a little help please

[snake eater]

I weigh 160lbs and I am fairly new at weightlifting. It had been five years since i had done any serious lifting until about a year ago. Although I have always been physically fit, I wanted to be bigger. I am seeing tons of improvement. I have put on 20 pounds of lean muscle and my strength has increased tremendously. My question is that my one rep max is 230LBS. I six rep 205 fairly easy. I want to start a 5x5 workout and am not sure exactly how to go about it and what weight I should be using.

 

[from zero]

185.

 

[bran987]

I guess you're talking about... bench?
If you've put on 20 lbs. you're past the beginning stage and are gonna need to start workin' out the 'ol legs to keep growing

 

[snake eater]

The legs get plenty of work. I appreciate the help. thanks

 

[Lord_Suston]

205lbs??? Nedd to know what lift cause the rep curve is different for different lifts, example if I can squat 400for 1rm then 80% is 320 but we all know that roughly 70% is better for squating and deadlifting for 10 reps due to compound muscle factor and amoutn of weight so then I would start with 295. So if is bench I would go with 185 like froth said and work your way up

 

[snake eater]

Yes I Am Talking About The Benchpress.