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Hip flexibility? Positive angle in my squats? Could you elaborate please?

Hey guys! Back in november, I started madcow's SF 5x5 and continued that until about february, with great gains! At that point, my chest began stalling, and I was unable to reset and make any real progress due to a combination of injuries/fatigue/school. In march/april, I reset the cycle again...

Update: Cut a little bit of warm-up volume and benched 205 for 5 again today, but this time it was more difficult. At this point, I definitely won't get 210 for 5.

Well, I wouldn't consider my food intake a great caloric excess, but I do eat plenty throughout the day. I've tried adding a few more sets of assistance exercises like dips throughout the week, but last workout day I did 205 for 5 but it feels like I'm hitting the same wall. Would changing one...

Do you recommend this for each bench workout? If so, drop from my 5RM to what weight?

What is this 3x3 format? It looks like I'm going to be taking another week off because I nearly sprained my ankle slipping on black ice. When I go back, should I reset the entire cycle, or just my bench cycle?

Well, I started a 5x5 program back in November, and I've had some great results! I added around 30 lbs to my bench, 50lbs on squat, 40 lbs on rows all by the end of December. At that time, I hurt (destroyed) my arm playing basketball, so I had to take two weeks off to recover. After that, I...