Originally Posted by
Justin Smale
For my further two cents, if you read PPST about transitioning to a program like TM, you’ll see that it recommends dropping the weight (5-10% I think but I don’t have the book in front of me). For good reason too, 5x5 at the same weight you’re doing 3x5 will leave you feeling like hammered shit (speaking from experience here). So if you’re stuck at that 295 lbs squat and you’re going to do things by the book either way you’ll be looking at a reset. The difference being you’ll add that weight back on the bar way faster in a NLP than an intermediate program since you’re adding every workout not every week. And you’re 3-4 weeks out and if you account for some light days leading into the meet, you don’t have much time to be adding a ton of weight anyway. If it were me, I’d do everything I can to grind out 20 more lbs on a LP. Oh and if you haven’t submitted the lifts you’re worried about to the technique section for some form checks definitely do that too since anything you can clean up will mean more weight on the bar.