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Alright i have been doing the bill star power routine="5x5" for about 6-7 weeks and i have hit a plateu or however you spell it and i was wondering if it would be time to change my routine to 3x3 or somethin. i want to work up to where i can "max out" by the end of the summer. i have about a month or so until school starts again. any help would be appreciated. and thanks 0311 for the workout, it is a great one. very high intensity i think. thanxs yall

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Hell yeah. I would finish at week 7 or 8 if you can make it and then deload and start 3x3. Do that for about 3 weeks and then another deload. Good luck.

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how would i go about warming up on a 3x3? thanx chinpiece

It's pretty much the same as you would warm up for the 5x5. I don't know what your warm-up is, but it shouldn't (and doesn't really have to be) much different than your warm-up for the 5x5.

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Lets assume your bench 1 RM is 225 lbs, and you are going to use 195 for your 3 x 3.

- First are your warmup sets. Your goal with these is to get the blood pumping in your pressing muscles without any fatigue.

95 x 12 (slow)
95 x 10 (fast)
115 x 6

- At this point your muscles are warmed up. Those last 4 sets should've been a breeze. Now you're going to start a few acclimation sets. Your goal for these is to keep the reps low enough to where you don't exhaust your muscles. Acclimation sets prepare your body's joints for the heavier weighted 3 x 3 set you're aiming for.

135 x 3
155 x 2
175 x 1

- Now you begin your worksets with 195 for 3 x 3. At this point you should be completely warmed up, and your joints are ready for the heavy weight.

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all has been said....

thank you guys for your guidance, I will try to start warming up properly from now on.