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I am very surprised at his low strength, thinking that somebody who created and would follow his own program would have more strength than a kid weighing 65kg.

And people caring about doing things right from the start. Those articles really teach you the lifts and mobility well. So I do think the guy needs to reevaluate his own training and diet. I agree. As a beginner with no exposure to strength training whatsoever, it is a simple, uncomplicated, pared down, training template. It gets you started in the right direction. You guys that follow this soap opera like action are so fucking gay that there is no analogy to your gayness.

Now grow some balls, quit sucking so much dick, and if you must start a thread like this do it on a site where you will be rewarded with some of that skanky butt love which you so direly seek.

Yes, thanks to Wendler my progress is finally continuing. I just had a look on this Stronglifts site which people are still raging about. I mentioned before about him having some pretty pathetic lifts for his time training, and I am shocked at just how bad they are. The ones he lists on his bio must be 1RMs because in his log on the site, they are a lot lower. I do not think any of those lifts deserve a yay.

The strategy is then to use the same weight for your next workout instead of increasing bar weight. Failure to achieve 5x5 with a given weight for three consecutive workouts calls for a deload, which means you decrease the weight by 10 percent for your next workout. This deload, however, is only employed for a single workout, not an entire training week.

You'll then dust yourself off and try again. Keeping meticulous records of your weights and reps is important for tracking your progress. The StrongLifts 5x5 protocol has a number of positive attributes, especially for beginning lifters. It's simple, which is important. Beginners often want to inaugurate their training career with a overly complex bodybuilding-style regime, or some ritualistic Eastern Bloc strength cycle.

No matter the goal, complexity is actually the beginner's enemy. Simplicity is infused into the program in several ways. For one, the trainee knows exactly how many days per week to work out, and exactly which exercises to use on each training day. There's no guesswork. A simple bit of math allows the lifter to plan training weights for weeks in advance, again saving mental energy.

Simplicity preludes practice. Since the program uses only five lifts, and three of them are done three times per week, there are a lot of opportunities to practice becoming a good lifter.

Frequency of practice—good practice on these core lifts—is paramount for beginning-level lifters. The positives continue with the emphasis on building strength. Even if a newbie's eventual goal is to become a muscled colossus, strength gets a body big faster.

You'll build a bigger, stronger foundation with this kind of approach. Finally, the program is devoid of fluff or machines. It says, "Let's load a barbell , train hard, and go home.

StrongLifts 5x5 gets people on their feet—no seated exercises or machines—and trains you to lift heavy. The simplicity we championed in the above section can also be viewed as a negative, albeit from a different perspective. Intermediate and advanced lifters typically need greater training complexity to make continued gains. What are your suggestions? Hi Steve. Thanks for dropping by. OK…so I have dropped the idea of doing alternate days. Will 30 minutes of jogging do just on Sundays?

Apart from the 3 day strong lifts workout? That sounds fine, nothing too taxing. Hi Roy, you must be doing well to avoid oily stuff in India! If you fancy a bit of cardio then I recommend 30mins of swimming once or twice a week. Hey Vincent! Even potato in most traditional cooking is not fried. Traditional Indian cooking both vegetables and meat is quite healthy.

I am naturally very lean and have a slim body type, at 5ft 9in. Hi Elliot. Dude I just wanted to clarify one thing… While doing deadlift should you be holding the bar in your hands throughout a set or can you drop the bar at the bottom after completion of a rep and then pick it up again?

Hi Ken. Whatever works for you. I personally re-adjust my grip after every rep. That way it is definitely a deadlift. Good luck! Greg, you could even do a review on it? Hi Craig. Roger Walker. Each time I lifted much more than ever in my life… I love the squats. Hi Roger. Literally almost busting a gut to get results — love it! Keep it up. I am 15 years old and have been going to the gym for almost two years.

I have been using splits where you only focus on a couple different muscles every day I go. I have built some muscle but still am quite skinny. I weigh 60kgs but weighed 50kgs when I started. I am considering starting this program once they are over. Would you recommend this program for me? If not, which program would you recommend? My aim is to bulk. Hi Jack. If you need any more advice then let me know. I used to work out quite a lot did crossfit and yoga and running and such. I want to get into weight training, but never really knew what to do when I went to the gym.

Any tips on sustaining a female form? Adding cardio, less weight, …? Thank you so much! Hi Sharon. Good luck Sharon, let me know if you need anything else.

Hi Greg, Thanks for getting back in touch! I think my nutrition is kinda okay considering I eat mostly strict Paleo. I struggeled with squats at 75kg last week and deloaded to 70 kg. Squats are killing me, haha. Also overhead press, fail at 40 kg. Deadlift is no problem kg. Bench press is getting difficult now at 55kg. It worked. The first day back was odd, because I found I had to talk myself into it all the way to the gym.

Overhead wretched lift! Bench: 45lbs to Sorry Euro-wankers, us Yanks refuse to use the metric system. Physically, emotionally and yes, spiritually himme a moment while I wipe a tear…. When I started this I was blessed, truly.

Found this program. With no science involved whatsoever, I figure that to be 12lbs of dense lean muscle gain. Not bad for the time put in. Do I look like Arnold? So, now I can head back to the couch? I am changing it up, though, switched things around. Added the incline bench just to nail my chest a bit better. Front squats, a totally new lift, I can do ATG and started at lbs.

I feel like I owe him the rest of my life. Will I ever shut up? Realized that with the results I posted, they are all actual weight, bar included. The lifts under 45lbs OH and Rows were not initially done with an oly bar. Good luck with your new regime! Cheers — Chris. Hi Chris. Valid question since this is such a squat heavy programme. This will allow you to also develop your hamstrings and glutes. If not then go with the advice above. Now I have sorted my diet out I am dropping the fat without much exercise.

I started it at 56 y. At your age you should gain at least that if you stick to the program and EAT. I did not believe it and I did mess up my leg from squats.

You will for sure gain weight on your stomach. Hi Nev. The reason for this is probably not following the routine to the absolute letter.

A friend of mine has recommended this workout to me. Only thing putting me off is there is no incline press. Overall, I did like this regime as it includes rows. Can anyone give me with any advice please? Hi Neale. I see no problem with alternating normal and incline press if you want more balance. Traps should get quite a lot of work from the deads and rows. I love power cleans but they will affect your ability to military press. Take what you can and adapt it to your goals.

Noticed the overhead, which has always been my problem lift, seems to have gotten harder. Would a schedule change be necessary? Like doing them on different days? Or is the potential for gain just toughing it out? Big numbers when working around a 5rm. Great article Greg. Can you point me to some good diets that I can follow? I do light cardio on off days and before and after the workout. Is this good or bad? But I want to do it the right way in terms of diet and warmups to prevent injuries.

Thanks, Dev. Hi Dev. Light cardio is a great way to start the session and get blood flowing. You could also do some sets of air squats same movement but without the bar.

Current norm is daily squats with presses, thrusters, powercleans and deadlifts occasionally. Only have oly bar and lbs of plates in garage and squats are limited by my powerclean. Overhand for first two DL sets, alternated for sets did both sides.

So starting weights squat, bench, 95 row and press, DL. Are my goals attainable and reasonable? Thank you, best review and comments I have seen Tom.

My physique after 2 months has really changed and I have gotten a lot stronger. Same goes for the other exercises. Looking forward to milking the program as much as I can. I started Stronglifts 5X5 sometime back and am in Week 8.

And results are in simple words… outstanding. Handstand push up — 1 — 7 reps proper form I gained strength! I have been doing Stronglifts for 6 weeks but only 2 x week. I have seen my weights increase each time. While I like being strong, I have also grown in size, my quads no longer fit into my shorts! Try adjusting your nutritional macros. Perhaps less protein. Perhaps deloading might help too, ie, lighten the load.

I am not sure what will work for you, but that should give some things for consideration. I am 50 years old and have been weight training for most of my life.

I have tried many different routines over the years. I skip a day and do my upper push routine. I end up doing my upper push between my dead and squat days. I do core training after each workout session.

The upper push sessions are not as taxing on the nervous system as the dead and squat. I am still doing deads and squat 2x every eight days on this schedule. I like to catch my breath and let my heartrate come down to maintain my strength between sets. Stupid return key!! Used this program a while back. I am now training in the evening again to give myself the extra time. Really appreciate this site guys! Cheers, Jon. Hey Greg. Cheers, Nicolai. Hi Nicolai.

I realise that I need more rest in between these sessions. Any advice most welcome. My bench however was really weak and still is. Any tips on how to improve my bench? Hi Abby. Great site. By 50 YO I was down to and feeling great. My last day I was squatting x 5 and got thumbs up from all the younger guys in the gym. Needed therapy and it took 1. I will not max the weight out since, at 55, I have no desire to injure myself. Just want to burn fat and gain some muscle.

Hi Scott. Just wondering, how essential is it to start with the empty bar? Hi Sim. Goes well until you have to crush a plateau pretty annoying there. My gains are as follows: Chest 35 from Two weeks into the program and already my penis has grown three inches. My pheromones literally cloud up the room.

Just yesterday I simultaneously impregnated two women just looking at them. Hi Shelby. Hi, I am in my 5th week of the program, really enjoying it after temporarily quitting crossfit due to work and persistent injury.

My question is I may have started heavier than I should so on OH press which is now 52kg. Still completed the workout though ha ha.

Cheers Greg, great site for info. Hi Paul. Good luck with the programme. And found it deffo had logic and truth in it! This is totally not what I want to do! Please can anyone shed some truth on this and what I should do and how? I really want to be strong but not big I want to be lean not flabby!

Any advise will be appreciated. Thank you for reading. Hi Hannah. We have many other workout reviews if you check out the section of the website. Hello folks! Not much muscle and fair bit of wobble on the lower and very slim on top! I am looking to build some muscle to give me shape.

Would this programme be right for me? I run about miles a week too. Antonia Stark. It went well and I felt like I had a good workout despite the bars being empty 20kg. Today, lots of soreness, but no pain, so that must be good. Hi Antonia. Keep us updated and let me know if you have any questions. Rayno van der Westhuizen. Antonia I would really like to hear how you are doing on this program.

I am really keen on getting my wife on this program. Josh Andrews. Hello, I decided to start this program around 3 months ago and dd it seriously for 1 month. After that I started to watch bodybuilders on YouTube and then started a bodybuilding plan. Then school started and footy started and I only went to the gym once a week, two times at most.

Since starting I have barely gained anything and I wish to start again. I began to track my food and started eating 2, calories. I still made no gains at all. Is this because of all the training I do? I have footy training four times a week. I am 58kg, cm and pretty skinny and I am weak.

I really want to get stronger and bigger, is this the perfect program to start again? But honestly I think it is a bit light at the beginning.

My maxes: — bench : kg — squat : kg — deadlift : kg So I started where the app suggested: 50kg for squat and bench, 65kg for the deadlift. Hi Boris. The problem I have and cannot find an answer to anywhere is this. I am 45 years old, I have a beer gut, in bad shape and not as strong as I was years ago.

I go to the gym regularly and have been pounding the treadmill. I wanted to try something new and stumbled upon SL5x5. Looking into starting this program. Have not lifted in years — would this be good for a beginner? Just got myself the App and will be starting next week when I return from a business trip.

Can we still do some workouts like bicep or tricep during rest days? Get the free app. I then had a second week where I deloaded to ease back into it after the twinge. I decided to opt for a few shakes on top of things like eggs, tuna, chicken and steak.

That seems to sit with me better, and more comfortably I might add. The results have been awesome for me. My workout weights have all increased and I feel great. The Stronglifts website is outstanding with tons of info and guidance… all for free! Very impressive. I have found this program to be very effective and plan to continue using it.

Read the website and watch the videos first. If you begin this training, challenge yourself to stay with it, as directed, for 12 weeks.

Then decide if the results have been worth it… they definitely were for me! I had been doing push ups for a month and was ready to lift weights.

I last lifted around and had been an avid runner since. I decided to set a goal of lbs in the bench at the end of 12 months. I have put on all kinds of muscle since doing this program.

I think this program will work for anyone if you eat enough calories and get the proper sleep. One can not gain strength and muscle if you eat as you were before this program. One thing to remember do not rush yourself between sets.