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Originally Posted by Anuj
u know, the last time i did 5x5 of anything was during OVT....and during OVT i had maxed out at 155 lbs on squats and 125 lbs on bench....that means that right from day 1 ive been hitting PRs on everything on mondays
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You probably could have done the same thing or something very similar in terms of weight before. All the volume is very fatigueing and takes longer to recover from making the 5x5 less effective. Honestly I think it's a waste of time to try to redesgn a 5x5 protocol into one that simply draws away from the effectiveness with a bunch of extra bullshit instead of taking advantage of it's ability to spur progression in a very great way.
Anybody who has done a good many of these, as I've had, and done them right (as right as possible) would not walk but run away from OVT or anything like that. If he were already ungodly strong and wanted to put on some fluff muscle he could do so without working so damn "heavy" anyway.
BTW, on those leg raises you must not bring you knees up to you forehead like I do
. I would be sore for weaks if I managed to do that many.