Starting Strength after 5/3/1...
Hey Everyone,
Has anyone here come back to Starting Strength (Squat/Bench/Deads and Squat/Press/PC) after running 5/3/1? I searched for this, but all I could find was posts about people coming back to SS after a layoff.
Anyways...
Some background, I'm a 44 year old male. I was doing a similar LP before when I started to stall(on some of the lifts), so (instead of grinding it out) I switched to a full body 5/3/1 routine thinking I was ready for a switch. I really enjoyed it and did have some success; however, after about 8 months - my sessions started taking over and hour and half and i was getting really sore. So after a prescribed deload, I started running Starting Strength again. I feel great, my sessions are not taking as long and I really appreciate just added weight to the bar instead of working on percentages.
I am just curious if anyone else done this? What kind of success? Any suggestions? Did you start lighter(FYI, I started light on Squats and Deads due to increased frequency, but for bench and press, i used the suggested method stated in SS); if so, did you find it helpful? Did you progress further than before(if you were running SS?), the same; less(I really hope not)?
Let me just be clear, I did really enjoy 5/3/1 and I plan on going back. But for now, I feel running SS is the right thing for me to do.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.