I ran a mix of 5/3/1 and Easy Strength from January to June and while I continued to work through a shoulder injury in Q1 I did set some new PRs:
Squat: 350 -> 375 1RM DL: 400 -> 435 1(and 2)RM Chins: Max of 3 with poor ROM -> 8 clean
Shoulder health is significantly improved but still bothering me on bench press and pushups. Overall made minimal pressing progress so far this year even though improving my press was a primary goal.
I also focused more on “easy conditioning” with a decent amount of walking and easy runs, and that’s been a positive change. I’m down 12lbs from the beginning of the year.
Overall I’m happy with the progress even if the pressing is frustrating. If I make similar progress in shoulder health / conditioning and the lower body lifts the back half of the year I will be very pleased.
