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Originally Posted by Musclehead24
1. I don't like 5x5 because of the ramping weight over a period of time. Honestly when I did 5x5 I didn't gain much strength and I didn't get any size.
2. The incline bench is on a high angle at my gym and it really hammers my shoulders. If I was to military press after Im sure I'd be a lot weaker for it.
3. The only reason I was thinking of doing incline is becuse I want to get my bench up and I think the weak link is my shoulders.
4. Again, its cause I thought getting strong on the incline bench would help me power through my sticking point on the flat bench. For example if I could get up to doing 200 on incline I know I could do around 240 on flat because its so much easier.
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1) 5x5's aren't all a 1x5, most of them have a day where you do a 1x5 and then other days the exercise is a 5x5.
2) Exactly my point. Your overhead press hits the shoulders directly so it makes no sense to sacrifice your pushing power on that because incline bench hits your shoulders. If your shoulders are the weak link....do direct shoulder work.
3) To get your bench up you need to bench...
4) To get past a sticking point on an exercise you need to work on THAT exercises sticking point.
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Originally Posted by Musclehead24
Honestly, I used the intermediate routine. I downloaded madcows spreadsheet where you put in your maxes and it calculates a full 9 weeks for you with every weight mapped out. So I did the routine exactly like I was supposed to. Determined my 5 rep max. Knocked the weight down and ramped the weights up to week 4 where I hit my 5 rep max again. Then week 5-9 I was supposed to surpass my 5 rep max and keep adding weight each week. Didn't happen..
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What do you mean didn't happen? I'm guessing you fucked up somewhere along the lines because madcow's program is good.