Recent content by EricTheViking

Sounds like you're plowing along, Brad. Nice job on the 5x5 Squat and Front Squat PR! Way to go. I hate Front Squats, but they work. (My wrist is STILL injured from using the fingers grip. Fuckin' thing won't heal some 10+ weeks later. I can't even bench w/ Barbell...only with DBs or I...

Ditto to UD2.0. Cutting sucks dog balls. And UD2 gets it done FAST and usually without lbm loss.

I'm not a guru, but I did run back to back Dual Factor 5x5 sessions from September to December with great gains in strength and lbm, (and some fat.) And during that whole time I was taking Kung Fu classes on Wednesday evenings. Didn't affect me adversely at all. Just made it a little harder to...

Thanks for all the great input and links. I am definitely running the 5x5 program again. Gonna take a week off first and then hit it hard.

Hey everyone. Just finished my first run through dual factor 5x5 today. I made some monster increases in strength, especially on Ass 2 Grass squats. The first week I did a 1x5 of 205, and today on my last week of intensity I did 3 reps at 255. Hard to argue with numbers like that, especially...

I'm confused as to how to warm up for Dual Factor 5x5. ON 5x5 days (monday) I usually do four-five warm-up sets, then do the 5 working sets of the weight. 5 sets of 5 for 225, for example. But what about on Fridays where you work up to a max.? Say my squat goal weight is 250 for 5 reps. Would...