Going from a 3day to a 4day

[reborn019]

I have been doing the 3day Texas Method for awhile. I want to try a 4 day mon/tues/thurs/fri split. This is what I'm going to do:

Monday
Bench/Press 5x5
Chins 3x10

Tuesday
Squats 1x5 (PR attempt; rotate between 1.2.3.5 weekly)
Power Cleans 8x3

Thursday
Bench/Press 1x5 (PR attempt; rotate between 1,2,3,4 weekly)
Pull-Ups 3x10

Friday
Squat 5x5
Deadlift 1x3

*Bench and Press alt weekly

eventually I'll add in some assistance work. does this look good? basically its the same as the 3 day minus the light work; anywhere I should squeeze that in?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Looks fine, but looks pretty much like the 4-day program in the book.

[Keenan]

I was trying to come up with a plan to integrate the light day in a split routine model. Is this completely off base? I am skeptical about the amount of time between medium and heavy. I continue to re-read PPST pgs 189-204 and something does not seem to click with the split routine (specifically the power lifter's model) and keeping similar exercises together. But then again, I tend to over complicate and over think.

I appreciate the input,
Keenan


Week 1

Day 1-Medium Press
Bench Press 5X5
Weighted Dips 5X8

Day 2-Medium Squat\Medium Pulls
Back/Front Squat 5X5
DL 1X5
Chin Ups 5 Sets of BW

Day 3-Light Press
Bench Press 3X5
Press 2X8

Day-4 Light Squat/Light Pulls
Front/Overhead Squat 3X8
Power Clean 5X3
SLDL/RDL 3X8

Week 2 would begin with Day 1-Heavy Press, Day 2-Heavy Squat/Heavy Pull
Week 3 would begin with Day 1-Light Press, Day 2-Light Squat/Light Pull....and so on.

[Mark Rippetoe]

There are so many possible variations that I cannot and should not vet every one of them. We wrote the book to provide a framework, not a list of workouts. We'll know if it works when you get through with it. I see nothing egregiously wrong, and it should work fine.