Well, I don't know why you should sweat the barbell. If you're using the same one then it's weight doesn't change (unless physics is different in India). So your lifts may LOOK higher but it's not like they're going to increase any faster. Simply put, the bar factors out.

You've probably been doing too much extra stuff. Just allow the routine to do what the routine is supposed to do. Don't second guess it. I don't know if your really realize how taxing these full body heavily loaded routines really are. Maybe it doesn't seem like much when you write it down...

It reminds me of the converstation we had about my pendulum routine. I said, since I had just been sick for a while, that I may repeat the first two weeks before moving into the 5x5 strength phase (per 0311's suggestion) and you said, but dude week one is designed for total muscle breakdown! or something to that effect. I told you that muscle recovery was nothing compared to the total systemic effect of routines like 5x5 utilizing maximal loads.

Now, during the volume week of pendulum, I was pretty damn sore of course, but I was nowhere near as tired as I was during the 5x5 week (with the week two, upper/lower being somewhere in between).

And a full-body circuit course is not "accessory" work, imo and there is no need to "mix things up' with this routine. I would cut out the additional work until you see the improvement you want. And then a little accessory work is ok.

Also, how are you eating? That is going to play a hug role even if all you care about is strength.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.