5x5 4th week

[georgian]

I just wanted to post this for anyone thinking about starting madcows 5x5. In a month my bench went from having trouble with 240 to being able to do 260 for 5 without that much of a problem. And my squat went from about 185 to 245 for 5. I'll post more in detail results after a few weeks, but if you've been thinking about trying it definately give it a couple months of your life....you wont regret it.

 

[Guinness5.0]

Nice results. Safe to say I'm sold also.

Are you doing single factor?

 

[view]

i'm sold on it for the total deal, both strength and size.

However, when it comes to size only, i'd have to give HST a slight slight edge. maybe 15%. but with HST the strength gains aren't quite as good as the 5x5.

Then again I did HST back when I was smaller and 5x5 now when i'm bigger.

anywho, I am just rambling.

 

[rbtrout]

With my schedule, I started the 5X5 volume phase for 6 weeks, I'm on vacation for the deload week and then back for the final phase. I just finished week 5. I struggled with 215 on the bench. I just did 245 this morning with a bit of a struggle. I only started deads a few weeks before starting 5X5, but they've gone from struggling at 145 to 300 this week. On squats, I've been concentrating on going a2a (ass to ankles) - or close - and have built that back up to 275. I did 355 this morning going below parallel, but not a2a.
I've only eaten enough to maintain size (actually lost 3 pounds), but my strength has gone up quite well. On returning from vacation and starting the final phase, I'm upping my diet to see how I do.