5-3-1 or Old School PL Cycle?

Bigger Stronger Leaner Powerlifting & Strength Sports
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I am trying to decide which of these programs would provide better progress over the long haul. I am at a decent level of strength and have been training for 15 years. I know that most people are going to say that you can’t go wrong with either, but I am looking for the opinions of those who have experimented with both. Basically, I am looking for comparisons of the 5-3-1 program that most people know about and a cycle like the following:

   Bench     Squat

Wk 1: 2x10x240 2x10x335
Wk 2: 2x10x250 2x10x350
Wk 3: 2x8x260 2x8x365
Wk 4: 2x8x270 2x8x380
Wk 5: 2x5x280 2x5x395
Wk 6: 2x5x290 2x5x410
Wk 7: 2x3x300 2x3x425
Wk 8: 2x3x310 2x3x440
Wk 9: 2x2x320 2x2x455
Wk 10: 2x2x330 2x2x470
Wk 11: 2x1x340 2x1x485
Wk 12: 2x1x350 2x1x500

Obviously, in a lot of ways, the two programs are kind of similar. I know that 5-3-1 is built for the long haul, but I also think that a program like above for the bench, squat, and dead could also produce great long term progress. So what do you guys think?

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People have made progress on both, just pick one and go with it. When one stops working switch over, etc etc etc.

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do work and win motherfucker, Zydrunas Savickas said it best when asked about his training program, “A lot of heavy training”

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[quote]Zerpp wrote:
People have made progress on both, just pick one and go with it. When one stops working switch over, etc etc etc.[/quote]

True dat, that’s how the REAL powerhouses do it. First you have to do 5/3/1 so you want to do it first, then switch to Coan deadlift cycle but for EVERYTHING. Then when that stops working™ you do Sheiko, and finally you do a Westside/stronglifts hybrid before going back to 5/3/1.

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Juggernaut method. -mixes both