Just finished another 5/3/1 cycle yesterday. Since I'll be fighting again soon, I decided not to include Squats and Deadlifts - I just tend to put on too much mass when doing these. Instead, my lifting sessions revolve around the olympic lifts: the snatch and the clean & jerk. Additionally, I do bench presses and weighted pull-ups. Hence, I cover all of the following functional movement patterns: Vertical Push: Jerk Vertical Pull: Pull-Ups Horizontal Push: Bench Press Horizontal Pull: None, although some coaches classify the deadlift as such. Hence, it's safe to say that the clean serves this purpose just as well. Knee-centered Stand-Up: Overhead lunge following the jerk Hip-centered Stad-Up (aka hinge): Both the clean and the snatch Anti-Flex, Anti-Rotation, Anti-whatever: Putting a big weight overhead and keeping it there ...