5x5 program

[icelandic]

Has anyone tried the 5x5 program mentioned in bill starr's book. You follow do essentially 3 full-body workouts using compound movements and heay weight. Also has you squating for 5x5 at each workout. I'm not sure, but this seems like it would overtrain me as I can squat for over 350 using over 12 reps. I was thinking of using this routine combined with gear to gain some mass. Any one try this beast ?

 

[BlkWS6]

I don't know about the Bill Starr one, but many people on this site (myself included) have done/do a 5x5 routine.

 

[icelandic]

Yeah i seen alot of posts where people use the 5x5 rep scheme but follow the same bodybuilding 1 bodypart per-week mantra. This routine is hits the major muscle groups 3 times per week using simple compund movements, but it also might be to taxing on the recovery abilit, chemically assisted or not.

For details look here: http://musclezine.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=580

 

[icelandic]

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