MrGum

Okay then. Having stalled on some of my major lifts, I have had another really good look at Madcow's "5x5" regime. I have been avoiding doing it properly because it seems rather complex, but I am going to have a crack at it. I've had to make a few changes (eg not squatting enough, but deadlifting more so that may make up for it).

Anyway it's taken me ages of messing about in a spreadsheet to get all the right weights. Hope it works! I am going to start next week. After that there will be a bit of a gap while I am on holiday, but I am hoping I can plunge back into week 2 and get a bit of progress.
It will be a bit weird as I normally go "balls the the wall" and do 5x5 on the same poundage, which means getting close to failure every set.

I'll keep you informed, of course ...
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