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Old 04-13-2009, 09:52 AM   #12 (permalink)
soonermark99
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Originally Posted by blooey View Post
Finally, 2.5 plates on the bench. I swear I'll stop messing around with the 5/3/1 and stick to the original plan (max reps at 95%). Next week, I'll assume a 275 max and base all of my weights on that. 275 went up very easily, so I was surprised that 285 basically stapled me to the bench.
Since you're training to compete, I wouldn't use 5/3/1. Wendler wrote that out of him trying to go from elite powerlifter to just maintaining a decent strength base. Most of us on the forum that are doing this are only competing with our own PRs.

By the way, some pretty good numbers to build on. Look forward to following your progress.
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