@linenthesand Band assisted pull ups are great (in concert with other pulling movements). Don't leave them behind either - I can do a decent amount of pullups but I still use band assisted pull ups just to get a ton of reps in.
@eyes2jesus Nope.
You are never supposed to be close to your true 1rm in the program. Wendler is very insistent that you keep your TM so that your 1+ set is something you can do for 5 quality reps.
You've clearly never read the books.
@markusdrury I don't really get the logic of just switching rep ranges and thinking that will reduce injuries. Why would that be?
In 5/3/1, you are lifting more like 10/8/5 for the top sets any way if you are doing it according to how the program is written. So how is 8/6/3 really any...