I have made no progress in the last 3 months of training. My bench has stayed the same, squat went up 10kg but deadlift went down 10kg. Upon evaluation 5/3/1 was not for me, I do not have the patience required to progress on such a program.
This is my training plan for the next 12 weeks:
This week
Rest/Throw in some high rep bodybuilding movements
Week beginning 21/03/2011
Starting Ed Coan bench cycle. Starting max will be 135kg, I think this a good choice, it's not too intense and after 12 weeks I should leave with 150kg. It calls for benching twice a week, which I will do on Monday and Friday.
Week beginning 28/03/2011
Alongside the bench cycle, I will do the Smolov squat cycle starting on this week. Squat days will be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. (No deadlifting for 12 weeks)
4 weeks base mesocycle, 2 weeks switching phase, 4 weeks intense cycle, and 1 week taper.
This finishes just in time with the bench cycle, ending the 12 weeks of hell. I chose to start this now, because I am off uni for study leave, so my life for the next 12 weeks will be sleep, eat, squat, revise.
If everything goes well, I should be squatting 200kg and benching 150kg, by 10 June.