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    Default Starting Strength, 531 Method, what next?

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    Trained with The Starting Strength program (3) days per week and progressed for about a year. Switched to 4 days and continued progressing.
    Eventually moved to the 531 program to continue LP. (About 1 year). Progress is at a grinding halt lately. Thoughts on what benefits there would be to switching program. Which program?

    Male, 58 years old, 5’4, 168lbs
    Deadlift 322lb x 5
    Squat 297 x 5
    Press 145 x5
    Bench 195 x 5

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    Any thoughts?

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    Buy practical programming and just follow what it says. Paul horns book is really good too with a slightly altered set scheme, but I’ve never had much luck with 531.

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    531 is not our program. You'll have to ask it's author.

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    If you've only changed programs each time one stopped working, you're short-changing yourself on learning how to make things work. As Johnsonville recommends, Practical Programming helps explain principles on how to tweak your programming over time. Basically, you want to try one discrete change at a time (or one per lift - they often slow down and stop differently from each other), to get it moving again and see what happens. Over time, you end up with a very different program, but you keep up progress longer this way and learn more about what works for you.

    Dr. Sullivan's The Barbell Prescription also goes into this, and would also be useful for a man your age.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason Donaldson View Post

    Dr. Sullivan's The Barbell Prescription also goes into this, and would also be useful for a man your age.
    ive pretty much come to the conclusion that BBrx is the only book ill need (re training) for the rest of my life

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