Opinion needed

[John O]

I am having a heck of a time finding a routine I like. Ever since I came back (after 20 years) I can't seem to fine anything.

The 5/3/1 routine is to hard on my joints (I just turned53 in July) as is the Coan/ Phillipi routine.  I plan on lifting in the 100% RAW Christmas Classic in Va. come Dec. Here is what I'm thinking about doing. it's what I did back in the 80's I never really did like training by %
Bench Press/ Deadlift ( I don't squat anymore)
Weeks 1 & 2-  3 sets  10 reps
Weeks 3 & 4-  3 sets   8 reps
Weeks  5-6-7-8  -  3 sets   5 reps
Weeks 9 &10- 2 sets   3 reps  Will determed my opener.
Weeks 11&12  2 sets   2 reps Will determed my second att.
Week   13- Opener only
Week   14- meet day.
Detailed log kept. weight felt good or only got 8 reps last set, ect ect.
Thanks!

[BB]

Since no one offered and opinion, I'll just say that it looks good to me. It's very old school in it's layout and should work just fine.

I also like the old Westside template that goes like this-

Squat and Bench:

Week 1: 70% x 8x3 , 2 minutes between sets
Week 2: 75% x 8x3,  2 minutes between sets
Week 3: 80% x 6x3,  2 minutes between sets
Week 4: 85% x 5x2,  3 minutes between set
Week 5: (80x2, 85% x 2, 90% x2) 5 minutes between sets

Deadlift:

Week 1 - 15 singles @ 65%
Week 2 - 12 singles @ 70%
Week 3 - 10 singles @ 75%
Week 4 - 8 singles @ 80%
Week 5 - 6 singles @ 85%

Week 6- Deload.
 
Week 7- Meet week.

Just dropping that in there, in case someone might get something out of it. I like it, just a straight "get it done"  type program.

[John O]

Thanks!  The Westside template looks interesting