They recommend many routines, not just 5/3/1: https://thefitness.wiki/routines/strength-training-muscle-bu...
The nice thing about lifting is results speak for them self. If your going to keep posting this link as solid advice, maybe share your lifts...
So you barely lift...?
The person I was responding to is talking about SS, why 5/3/1 is more appropriate, and things of that nature.
If he MAXED out at a 225 bench, a 325 deadlift and a 275 squat, he has no business really talking about this sort of stuff. You don't even need a structured program to hit those numbers...you just need to do it.
> If he MAXED out at a 225 bench, a 325 deadlift and a 275 squat, he has no business really talking about this sort of stuff. You don't even need a structured program to hit those numbers...you just need to do it.
I think you have a severely skewed idea of what it is common to lift.
Your view of what can be done in the gym is distorted by the gym you are in.