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well my first guess is your squatting too often. I know I could no way progress with doing them 3 times a week, not even twice a week.
After almost half a year I would say yeah you could try the madcow variation. It still has you squatting 3 times a week but the medium squat day bridges the gap between adding 5lbs to your 5 rep sets, same for both bench and rows aswell as squats. Deads and military are only once a week instead of three times every 14 days like your doing now.
In all it should allow you to recovery more between workouts. The assistance lifts are situps, hypers, dips, curls, tri extensions. Iv heard of people adding in chinups/pullups too...
After almost half a year I would say yeah you could try the madcow variation. It still has you squatting 3 times a week but the medium squat day bridges the gap between adding 5lbs to your 5 rep sets, same for both bench and rows aswell as squats. Deads and military are only once a week instead of three times every 14 days like your doing now.
In all it should allow you to recovery more between workouts. The assistance lifts are situps, hypers, dips, curls, tri extensions. Iv heard of people adding in chinups/pullups too...
I would definitely look into that. Isn't it sort of like jdid's routine that he suggested?
And any links to it, the link on here goes to yahoo geocities and is dead.
any info about the routine itself? like rippetoe has write ups about it, does madcow? searching the net right now, so i may run into something.
Bill Starr (MadCow) 5×5 Intermediate Routine
That was what i was looking for. Just some information about the program in general.
So i know this is another strength routine, which i like, but why does nobody do mass building routines? Isn't that better for when we are young, with our naturally high testorone levels compared to later on with low levels? Or is it necessary to build up your strength first before going into mass? I am just curious about that, because i know a lot of us young guys on here do the strength programs, which i enjoy.
That was what i was looking for. Just some information about the program in general.
So i know this is another strength routine, which i like, but why does nobody do mass building routines? Isn't that better for when we are young, with our naturally high testorone levels compared to later on with low levels? Or is it necessary to build up your strength first before going into mass? I am just curious about that, because i know a lot of us young guys on here do the strength programs, which i enjoy.
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Tblock1
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Lol didn't you read the thing you posted it says it is for intermediate trainees with 1-2 years of experience under their belts...I think there are better options than this or now.....
Oh man I thought your goal was stength. Well this board is dominated by powerlifters so to gain mass alot of the answers about getting bigger will be "get stronger and eat alot" basically train like a powerlifter and eat like a bodybuilder. This isnt the only way though. Joe d is the residential bodybuilder (lol) so he would probably give you the best advice on improving the way you look. I know he likes the 20 rep squat program for beginners but maybe yu should send him a pm with your latest progress pic and some background about what training you have done and what improvements you have made. Im sure he would be happy to help you he's a great guy...
I thought all along your main goal was to get stronger, sorry
I thought all along your main goal was to get stronger, sorry
Oh yeah i didn't realize you guys didn't know that. Its not a problem, i enjoy strength, but honestly my main thing would be to look bigger. I will for sure train for strength later on, i just thought that its better to train mass now because your young, and strength later as your older.
But here's a question maybe you guys can answer. I want to be big, but i always want to be strong in doing real life things. Rather than being big, but say not being able to do chinups, or lift myself over something, or lift something up when moving furniture. Is it better to train strength because in turn, lifting more weights will result in mass? If i trained for mass, would that still not help me in doing things in real life. Or is just strength better for that?
^^ not sure if that makes any sense lol. im going to pm joe d, but if you have input about that post it up. thanks
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