5 * 5 question

[Tom Treutlein]

I was going to say exactly what westsnoop said. It's individual. It depends on whether or not you worked up to that level of volume, your age, quality of rest and nutrition...too many variables.

 

[halfaclue]

OK so I did my second 5 * 5 with deads. Last week I did 225 this week I did 255. No problem getting all five each set but the grip was getting suspect towards the end. I really don't want to go to straps because my grip is so weak but what would you guys recommend? Also when you guys do deads how wide of a stance do you take? I was doing shoulder width but this guy next to me doing 315 had his legs spread so far that he barely used legs in the lift at all.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

A wider stance with the hands inside the legs is a sumo deadlift. Targets the glutes and hams more. I like conventional deads to really hammer the back.

As for straps or not, a lot of people say not to, and a lot say to use 'em. I personally wouldn't because I like my grip to progress too, but the exercise IS explicitly for back and you can train grip with COC grippers another time, so if you wanna get that back growing, or that strength shooting upwards, use straps.

 

[halfaclue]

this guy had is hands spread out kind of far (definitely wider then shoulder width) and on the outside of his legs. It looked like a regular DL but just with a wide stance. because of his stance though he only had to move his legs about 4 inches for them to be straight.

 

[bigdho]

OK so I did my second 5 * 5 with deads. Last week I did 225 this week I did 255. No problem getting all five each set but the grip was getting suspect towards the end. I really don't want to go to straps because my grip is so weak but what would you guys recommend? Also when you guys do deads how wide of a stance do you take? I was doing shoulder width but this guy next to me doing 315 had his legs spread so far that he barely used legs in the lift at all.

Just a quick question.........Im trying to learn the 5x5 routine and I see you went from 225 to 255, arnt you only supposed to go up 5lbs?

 

[halfaclue]

I think so...but I just picked a weight to start at without ever doing it before and I think it was too light so i jumped up thirty lbs. I think i am going to go up to 275 next week and try that because the only thing tough about 255 was the grip in the last two sets.

 

[bigdho]

I think so...but I just picked a weight to start at without ever doing it before and I think it was too light so i jumped up thirty lbs. I think i am going to go up to 275 next week and try that because the only thing tough about 255 was the grip in the last two sets.

O ok, your finding your weight to start with then your going up by 5lb a week.
Gotcha.

 

[halfaclue]

yeah because I would be wasting time if I only went up 5lbs a week when i can do so much more....so right now I am trying to find that weight were i start to struggle with finishing all 5 and 5

 

[rrrr]

Ok I understand the 5X5 training, but do you guys do it for every big muscle group during that same week. Or do you for example do a 5X5 training for the chest only for a few weeks, then do say legs?

 

[gymtime]

Ok I understand the 5X5 training, but do you guys do it for every big muscle group during that same week. Or do you for example do a 5X5 training for the chest only for a few weeks, then do say legs?

It's every large muscle group, every week. I even did it with bis and tris and stayed on it for almost 5 months.