most people have higher gym lifts then they have done in meets.

[LT1Squirrel]

Grow to a weight you want to be 2 years from now, then recomp to that over that time... i want to lift in the 198's again, but im sitting at 218 right now, want to get to 240, and then trim... be a man

[GinjaNinja85]

This thread makes me want to compete

[Exploitation]

If you haven't competed then you don't have a total. Totals are done in meets, not adding up your best gym lifts.

Yea you are right

[Exploitation]

Grow to a weight you want to be 2 years from now, then recomp to that over that time... i want to lift in the 198's again, but im sitting at 218 right now, want to get to 240, and then trim... be a man

I like your sig.

[Exploitation]

this thread makes me want to compete

lol