Is it 5-3-1-5-3-1 or 5-5-3-3-1-1

[hartsfield]

I’m doing Hunter McIntyre’s Ultimate engine program and it says to do two rounds of 5/3/1 reps. I’ve been doing it in the order of 5/3/1/5/3/1 but it seems like it would make more sense to do 5/5/3/3/1/1. This is for strength workouts on bench, squat, and deadlift just for some context.

 

[adviceplease]

@hartsfield I think you're misunderstanding the source material. This 5/3/1 primer should help clear up what you're meant to do

 

[hartsfield]

@adviceplease So this is what it says exactly:

Lower body lift session:

Front squat 2 rounds of 5/3/1

*Increase the weight each set until you hit a heavy one rep. This last rep should feel like you could hit a max effort triple at this weight. 2-3 minutes rest between
each set.

So I’m not entirely sure what exactly he means in the program because he doesn’t specify. It sounds like I’m supposed to do all the sets and reps in one workout day but according to what you sent I should do 2 rounds of 5 reps for that workout one week then 2 rounds of 3 reps the next week and etc.

 

[adviceplease]

@hartsfield Woof yeah I dunno man. I'm not familiar with the program you're following. If I had to guess though I'd say yeah, do all your sets in one workout.

 

[hartsfield]

@adviceplease Alright well thank you sir for trying to help out much appreciated