80 reviews for 5/3/1 Building the Monolith
5/3/1 Building the Monolith (BtM) was created by Jim Wendler, world renowned powerlifter and coach. BtM is designed for advanced athletes with many years of consistent training under their belt.
To learn more about Jim's famous 5/3/1 training philosophy, be sure to check out his 5/3/1 Forever book, which collects all of Jim's thinking on 5/3/1 training methods. Go to www.jimwendler.com to learn more.
5/3/1 BBB is free on Boostcamp App. Also check out 5/3/1 for Beginners or 5/3/1 Boring But Big, which are also free on Boostcamp.
Read the full 5/3/1 program guide below.
JackedRN
Man, 513 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
50 year old trying 5/3/1 for first time. Not a bad program. Like the volume. Only changes were home gym type changes otherwise leave it intact.
Owen F.
Man, 385 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Great
Erko Kiuru
Man, 383 weeks complete
2 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Very good program
Chris S.
Man, 353 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Swap out face pulls
Stefan H.
Man3 weeks complete
6 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
Second run of Bram, swapped out bench for more overhead pressing, zercher's instead of regular squats and swapped one set of face pulls with rows. The volume and intensity on the accessories with this program is great to make some good improvement on both conditioning and muscle.
Jacob Lockwood
Man, 463 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Great program absolutely recommend just keep grinding through and you'll see results
Tim H.
Man, 505 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
Good program to run every now and then to change things up and break plateaus. I'll probably run it again in 3 to 6 months.
Michael B.
Man, 463 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
As expected strength gains
As expected muscle gains
I felt like this is a good program if you want to level up you strength. You really have to go all in and bust your ass. Eat right and get rest.
Man, 41
4 weeks complete
3 years of prior experience
More than expected strength gains
More than expected muscle gains
One of the more challenging programs I've tried. 100 chin ups/ dips were difficult but I got better at it. Will transition to another 5/3/1 program after 6 weeks. Make sure to eat in a surplus.
iheb mrabet
Man, 273 weeks complete
8 years of prior experience
Less than expected strength gains
Less than expected muscle gains
This Program is not fit for Powerlifting, it has high reps, this is calisthenics or CrossFit program not for powerlifting