LMAO, i reckon it works 10 times better then a noob making their own routine
5x5 did great things for my bench...
5x5 did great things for my bench...
KungFooGoo agrees, however if you are a beginner KungFooGoo would suggest something with more volume especially if you're working out by yourself. It's very hard to learn decent technique only doing 25 working reps on certain excercises a week. You may think you've 'nailed it' technique wise on your last work set but after the 4 day lay off you might not be able to come back to that feeling.
As others have said in this thread SL 5 x 5 has worked very well for people's squat but not so much for other things and KungFooGoo thinks that purely due to volume... 75 working set reps a week for squats vs 25minimum or 50 maximum for other excercises.
Don't sell youself short, try the beginner program that's floating around here KungFooGoo suggests.
Are we still talking about "Stronglifts 5 x 5" or just 5x5 in general.... KungFooGoo's got nothing against 5x5 in general but dislikes "StrongLifts" .... Plus KungFooGoo thinks Mehdi is an 0ni.
Elaborate?
My bench sucks, 5x5 didn't feel great doing it. So I changed to 3x8, Feels better doing that now.
5x5 = 25
Yay...do it.
1x5 for dead-lift lol
Deadlifts & Viagra is a good article about why you should only do 1x5 deadlifts
article too long for 1:30am
Mods move this to the right section lol
Dont really like having my post deleted when I am trying to help out the forum and just have things where they belong...so when newbies come here it looks more professional and ppl dont get confused...