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Thanks guys. I'll have a look more closely at the 3x5. I have squatted and deadlifted a bit but never had any racks or enough weights. I did some atg squats the other day( damn hard them atg) and did 200lbs for 5 reps, and did some deads and did 250lbs for 5 reps before my form went a bit...

Hello, help would be nice please. I've said before that I have been training to a cetain degree for a few years, but not eating enough or doing the majority of the big exercises. Basically I have not done squat or deadlifts before very much but want to do them becasue I have some racks and more...

luigisacs, so you mean 1 set at 50%, 2 sets at75%, then 3sets at 100%? so 6 sets altogether?

Well another reason that I forgot to say is that I only have about 250lbs of weights. I will be able to afford to buy some in the future but not yet. As an example, I have only recently started deadlifts but 250lbs is not alot of weight on deads. so I figured doing higer reps would enable me to...

hello guys, wonderd if anyone with a good knowledge on 5x5 and its principles could help me out please Is it possible to change 5x5 into something like 3x8 (3 sets of 8) 3x10. I know this will mean it is not a 5x5 anymore. I have read madcows 5x5 but it says it will not discuss changing...

Sorry to but in folks but I was just wondering if you guys could tell me how to go about the assistance exercises of bar curls and tricep extensions please? with the help of people on here and other forums I understand the 5x5 system now but how do I go about the 3x8 for the curls and...

ok thaks very much for the advice. There are spaces in the spreadshet but for some reason my computer won't allow me to open the spreadsheet for editing. cheers.

Cheers guys. blut wump, so according to madcows linear version/single factor and based on an example of a five rep max for each exercise of 200lb, it would be something like this: Based on 2.5% increase each week I would need to start at about 185lbs in week 1 to hit 200lbs in week 4. Week1...

I asked about 5x5 training on another forum and they gave me a link to madcows 5x5 training system so I came on here. Forgive me my ignorance but I am still confused about the 5x5 system of training. I wonderd if some people who know about this can help me out please. It seems to me that there...