In all seriousness, I don't think it matters, just pick any of the well-established programs. Train hard, eat well, get sleep consistently and who gives a fuck what program you're on. However, in my 13th week of 531, I'll share my thoughts on it so far:
- Going from a general unstructured training, 531 was pretty tough to adjust to, initially I saw a drop in performance and felt quite 'beat up'.
- Despite quite moderate weight gain/calorie surplus ~2kg over 12 weeks, I'm consistently setting rep PRs, so that's indicative of general strength development.
- I feel speed work is important, so I get some in as warmups, sometimes on 'rest or plenty during de-load week. Fast triples up to ~80%.
- Doing DLs for reps seems to work poorly for me, so instead on that do I do some kind of squat and some kind of oly stuff. Recently DL'd the first time in 2 months for an easy PB 180 x 3 @ 77.5kg 5"11.
- I don't believe a full de-load week every 4 is necessary or productive at my level, I use it to work on speed, oly stuff for fun, and work up to a few heavyish singles.
- 531 is not great for maximal strength/confidnce/technique because you rarely handle near-maximal weights, I see it as 'off season' powerlifting for putting on general size/strength. For this reason I'm going to switch to a block of Bulgarian Method or something along those lines closer to comp time.