Benefits of rotating through exercises?

[RollTideNation]

I've been reading a lot lately, and looking into the advice provided by upper level guys. For example, Matt Wenning says that variety is the key to remaining healthy.

I've noticed that my body is getting a little beat up from my current layout but that could be attributed to not being conditioned to the increased frequency and volume.

Assuming the exercises are rotated every two weeks, would this be a bad idea?

By rotation, I mean picking 2-3 variations of the lift and rotating through them.
I.e.:
Squat- straight bar, SSB, front squat, box squat
Bench- flat, incline, floor press, boards
Etc

[blue9steel]

There are good reasons to rotate exercises, see Westside for plenty of science & explanations, but avoiding "getting a little beat up" is not one of them. If you're getting beat up it generally means you have a programming issue. Most sensible routines avoid this problem through some form of periodization & deloads.

[RollTideNation]

Here's my current layout. I took some principles from 5/3/1, with the TM, and basing percentages off of it. It's 4x5 @ 85% for week one, 6x3 @ 90% for week two. Then the TM is increased 5-10lb and start over.

Day 1
1. Squat 4x5/6x3
2. Bench variation (floor press) 4x6
3. Barbell row 4x6
4. Hammer strength row 3x10
Then facepulls, etc

Day 2
1. Deadlift 3x5/4x3
2. OHP 4x5/6x3
3. Pull ups 50 total reps
4. RDL (Chris Duffin stallion style) 3x10
5. Ab rollouts

Day 3
1. SSB squat 3x6
2. Bench 4x5/6x3
3. One arm Tbar row 3x10
4. GHR 3x10-15
5. Facepulls, arms, etc

[Goingviking]

Not enough rest and to much muscle overlap day to day. You are not ready to make your own program.

[RollTideNation]

Understood. Thanks for the response.

[blue9steel]

Understood. Thanks for the response.

If you like 5/3/1 then why not do that? What problem are you trying to solve?

Generally when I write a program I start with the big stuff and work my way down, so the split and the periodization scheme generally come before things like exercise selection.