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Originally Posted by Darkvision
.. I have reason to believe my body responds better to more reps, maybe I'm crazy, but, when I was putting the weight down after 5 reps I felt like "wow I want to push myself a little more"
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Haha if you were thinking that, then you probably weren't going heavy enough. DFT 5X5
KICKED MY ASS every day that I stepped into the gym.
After each set, I was thinking "That was almost my 5RM. How am I going to finish this workout? It is going to fucking
suckkkkk!
"
Yeah, go for some higher rep stuff. It won't hurt. I think that learning to push yourself HARD while maintaining good form is what will start giving you gains though. The fact that you felt like you weren't doing enough in your routine (unless it's the very beginning of a mesocycle...I think mesocycle is the right word?) means that you probably weren't putting enough effort into it. 5X5 routines are supposed to be really, really hard IMO.