u/Commercial_Half_2170 — reddlx

I’m coming back to the rr from the fitness wiki after 4-5 months of doing 5/3/1. I switched because I wasn’t really happy with how bulky I was getting and while I definitely got substantially stronger, I didn’t feel “fit” or particularly strong compared to when I was doing callisthenics during covid. I came back to build my core, and have proper relative strength but I’m worried about my legs wasting away. I’m quite tall and gangly which isn’t ideal for pistols and I prefer weights for building legs.

Just wondering about tricks to avoid burning out on going too heavy. Coming to this from 5/3/1 but I don’t know if that is the best way to approach the hinge and squat parts of this workout. There is so much going on in the other parts of this routine that I really want to avoid injury while still building my legs to be strong. Do you have any suggestions on appropriate % of weight to my one rep max i should do, rep ranges etc.?

Edit: lots of great advice in this thread and I took a few minutes to read through today. I’m thinking I’ll ease back on a lot of barbell specific movements a bit. I’ll run a day A and B for the routine running ABA each week. Day A for legs will be weighted front squats for reps 5-8, and RDLs 5-8 reps. Day B will be Bulgarian split squats 8-12 reps, and deadlifts 3-5 reps. What do you guys think of this idea? The rest of the routine I will keep broadly the same.