# Ditching 5/3/1

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 9, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95 "2017-09-09T22:27:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Davyjesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Davyjesus](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Davyjesus)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/1 "2017-09-09T22:27:02Z")

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Jordan, I began 5/3/1 a little over a year ago from being a rank novice . I am still making progress but I regret not doing th LP program as I think I would be much further along at this point. I’m still getting lots of reps on my final sets of the heavy week (95% of working weight) ie 5-15 depending on the lift. Would you recommend trying the LP at this point or something more intermediate? I’m a 35 year old male with calculated 1RMs of 165/276/332/468 for press/bench/squat/dead.

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**Author:** ![unruhschuh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9f8e36/32.png) [@unruhschuh](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/unruhschuh)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/2 "2017-09-18T12:38:35Z")

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What’s your height and weight?

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**Author:** ![Davyjesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Davyjesus](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Davyjesus)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/3 "2017-09-25T01:37:06Z")

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I’m 6’2" and 225 lbs. I bit the bullet and switched to SSLP. I backed off the weights by 10% and started adding 5 lb/workout. My bench press and press will stall very shortly as is the nature of the press and benching immediately after squatting is a big change from 5/3/1 where it gets its own day. I think that squatting 3x/week is advantageous for me at this stage. I do not miss the mental anguish of the AMRAP sets of the 5/3/1 program either. All in all, I’m really going to try to start relating my lifts to RPE as I plan on doing the bridge after LP and advanced LP yield me many more weeks of gains.

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**Author:** ![Davyjesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Davyjesus](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Davyjesus)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/4 "2017-09-25T02:59:58Z")

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6’2" 225lb.

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**Author:** ![Davyjesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Davyjesus](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Davyjesus)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/5 "2017-09-25T03:06:01Z")

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6’2" 225 lbs

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**Author:** ![unruhschuh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9f8e36/32.png) [@unruhschuh](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/unruhschuh)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/ditching-5-3-1/95/6 "2017-09-26T14:12:48Z")

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Good luck!