5/3/1 for an Early Intermediate

[Gumboots]

5'11@185lbs

Squat 300lbsx5
Bench 190lbsx5x3
Press 125lbsx3x3
Deadlift 335lbsx5

Aesthetics are just as important as Strength to me.
I'm considering doing 5/3/1 once LP is over. Something like:

Monday
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Press 5/3/1
Incline Bench 4x10
BB Curl 3x10

Tuesday
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Deadlift 5/3/1
Paused Squat 3x6
Grip Work ?
Calves

Wednesday
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Pullups 5/3/1
Assistance Work ?

Thursday
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Bench 5/3/1
Press 3x10/Dips 3x10 (or maybe both?)
BB Curl 3x10

Friday
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Squat 5/3/1
Front Squat 4x10
maybe some Bench? I'd have the whole weekend to recover
Calves

A few questions:
1. Is the deload week (Week 4) nessecary all the time?
2. Would using Pullups as a main exercise work?
3. If I wanted to include more 'Heavy' work, what would I do? (Joker sets?)

Thank you for reading and responding.

[patterson]

Drop the pull up day, joker sets work nicely for heavier work. Deload when you need to.

[Eric Larousse]

the pullup day is fine..check out drice311 log....he uses 531 for them and he is pulling up monster numbers

[PackMule]

Patterson is right. Although I'd say there's nothing wrong with a pullup/ "back" day if you want. Check out DRice's log in competitive lifter section.

You're young, don't deload unless you really need to. But you shouldn't need to for a while.

Although I don't like the idea of 4x10 front squats for an early intermediate. Maybe once your 4x10 is something like 225-275.

Maybe throw some DB Benches in there on that Friday session.

[Gumboots]

Thank you for the replies everyone. Read the first 30 pages of DRice311's log. Strong!!!
Yeah, I wasn't sure about Front Squats after regular Squats. DB Benches sound new and exciting, but a little bit daunting.
Once you end LP, its so wide open!

[patterson]

If you got the time and really want to dedicate to pull-ups it can't hurt, personally I like pull ups on upper body days and a day off in the middle of the week. Strong pull ups rock though and weighted is a lot of fun.

[BlueRaider]

Looks good to me though, I like pull-ups in between sets of everything else.