Gonna try this 5x5 stuff

[Lord_Suston]

I am getting bored with my routine right now so I figure I will try Needsize's 5x5 deal. So her's my routine give a critique and reason behind it, thanks

D1 Back/traps
Chins 5x5 Deadlift 2x10 Bent-rows 2x10
Shrugs 4x10

D2 Chest/bis
Incline 5x5 Flat Bench 2x10 Dips 2x10 Db curls 2x10
Bb curls 2x10

D3 Rest

D4 Legs/Calves
Squat 5x5 SLDL 2x10 Leg ext 2x10 Ham Curl 2x10
Calf raises 4x10

D5 Delts/Tris
Military 5x5 Lateral Raises 2x10 Reverse Flyes 2x10
Close-grip Bench 2x10 Pushdowns 2x10

D6 rest

D7 rest or repeat

The reason I am not going 5x5 for deads is because I need to work on my upper back, it is really lagging behind.

 

[gettinlarger]

Looks good man. Keep us updated.

Now, on your chest day. Incline barbell, right? Is that flat barbell afterwards as well?

 

[PolishHammer1977]

I like it

 

[t3c]

hey man, looks awesome but wouldn't you want to make deads 5x5 on back day?

Thats the way needsize had it in his original layout i think

 

[BlkWS6]

I would do close grip bench for a 5x5 on your tri day.

 

[Baoh]

I would do close grip bench for a 5x5 on your tri day.

Agreed, and I might drop Flat Bench from your chest day entirely, seeing as how you're doing plenty of Incline and Dips, as well. Do you really feel that there's something Flat will hit that Incline and Dips didn't?

 

[WarriorPL]

Why are you doing the 2x10s?
Two sets isn't enough i don't think/.

 

[gmanlax7]

big 5x5 fan

 

[DOLFAN2451]

bump..5x5 is good shit

 

[leatherface]

Why are you doing the 2x10s? 2 sets isn't enough i dont think./

Because that is how the 5x5 routine is layed out. 5x5 and 2 2x8-10, thats 9 sets total, how isn't that enough?

And as for the routine, looks solid, but why no 5x5 close grip?

 

[Lord_Suston]

Agreed, and I might drop Flat Bench from your chest day entirely, seeing as how you're doing plenty of Incline and Dips, as well. Do you really feel that there's something Flat will hit that Incline and Dips didn't?

hmm, I might alternate back and forth between flat bench and lying cable flyes on different weeks. I just want to make sure my tendons and ligaments are use to heavy weight.

t3c: I am lower back heavy and need to work on my upper back some more.

Leather I will most likely do 5x5 now that I think about it for close-gripp and finish off with pushdowns 2x10

 

[Exodus]

since no one else mentioned it i will........

i dont really like the idea of doing back work day one, and then turning around the next day and doing biceps.

just seems they would be able to work as hard.

X

 

[Thaibox]

since no one else mentioned it i will........

i dont really like the idea of doing back work day one, and then turning around the next day and doing biceps.

just seems they would be able to work as hard.

X

I agree. Bis get smoked pretty hard doing what LS is doing for back. Even more so if the rows are done Yates.

 

[strangebrew]

I'd have to agree too... my bi's get smoked on back day, theres no way i could do bi's after back.

 

[Lord_Suston]

personaly I don't really like bis so I don't train them that hard

Actually my bis don't get sore from back that much at all. I might think of another split then but I do like that I can really put full effort after chest since I don't pefatigue bis.

 

[RusPA81]

has anyone tried the modified 5x5? BLKWS6 and I are doing 3x5 followed by 1x8 for our compound movements. The accessory movements are the same. I find that this is a great varation and the it seems like size increases are better too. In addition since you are only doing 3x5 you can use heavier weights. Needsize was trying this a while ago and I believe that he had quite positive results as well.

 

[aug1516x]

So instead of doing 5x5, you do 5x3, then you remove one of the accesory exericises and only do one for each muscle? That would cut down the sets quite a bit as well as save time. If that really works as well as the actual 5x5 routine then I would certainly consider. Only doing 6 sets for cheast just seems like too little.