whats is a 5x5 routine?

[kakarot417]

can someone explain it to me?

 

[louden_swain]

5 sets of 5 reps for heavy basic movements such as bench presses, squats, and deadlift.

Many trainers claim it is excellent for adding strength and muscle to the body.

 

[needsize]

There are a lot of variations to the 5x5 floating around

 

[kakarot417]

thanx guys.

 

[tsarleon]

did i read needsize you do 5x5 for compound movements, but do 3x10 for like "isolation" excercises, or supplemental excercises. I could be wrong.

 

[Spartacus]

I do some warm-up sets and then jump inot the 5X5..sometimes its 4X5 or 5X4,the point is to get to a high weight amount whereby its difficult to do 5X5..once I'm able to do a 5X5 relatively easily,I bump up the weight amount