Just read it and it’s an improvement for sure over the 1st edition. This is the lifting protocol I’m currently using and I love it.
Here’s the full contents:
http://www.jimwendler.com/2011/12/531-2 … -for-sale/
The new stuff that I saw was:
• Training Fashion – 19
• How to Have Stronger Abs – 45
• The Great Debate – 45
• Programming Your Assistance Work: Simplest Strength Template – 52
• Rest Pause Training – 58
• 5/3/1 Full Body Training – 79
• 5/3/1 and Crossfit – 85
• 5/3/1 for Beginners – 90
• Eating for Size and Strength – 94
• 10 Training Rules to be Awesome – 118
• 5/3/1 Percentage Charts – 119
• 5/3/1 Training Log – 123
• Meal Plan Tracker – 131
• About the Author – 132
This edition has a lot more variation than the first one. He went into heavy detail on the assistance work right down to suggested %s for each lift each week. Tapering down as you approach the third week is made obvious this time and that’s smart. I didn’t think of that.
The Doggcrapp section isn’t full-blown DC training (I’m not an expert in this, just going by what I’ve read) but a way to incorporate rest-pause into 5/3/1. He gave lot of examples to avoid confusion.
Another section gave a nod to Broz and the rest of the “train everyday” folks with a squat 5x a week program. Looked brutal.
The CF section will be discussed a lot I think but it’s pretty basic. Wendler lists the many things he thinks is wrong with CF and then suggests doing a main 5/3/1 lift, an assistance lift, then a circuit of 3-5 movements x3 or so. It’s basically a way to mix the assistance lifts with whole body moves in circuit fashion for a conditioning effect.
The 5/3/1 for beginners section was interesting and I couldn’t help but think it looked a lot like the Greyskull workout. It’s a full body workout 3x a week but stressing one lift more than the other three and keeping assistance out of it or to a minimum. Still I don’t think I’d use it with a beginner because they can ride a straight LP for quite a while and don’t really need to work with %s IMO. But it looks interesting.
The diet stuff was simple but very common-sensical. Learn to love the whey, I guess.
The big question will be whether or not people should upgrade and I can’t answer that. The first edition laid out the basics really well. Thing is, with this edition you seem to have a one-stop resource for almost every thing you could do with the system (5/3/1 for powerlifting not included) making it a good deal IMO.