Here is a question regarding the 5/3/1 if anyone is still reading this... lol

Since I injured myself... I had to start pretty low with the weight and the strength has been coming on quickly now that iIm recovering. I figured I would have to add more than the regular increment to my bench and MP (most affected lifts by my injury). So, I decided a good way to go about it would be to pick a max that puts week 1 at 10 reps or less with my theoretical max moving up a little bit.

Using this method would jump my max (for calculating the percentages in the 5/3/1 from 215lb this cycle to 245lb next cycle. It just seems huge considering you're supposed to use 5lb increments or *maybe* 10lb. However, this is obivoulsy a bit of a special case being that I am coming out of an injury.

The theory behind my thoughts is that doing much above 10 reps probably isn't helping me too too much in the end.

What do you think?

IW