5x5 progression and some other inquries

[razeverius]

I'll be on my 8th week tomorrow with 5x5

My weight's changed from 57 kg(january 17) to 66 kg(at present)..but lately I've been stalling in weight gain. Any suggestions on how to improve on this?

As for my progress here it is:

the record is from January 17(the day i started gym) up to the present

Bench: 30lbs-120lbs
Squats: 30lbs-110lbs
Barbell Row: 20lbs-100lbs
Deadlift: 20lbs-120lbs
Military Press: 30lbs-75lbs

I feel like I'm about to plateau on all exercises. By next month I'd be switching from 5x5 to Jim Wendler's 5-3-1. What do you guys think?

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Go 12 weeks with this program. I did 10 weeks and I felt like I could have made a little more progress. God job so far brah

 

[drew413]

Push threw it. Your doing good

 

[razeverius]

thanks guys, alright i'll push it to 12 weeks. Do you guys have any suggestions on me gaining more weight, since it seems like i stopped gaining :|

anyway here's my log for the day..sorry I'm new to posting in forums like these so if I post wrong..please do tell

Bench: 110 x2 120x2 130x1
Weighted Dips(20lbs): 10, 8, 4
Squats: 120x5
Rows: 100x3 90x2

Today's my heavy set day, I didn't do quite well on the Barbell Rows this time though, didn't feel all that pumped up today compared to last week's heavy set

 

[razeverius]

Doing my best to eat more, somehow I haven't been making progress in my weight gain anymore :| it feels so hard to eat a lot, but I'll do my best.

btw question, when should I deload?

 

[badhabit08]

Well, if you feel like u just hit a wall try to deload this week then hit it hard again next week, btw how many cals u eating?

 

[razeverius]

my brother told me to deload next week, since I was supposed to deload last week, forgot about it. How do you compute the cal intake?

 

[drew413]

Do you use Protein and creatine? That might help you.

 

[razeverius]

I haven't been using any, although I've hear Why Protein is good, what do you think?

 

[moya]

your money is better spent on steaks than protein powder...
just try and eat more, unless you are prone to getting really fat you should be fine...
keep with the 5x5 you are making good increased, deload and then hit it hard when you are ready and eating better...
good luck, any questions you have i am a PM away...

 

[miked8c]

So I'm assuming your a teenage girl, right? If so I don't think you should be taking creatine just yet, I would wait till you get to heavier weights and you really plateau, and then use it.

 

[razeverius]

@miked8c: haha you assumed wrong . I'm a skinny wanting to get bigger and stronger

Thank you for the replies and encouragement guys I do hope I'd get to my target weight of 80kg. Will deload next week, I'll do my best on eating more first before trying out Protein powder.

here's my progress for the day:

Deadlift: 110,120, 130x3
Chin Ups: 6, 3, 2
Pull Ups: 1, 1, 1 (I'm really having a hard time with these although at least I can do 1 per set now. Unfortunately there are no power bands here in my country to help me out with my pull ups)
Squats: 110x5
Military Press: 75x4 80x1 (I tried increasing the load on the military press, had a hard time lifting and was only able to do 3 reps, I've been stuck on 75lbs for 2 weeks now. Hopefully by next week I'd progress on this)


Overall, my day was ok, was more energetic today than Monday. Felt more anxious to lift today. Today is my 27th day in the gym

 

[miked8c]

27th day? Bro, your muscles grow when your resting and sleeping. If you are pushing your body to its limits during your heavy days you NEED days of rest in between or else you give your body no time for recover.

 

[razeverius]

oh what I meant by 27th day is how many days I've gone to the gym already my bad. I work out Monday, Wednesday, Friday. My rest days are Tuesday Thursday, Saturday Sunday