The new way is the old way is the new way.

So like the rest of the morbidly obese in this country I have been gorging myself on plate after plate of Turkey and fixins since last Thursday. I thought about throwing together a post, but I was on a bit of a mini vacation so I elected to not do much of anything. I say this very generally, because aside from my lifts, it was that kind of week. I bottled some beer, made some cheese and I started programming on Jim Wendler's 5/3/1. It might seem contrary to everything I posted in my last offering, but none the less, it's a direction and from what I can tell it seems like a damn good one. If you /r/fitness or /r/weightroom, this is where I would be labeled a charlitain. I can hear it now..."it's too early to switch from a linear program", "you still have noob gains, you're going to waste". My answer to that is a very apathetic "whatever". I don't know if it was a matter of effort or satisfaction with the last routine, but it did it's thing for me and then it stopped doing it.  We will see if this is the same way. I have only had 5 full workouts in, but I am walking around here like a cripple for the first time in 4 months without being injured. I'm hurting now for the right reasons. Here are a couple my logs from Cycle 1, Week 1 as well as today's. I am utilizing the Boring but Big platform. On my plus sets, I am following the suggestion that Wendler makes of leaving 1 or 2 in the tank.

11/19 - Squat day
Program Sets - 45x5, 45x5,85x5,100x5,125x5,150x3, 165x5,195x5,215x6
Accessory Sets - 125x10,125x10,125x10,125x10,125x10
Leg Press -  380x10,380x10,380x10,380x10,380x10

11/21 - Bench day
Program Sets - 45x5,45x5,75x5,95x5,110x3,125x5,140x5,160x8
Accessory Sets - 95x5,95x5,95x5,95x5,95x5
One Arm Dumbbell Rows - 60x10,60x10,60x10,60x10,60x10

11/23 - Dead Lift day
Program Sets - 135x5,165x5,195x5,215x5,245x5,275x7
Accessory Sets -  165x8,165x8,165x8,165x8,165x8
Hanging Leg Raises- 0x12,0x12,0x12,0x12,0x12

11/24 -  OHP day
Program Sets - 45x5,45x5,65x5,65x5,75x5,85x5,95x5,110x7
Accessory Sets - 65x10,65x10,65x10,65x10,65x10
Chin Ups - 0x10,0x10,0x10,0x10,0x10*

*I think I was supposed to do 15's on the chins, but I'm much fatter than I care to admit, and these are going to take some practice before I get good at them. 

Then there is today's offering - Week 2 Cycle 1
11/26 - Squat day - I slept like shit last night.
Program Sets - 45x5,45x5,100x5,125x5,150x3,175x3,200x3,225x6
Accessory Sets - 130x10,130x10,130x10,130x10,130x10**
Leg Press - 390x10,390x10,390x10,390x10,390x10


** I messed up the weight on this one, I need to learn to count, because I did it last week on my Deads too. Should have been 140.