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WEEK 2 Wednesday Squat 95x5 115x5 145x5 145x5 Piece of cake -- ass to the floor, with a narrower stance. Incline BB 115x5 145x5 165x5 185x5 Not sure why, but I felt a bit of difficulty on these (unlike the squats which feel almost effortless). However, I could have easily done 8 reps on...

Normal rows -- I wanted to follow the program in its most simple text and make variations only after about 8-9 weeks on the routine.

Monday (2/27) Squat 95x5 115x5 135x5 165x5 190x5 Bench 95x5 125x5 145x5 165x5 190x5 BB Row 95x5 105x5 135x5 155x5 180x5 The same workout as this past Monday. As noted before, I missed Wednesday and Friday of last week so I figure I'll just do the week over. Lifts went well, but I didn't have...

Didn't really get a chance to update much this week due to midterms. In fact, I was only able to get in the gym on Monday and thus couldn't make my Wednesday/Friday lifts. I think the best thing for me to do in this case would be to just do the week over. Anyway, here were this past Monday's...

I like your meal 3 haha. Workout looks solid bro -- I'm surprised your BB Row lifts aren't higher based on your high squat and bench lifts. Diet's looking a lot better too. Keep it up!

Week 2 Friday Today's lifts went well as expected. Although, I ended up spending more time than usual in the gym today (about an hour and a half) due to the assistance work and a bit too much conversating in between sets. I felt a bit of pain/soreness in my knees during the squats. Perhaps its...

LOL! Everyday is your cheat day bro! ;) But I'll keep saying it -- you're a freak to be making gains on that diet of yours. The fact that you can hit solid workouts on such a diet is amazing in itself. You'd be amazed at what kind of crazy gains you'd be making on a solid clean diet.

I agree; I'm in my second week of the 5x5 SF routine and I was very skeptical at first. However, finishing up this week I have to say I'm sold. This program seems to be working very well. I think it's a good thing to switch things up and shock your body. Keeping the same routine for years on...

I was actually wondering the same thing over the past week. This is the way it's outlined on Madcow's website for the 5x5 SF program. I assume it's because Wednesday is considered to be a lower-weight day. I'd be interested in the true reasoning behind it, however.

Wednesday Solid workout today. Although, I have to say -- I'm a bit bored between sets (with the rests being 2-5 minutes). ;) Squat 95x5 115x5 135x5 135x5 Incline BB 115x5 135x5 155x5 185x5 Deadlift 135x5, 165x5, 195x5, 225x5 Assistance Weighted Situps @ 5 incline 25 (w/25lb) s/s Side...

No need to jump to steroids bro. For one, you've just started lifting -- and lifting a long, arduous process. You've got to have patience and consistency -- the results will come.

Positive -- if anything, this was probably my lightest lift. And to those of you who were saying that I should take longer rests inbetween sets -- you were absolutely right. I was simply not accustomed to taking such long breaks, but as soon as I started to wait a couple of minutes in between...

Monday The days off from Friday really helped me recover from my previous routine. Todays workout was fantastic -- all lifts went well, and were no problem at all. I reramped the weights on squat and made sure to go ass to the floor on each rep. Squat 95x5 115x5 135x5 165x5 185x5 Bench 95x5...

Very impressive workouts mans! However, that diet of yours -- how do you have enough energy in the gym to even get through your workouts? You just might have one of the sloppiest diets I've ever seen. For someone your size, you're eating basically nothing. Impressive nonetheless.

Well, I felt as if my weights on all of the other exercises were fine. I did start below my 5 rep maxes and have the program building up to my 5 rep max in week 4. However, I believe that I lagged in squat due to a grueling squat workout from my previous routine, just days before I started this...