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ilantwito75
ilantwito75 g ilan twito
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Hi everyone,

What do you think about this program? I wanna do it becuase i realy think i beed to get stronger and i was looking for a good and simple program. Did any of you try that before?

Scott what do you think?

Whisper
Whisper p+ Kostas Kroustaloudis
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Posted By: ilantwito75

Hi everyone,

What do you think about this program? I wanna do it becuase i realy think i beed to get stronger and i was looking for a good and simple program. Did any of you try that before?

Scott what do you think?

Its an excellent program that will get your strength and mass up very fast. You should go for it.

Muscular Strength Athlete and Content Manager 6 Years Lifting Experience Bachelors in Molecular Chemistry/Biochemistry, Working towards Masters Lifting Style & Philosophy : Aikido, Energy, Balance, Flexibility, Posture
Impulse
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209 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Gain Muscle Date Joined: March 3, 2014
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I typically send people in the direction of starting strength and / or stronglifts 5x5 as a standard introductory lifting routine - but the hidden secret is, they aren't just for beginners

If you're worried about not being strong enough yet to start them, no worries bud, that's their exact purpose. You can start where ever you need / can with the weight and progress up from there. The only caution I give when looking into the starting strength program specifically is to -respect- the power clean. It's true of all compound lifts, you have to take them seriously, but the power clean implements a speed and coordination component that is a level higher than the compounds so doing a lot of quality research on technique and starting light / focusing exclusively on form is your best bet with that movement.

 

One other thing, many people put an enormous emphasis on the weight as being the only mode of progress - not true. Technique based improvements, improved control and understanding of the lift is very much so progress or 'gains'. Having this mindset will also keep you safe from having to reset your weights in the future to make up for technique imperfections or injuries.

Welcome aboard!

Eric // Impulse Bachelor's Degree of Kinesiology Current Study in Human Nutritional Sciences ACSM Certified Personal Trainer NSCA-CSCS and CPT
ilantwito75
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4 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Gain Muscle Date Joined: December 12, 2013
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acording to that plan, i shoyd have a progress of 7-9 killo EACH workout and the plan is 3 time a week.

isn't that too much?

maybe this is a good progree for a week but not from one workout to another.i don't think i'm that strong...

ilantwito75
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BTW-i start tommorrw morning!

NGAFD
NGAFD g Nick Groeneveld
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I've been doing 5x5 routines for years and it just works (for me). Simple but effective.

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ilantwito75
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Thank you :)

Jordangelowitz
Jordangelowitz g Jordan Gelowitz
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If you're going for strength gain, it's important to not get too technical with it. For example don't say that you will add 7-9 kg a week, because eventually you will hit your max in a specific workout. It is important to start with really light weight to ensure your form is good, but at the same time it comes down to doing what you're comfortable with. What I do when trying out a new excercise is start with super light weight, and when I'm comfrotbale with my form, I start to add enough weight to be exhausted by the end of a 5x5 for example. I will stay at that weight for a bit until it starts to feel easier, then up the weight by a certain amount(sometimes 10 lbs, sometimes 5, sometimes 2.5) It really all depends on what you're comfortable with, because at the end of the day you don't want to hurt yourself.

 

As Scott states in many of his video's it's important to break those plateau's by doing weight you wouldn't normally be comfortable with. This is super important in strength training because you need to trick your mind into doing more weight than it thinks you can do.

 

To sum up, perfect your form, add weight gradually until you are comfortable, get a spotter and plough through those plateau's! because that's what strength training is all about.

Jonas33
Jonas33 g Jonas Huovila
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Very bad program should do atleast 6 reps in a row to remove injury chances. So if you wanna do it do instead 5 x 6, 5 sets of 6 reps. :)

Whisper
Whisper p+ Kostas Kroustaloudis
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Posted By: Jonas33

Very bad program should do atleast 6 reps in a row to remove injury chances. So if you wanna do it do instead 5 x 6, 5 sets of 6 reps. :)

Injury probability does indeed increase with low rep sets because the weight gets heavier but thats not a reason to not do this program. People get injured because of their bad form and lack of knowledge about the human body, not the heavy weights.

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