5x5 Poll

[Madcow2]

There is always the build your own - or pay someone to build it route. I've seen some floating around the net. This one is fairly inexpensive 82.5" so under 7' if math serves me. This is the midwestbarbell store and just about everyone who's ever dealt with them that I know of has had something good to say. They also provide the totalelite forums that I've sometimes linked for people
http://www.midwestbarbell.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_31&products_id=37

 

[Mithrandir]

only strength gains

 

[wallcrawler]

A few questions:

1. Any other compound exercises one should do besides dead, bench, squat, and row?

2. What 2 accessory exercises should go with deadlift (since I don't know exactly which body part this works the most)?

3. Are these meant to be done once a week on seperate days? If so, what should the split look like? Order? Days in between?

4. When you plateau, what do you do? I read someone saying go to 5x3, but what do you do when you plateau on 5x3? Go to 5x1? What do you do when you're completely maxed? Should you take off a week and then refigure your 8 RM and then use this new figure as your starting 5x5 weight?

Thanks.

 

[blut wump]

Speaking of power racks, any idea where I could invest in a good one that would fit in a basement with a 7-8' ceiling? I think I browsed awhile ago and one of them was about 10', and my workout area isn't that spacious.

This reminds me of a time when a friend came around and saw a couple of dumbells on the floor, picked up the lighter one and did a one-arm overhead press with it. He looked really pleased with himself when I told him I couldn't do that and he told me that it was easy. He lost his grin when I picked up the other dumbell and showed him that it'd be easy for me too if the ceiling were higher.

At 6'2" and with long arms, I'm not sure I could work out in an 8' high room.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

The only issue I have with the low ceiling is standing military pressing. *Sigh*

 

[wallcrawler]

There is always the build your own - or pay someone to build it route. I've seen some floating around the net. This one is fairly inexpensive 82.5" so under 7' if math serves me. This is the midwestbarbell store and just about everyone who's ever dealt with them that I know of has had something good to say. They also provide the totalelite forums that I've sometimes linked for people
http://www.midwestbarbell.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_31&products_id=37

A few questions:

1. Any other compound exercises one should do besides dead, bench, squat, and row?

2. What 2 accessory exercises should go with deadlift (since I don't know exactly which body part this works the most)?

3. Are these meant to be done once a week on seperate days? If so, what should the split look like? Order? Days in between?

4. When you plateau, what do you do? I read someone saying go to 5x3, but what do you do when you plateau on 5x3? Go to 5x1? What do you do when you're completely maxed? Should you take off a week and then refigure your 8 RM and then use this new figure as your starting 5x5 weight?

 

[Madcow2]

Wallcrawler - I haven't looked at Needsize's 5x5 program in a long time. I honestly couldn't tell you. If you search on here there are plenty of people who have used it and written out their examples. I'd also think that in the main thread link I provided, if you keep browsing back you'd most likely find a complete program that someone had drawn up and likely more of this info too.

 

[ScottK345]

could someone give me the link to madcows sticky on how to do the 5x5 program I am going to start it but cant find the link. its probably right in front of my face too.

 

[Madcow2]

Go to the 'Training information vault - - START HERE' sticky at the top of this forum.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385111

Go to Training Methods and Exercise Descroptions. The first is HST and then you'll find two 5x5 descriptions. The first is Needsize's (just says 5x5 and this is what this poll pertains to although I imagine it's gotten a big vague now) and the second is fairly obviously the one I've become associated with here as it has my username on it.

Click the link and you'll find a large table of contents organized and linked for your convenience.

 

[rao740]

5x5 has worked out great love it and will continue to use it as long as i see results