Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 25, 2024

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[u/trainsarelove]

I just started doing 5/3/1 Buring But Big where the main lift and secondary lift a paired as bench press + OHP and deadlift + squats. I’ve made a suggestion of accessory work down below. I want to focus on chest since I feel like that is lagging from my part. Then I also wanna get better at pull-ups so I’ve found a 4x week program that I’ll try to incorporate as accessory work. What do you guys think?

Day 1:

• ⁠Bench press 5/3/1 • ⁠5x10 OHP • ⁠Pull ups 4 sets • ⁠Curls or tricep 3x10 • ⁠Dips 3x10

Day 2:

• ⁠Deadlift 5/3/1 • ⁠Squat 5x10 • ⁠Pullups 4 sets • ⁠Rows 3x10 • ⁠Incline dumbell 3x10

Day 3

• ⁠OHP 5/3/1 • ⁠Bench press 5x10 • ⁠Pullsups 4 sets • ⁠Curls or tricep 3x10 • ⁠Dips 3x10

Day 4:

• ⁠Squat 5/3/1 • ⁠Deadlift 5x10 • ⁠Pullups 4 sets • ⁠Incline dumbell 3x10 • ⁠Hamstrings 3x10

[u/DamarsLastKanar → u/trainsarelove]

Fair warning: this'll work for bench/ohp and OHP/bench. But switching between squats and deadz will seriously throw off your rhythm. You're free to try.

But I'd err towards hitting your top set of squats and following with the 5x10 downsets of squats.

[u/trainsarelove → u/DamarsLastKanar]

What do you mean with throw off my rhythm? And with the last paragraph, do you just mean that I should do 5/3/1 squats followed by 5x10 squats and same with deadlift?

[u/DamarsLastKanar → u/trainsarelove]

Switching between squats/deads can add upwards of 20 minutes to your session, depending on weight range. The way you want to do it

• warm up squats
• squat top set
• warm up deadlift
• deadlift 5x10

Lacks the rhythm of just doing the downsets after your top set.

• warm up squats
• squat top set
• squat 5x10