5x5 Hst Mix?

[wpolo05]

I am interested in developing a routine (to use down the road) which uses 5x5 for core movements, bench, dead, squat, and then uses Hst for arms, shoulder, calves, and non-5x5 day muscles.

I'm thinking
mon -squat 5x5 followed by 2 sets for arms, should, calv, incline, shrug
tues - rest
weds- 5x5 bench followed by 2 sets arm, should, calv, hams, shrug, leg ext
thurs- rest
frid - 5x5 deads followed by 2 sets for arm, should, calv, incline, leg ext

Training arms shoulders and calves once a week just doesnt feel like enough but 5x5 wipes out whatever muscle it touches for a good while. I want core strength to be high but I also would like to pack on muscle elsewhere.

Any thoughts would be great!

 

[casualbb]

It's not gonna work that well.

The way HST works is that you're increasing the weight continuously over many weeks to avoid muscle conditioning. If you're doing 5x5 once per week on three major movements, those will condition your muscles such that subsequent lighter HST stuff won't do anything.

It's all or nothing bro.

 

[Yarg!]

yeah casualbb is right. however if u want to do core AND incorporate HST style training, you can always do a high rep, low poundage and heavy weight, low rep day split for a muscle every 4 -5 days.