time to get hard and strong 5x5 style

[zedhed]

LOVE that pic bro! Good on ya! Those saw horses are tits arent they?
I put a couple of old throw rugs on my to keep the bar from rolling and makes em quiet too.
Nice bro, nice!

 

[Colstreamer]

Yeah high rep squats rock! Can make ya light headed and feel like you wanna puke but as they say, "if it doesn't kill ya it'll just make you stronger"

 

[jdl508]

Moving from the traditional 5 x 5 to a routine like this what should my goals be? Or is this just about a change of pace kinda thing? I've been moving weight up @ 5 lb increments so far. Is this more about a conditioning workout than strength?

 

[zedhed]

This type of program is hypertrophy specific. So the short answer is mostly yes however you will def gain strength as well as muscle.
Def do keep moving your weights up by 5 Lbs. Also as always eat BIG but Clean! Min 2 grams of protein per Lb of body weight.

 

[jdl508]

I've been tracking my food intake the last couple weeks and am at about a 33 33 33 macro mix @ 2100 calories. Think I should up the calories or am I g2g?
Food has been clean I've dropped down to 181 lbs thats almost 30 lbs from when I bulked. pants are fitting a heck of alot better now

 

[Buildingup24]

2100 is pretty low so I imagine you'll lean out quick on that. Don't drop lower than that though. The ass on the women in Zeds avi are nice too.
You can gain strength on a hypertrophy program BUT it's not a rapid process. I think ride out this for maybe 8 weeks or so and then move to a hybrid program of strength and size. Check out my log, my setup is a bit odd but its working well for improving my big lifts and still having enough hypertrophy work (but we can discuss down the road)

EX:
Bench-5x5 (or 3x5 whatever your work capacity)
DB incline-8-12 reps
Cable flyes-finisher-10-15 reps

 

[zedhed]

Thanks b24. Yep I love them assez!
Agree with b24 on cals and workout comments too.
Good going bro!

 

[Buildingup24]

Thanks Zed. Check out my log if you want sometime, my training style is different than the traditional bodybuilding or powerlifting style- there's some good homemade food pics too!

 

[zedhed]

Gimme a link plz bro. Would love to see what your up to.

 

[Buildingup24]

Gimme a link plz bro. Would love to see what your up to.

PMd u the link