Starting Strength , Madcow etc 3x per week not taken to failure
Clearly you can see a guy who fries his legs with everything is going to take a long time to recover. The strength guy can train 3x per week and continue adding weight to the bar.
could someone quickly post the starting strentgth workout, i have the ebook but i dont have a comp now and theres nothing on this comp im using to view the ebook, thanks alot
I did a great routine once that bought my legs up very well using x3 per week squatting... monday did olympic style squats, wednesday was front squats, friday pl style squats. Nothing was to failure and volume just a few working sets.
Ironically the other best leg workout i've done was totally different and almost like GVT, with once a week going for pl style squats at 10x10 using a light-ish weight but keeping the rest periods very short.
When seeking strength gains over bodybuilding I like to squat every four days with low-moderate volume and going just below failure... seems to be what works best for me for that particular goal.
could someone quickly post the starting strentgth workout, i have the ebook but i dont have a comp now and theres nothing on this comp im using to view the ebook, thanks alot
When I hit the 1.5 bw which wasnt that long ago my training partner got me onto a split, that lasted 2 weeks before I went onto a 20 rep squat routine which im doing now for 6 weeks then i reckon ill be doing madcow
I didnt plataeu on squat, but did on bench.
My squat is currently 175kg x 4reps when i started the routine i was using around 80kg
is it fail 3 times before deloading? oppps i failed once and delaoded
I managed to break though it eventually, i did 3x5 with the weight i was failing on, and then the last two sets where i wasnt able to finish is where i deloaded, after 2 weeks i managed 5x5 with it, but by this time i ended the routine then did a 2 weeks of a 4 day a week split routine
Depends on experience level stronglifts reccomends starting with empty bar unless you have good form, then i guess its all down to you, i didnt start with my 5 rep max, starting to high means youll stall quicker.
Also I replaced inverted row for Bent row but on there website it reccomends replacing inverted rows with 5×5 Power Cleans if your experienced enough
could someone quickly post the starting strentgth workout, i have the ebook but i dont have a comp now and theres nothing on this comp im using to view the ebook, thanks alot
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