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Old 02-28-2008, 03:10 PM
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Default Just finished reading 5x5

ok so if i understan this correctly

a workout should look something like this

Weeks 1-4
Monday:

Squats 5x5
Bench 5x5
Rows 5x5
Arms/abs/calves (anywhere between 3 sets of 8-10)??

Wednesday:

Squats 5x5
shoulder Press 5x5
Deadlifts 5x5
Bent over Rows 5x5
Arms/abs/calves (same set and rep range as before)

Friday:

Squats 5x5
Benching 5x5
Rows 5x5
Arms/abs/calves (same set and rep range)

weeks 5-6

Do everything as before just drop sets down to 3x3 except drop the middle squats...

and wash rinse and repeat... so to speak...

now a few questions...

or this is a statement... i can see how this would be an awesome powerlifter routine... but i am not a power lifter and have no ambition to be one... and yes i read through the entire sticky on 5x5 training...

I don't doubt this would make me thicker and stronger one bit but is it the type of build that i want to go for since i want to be a bodybuilder?? it seems to me that my legs would be the majority thing growing... they will be out of proportion with the rest of my body...

what about working bodyparts with other excersices... if i remember correctly its supposed to hit the same muscle a bit differently to help it get stronger and bigger... or i might just be an idiot making that up lol...

the principles are sound and i understand them but would i do better to take the workout i have and incorporate a load/deload type and of course cut back on the total number of excersices??? keep the rep ranges ect...

any more help with this would be hot..

thanks
nate
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