Which 5x5 (Beginner, Intermediate, Adv.)?

[Sbrugby]

Heya all I've just gotten back to college and I've decided to give the 5x5 workout a go. I've been reading up on Madcow's site and in stickies and I've been thinking i should do the intermediate version.

I trained pretty consistently from the ages of 14-17 doing a 4 day split that incorporated most compound lifts (Bench Press, Squat, and Deadlift). From the ages of 18-19 though I worked out fairly rarely. This past summer I started working out consistently again and got a lot of my strength back.

Current Stats
Age: 20
Height:5'8"
Weight:152

1-Rep Maxes
Bench Press: 215
Squat: 270
Deadlift: 320
Rows: ? (Estimated 5-rep max of 125)
Military Press: ? (Estimated 5-rep max of 135)

I haven't really done Squats, Rows, or Military Press with the best of technique when I've trained before so it may take me a little while to get my technique in those lifts up to snuff.

Does the intermediate program sound right based off this information or would you recommend one of the other two?

 

[Sculelos]

Intermediate sounds fine, although you could always try the beginner and if you don't advance at all for like a week you could go for intermediate, or you could just start at intermediate, your choice.

 

[oso0960]

personally if you have to ask a question like this i'd say definitely start off with beginner first and see how much you can work off of it. also, i'm sure you could definitely benefit greater from the beginner right now. only go on to intermediate or adv when you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. What i mean is, if you don't make any progress for a few weeks on the beginner then move to the intermediate. then once you stop making any progress from the intermediate (which should be a few years) go to adv.

 

[fallingeggs]

personally if you have to ask a question like this i'd say definitely start off with beginner first and see how much you can work off of it. also, i'm sure you could definitely benefit greater from the beginner right now. only go on to intermediate or adv when you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. What i mean is, if you don't make any progress for a few weeks on the beginner then move to the intermediate. then once you stop making any progress from the intermediate (which should be a few years) go to adv.

i would also agree with oso0960, but i have a feeling you will just go with the intermediate. at least consider running the beginner for a month or so to get use to the volume and the workout style.

and remember that the beginner is a faster advancing program then the intermediate, it has nothing to really do with how 'badass' you are.