Sugestions on which direction to take my training

[DrBones]

OK...
I've been doing Needsizes 5x5 for the last 2 months... I loved the program, but it seems to be getting a little stagnant and boring for me... Kind of in a low energy rutt and my lifts have been plateauing.. plateaus are not cool in my book... so I'm going to try a different program for a while...

Right now, my main focus is to increase all of my core lifts while also trying to trim down a bit...

I've been talking to clint... and I'm really starting to lean towards WSB... it sounds super fun....

I just need something new and fresh...

If anybody has any suggestions please let me know...

Thanks!

 

[coolcolj]

Your CNS just needs to cycle down that's all, problem with 5x5 is that your allways too near your max.

You just need to start doing some percentage training - sorta like what I do, or just back off every 3 weeks and do some lighter stuff. Say a 3x10 for a week followed by 3 weeks of 5x5 and then back to 3x10 or something like that.

or do something like this

every rep must be moved explosively on the concentric, but safely

Weeks 1-4: by percents, using 70%, 6-8 sets of 3 reps, and working up to a heavy triple every other workout (do this during week 2 and week 4)-aiming to bump up your 3rm PR each time you try this . . . rest between 2-6mins between sets
Start with 2mins, and go longer as you tire

. . . followed by 5 sets of 5 reps for weeks 5-8, working up from 70% to 85% of your 1rm over the course of your 5 worksets each time. In week 8, go for a 1RM PR then go back to the percents


You could always try the Bigger Faster STronger system outlined by SHades

 

[Cuthbert]

DrBones, I replied to this in another thread, but I'd suggest Westside training, it's different and a lot of fun, great for plateau busting.

Cuthbert

 

[Rich_S]

I agree with Charles Poliquin that there is no single ideal program that will deliver consistent long-term results. Your body will adapt to anything after 3-4 months and you have to switch routines.

Anyone who disagrees and says they've been making consistent gains on the same routine for 5 years is full of shit. If that were the case, they'd be benching 2000 lbs and they'd weigh 450 lbs with 3% bodyfat. Kind of like the old days of Muscle Media 2000 where everytime Butt Plug came out with a new routine or supplement he'd say, "everytime I've taken this supplement or followed this routine, I added 50 lbs to my bench and gained 30 lbs of lean muscle". After awhile, the numbers just didn't add up anymore and you realized it was BS.

 

[rjl296]

try wsb - you'll prolly love it.

 

[Fatty4You]

I agree with Charles Poliquin that there is no single ideal program that will deliver consistent long-term results. Your body will adapt to anything after 3-4 months and you have to switch routines.

I agree with all the stuff you are saying, but i am pretty sure that some of the stuff by CP that i read said that it takes as little as 4-6 Workouts [for one bodypart] for the body to become adapted to a routine before progress starts to drop off.

But details aside, i agree that the routine should be switched up every now and then as the body does adapt.

-Fatty

 

[DrBones]

Thanks for all the ideas guys... I'm still leaning towards WSB...

CCJ: I dont think my CNS is too overloaded as I took a week off, not last week but the week before, and I took half of last week off too.... Maybe its my new line of work... who knows.... I appreciate the ideas, I will definitely consider them..

Thanks guys

 

[gymtime]

I would give your 5x5 routine another month. Two months is too soon to tell if you've peaked out already. I think any new program is worth doing for three months to be given a proper chance to work. Then after that, you could look at WSB.

Just my .02

 

[Citruscide]

I have been doing WS Speed benching... and man... it is fucking fun. My chest workout was all but like BLAAAAH and now I feel like I have structure and doing somethign fun

C-ditty

 

[b fold the truth]

WSB is fun...and it works. That is the good side...

The bad side is that you must be VERY smart in your training or you will overtrain, mis-train, go in the wrong direction, have no idea what you are 'supposed' to be doing...etc...etc...etc...

You have to eventually find what works for you with WSB...and that does take time.

B True