Bill Starr's 5 x 5 program... Variation per Madcow2 (thanx) So here it is! K up now!

[~Troy~]

I printed everything out from this thread and im making a binder for it.. awesome stuff

 

[Whiskey]

Soooooooo much info. Took forever to print it all up for others at my gym.... should have done it at school

Whiskey

 

[Guinness5.0]

Soooooooo much info. Took forever to print it all up for others at my gym.... should have done it at school

Whiskey

Have 'em check out madcow's website - it's kind of a 'greatest hits' collection from this thread:
http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow1/

 

[DZLS]

i think my head is spinning...

there are so many variations...

which one is for us that have never tried this type pf training, but are not "novices"...?

 

[blut wump]

Go for the Intermediate version - Single Factor. It's a good way to acclimatize to this style of training and could get you a nice string of PRs for a few months. Eventually, it will stop working for you and you'll need to move to periodized training but milk the SF version for as long as it gives results.

 

[DZLS]

would you be able to point me at the proper reading for this one...?

 

[blut wump]

Here's the section on Madcow's site:
http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow1/5x5_Program/Linear_5x5.htm

There are several SF logs in the forum here, too. You should be able to spot them.

 

[DZLS]

very cool, K to ya man...

i really look forward to trying this 5x5 finally... it's a whole new way of training for me though, so it's going to be 90% mental for me...

 

[DZLS]

well, this program sure has alot of "legwork" involved in it, and by that i do not mean in the gym neccesarily, but in your head and your planning...

how long should i run the SF for Intermediate lifters...? just do a 4 week, and then go from there...?

 

[blut wump]

Run it until it stops giving results.