Back off sets

[Roy Thomas]

Age 23, Male
Height 6'
Weight 217 lbs

My squat is currently 335x5x3. I go up 5 pounds on Monday and Friday with a front squat on Wednesday. I believe I can get a few more pounds on the bar in a linear fashion before I have to change anything.
My understanding of the programming for an advanced novice (I believe I am approaching this designation) is that in addition to the light day I could benefit from using backoff sets at a 5-10% reduction after a top set of five on my heavy days.

At some point in the future my squat programming would look like this:

Monday: Top set of 5, 2 sets of 5 at 5-10% reduction
Wednesday: Light squat/front squat
Friday: Top set of 5, 2 sets of 5 at 5-10% reduction

Am I missing something? Is this strategy ideal?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Are you an Olympic lifter?

[Roy Thomas]

No sir. Drop the front squat? Just do light low bar instead?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I see no point in front squatting if you are not a weightlifting competitor. Your knees will eventually thank you.

[Roy Thomas]

Understood, thank you.