Adjusting sets and reps for my wife's NLP

[Ethan Bynon]

I just finished watching the latest Starting Strength Radio on training female lifters and I have realized that I fucked up. Long story short, I need to adjust my wife's programming and I'm triple-checking I have my information correct for the rest of her NLP. Rip talks about changing the reps and sets for squats and presses from 3 sets of 5 reps to 5 sets of 3 reps, and then he says that the deadlifts should go from 1x5 to sets across, so would that be something like 2-3x3? What about power cleans? Do power cleans need to be reduced further to something like 4x2 or is it just a matter of proper weight jumps? Would power cleans also follow weight jump progression that pressing movements do?

Progression for females as I currently understand it:

Squats
Sets and reps: 3x5 -> 5x3
Weight jumps: 10 lbs -> 7.5 lbs -> 5 lbs -> 2.5 lbs

Presses
Sets and reps: 3x5 -> 5x3
Weight jumps: 2.5 lbs -> 1 lb

Deadlifts
Sets and reps: 1x5 -> 2-3x3
Weight jumps: 10 lbs -> 7.5 lbs -> 5 lbs -> 2.5 lbs

Power Cleans
Sets and reps: 5x3 -> ???
Weight jumps: 2.5 lbs -> 1 lb

[Hayden-William Courtland]

Be careful with SQ jumps that go from 10lbs to 7.5. You may need to bring them to 5lbs right away after 10lbs. Same thing for the DL. For the DL, yes you can move to 2-3 triples. For the PC, you can start them at 5x3 and then move them to 2s and 1s.

[Ethan Bynon]

Excellent, thank you. One more question: If she is doing light day squats (80% 5RM) should she still be doing sets of 5 or should it be 3s as well?

[Hayden-William Courtland]

Excellent, thank you. One more question: If she is doing light day squats (80% 5RM) should she still be doing sets of 5 or should it be 3s as well?

I have found there is a bit more flexibility with this day. I will often start them with 3x5 on that day and then move them to 2x5 or sometimes 2x4 or 4x3. All can work well depending on the individual as long as you keep an eye on recovery.

[Ethan Bynon]

You got it. Thank you for the clarification and advice!