I think I need to change my weight routine...

UnknownSoldier · 23 Feb 2006 at 10:17

I have been doing this routing for about 6 months now and although it has been working well for me I have hit a few brick walls with regards to my upper body strength + I am getting bored of it:

DAY1 (Legs)

Squat
Deadlift
Leg Extension
Ham string curl

DAY 2 (Chest Tris)

Benchpress
Weighted Dips
Flyes
Incline Bench with dumbells (incline at about 50degs)
Abs stuff

DAY 3 (Back Bis)

Pullups (palms facing me, wideishgrip)
Bent Over BB Row (wide grip)
Seated Row (Narrow grip)
One arm DB row
Preacher Curls with EZ bar
Abs Stuff

I want to change my routine to something else...any ideas?

UnknownSoldier · 23 Feb 2006 at 16:40

What is this 5x5 stacked training?

UnknownSoldier · 23 Feb 2006 at 19:37

I googled it...I have a decent experience (but I guess I am still going to need to experiment to find my 5 rep max). I can do 77.5Kg 3x8 so I am guessing 5 rep max will be around....80Kg ( for 5x5 depending on the rest break).

The only real problem is that sometimes I miss a work out session which would really screw this up right?

UnknownSoldier · 23 Feb 2006 at 20:05

If you can lift it off the bench :-P

SO with this 5x5 regime is short term? 3 weeks? I might give it a go. I think it is exactly what I need as I think its the strength of my tris that are really holding me back. I always fail the last bit of the extension on things like the bench press. Maybe a 6 week bout of 5x5?

UnknownSoldier · 23 Feb 2006 at 20:42

I wouldnt say that I overtrain...first of all I take breaks ( every month or so). I started in October and I could do this (3 sets of 8):

Bench 62Kg
Squat 80Kg
Dead 90Kg

By the end of dec:

Bench 80 (PB)
Squat 110Kg
Dead 122.5Kg

IT works quite well but I have hit a brick wall with benching plus the 5x5 routine is much harder...

UnknownSoldier · 24 Feb 2006 at 11:04

Skunkworks said:
This is why I don't often bother giving advice on this subject. There's always someone with a higher postcount who shouts louder, and has their fanclub of equally ill-informed followers.

The fact that GordyR doesn't think that 3 compounds and an iso in the same session isn't over training just makes me shudder. To be honest, the two routines I commented on are just injury magnets.

Does sounding arrogant automatically make me wrong? Does not wording something in a way you find appealing automatically make me wrong? The answer to both is no.

If I come across as curt it’s because I see this situation far too much, and have been on the wrong end of poor Ill-informed experts many years ago when I started training.

Like I said, I cannot really be bothered with this, so I’ll leave it at that.

Good luck with your training.

Injury magnet? I have been weightlifting with a similar routines for 3 years and I have never been injured. Personally I am going to try this 5x5 routine, it sound pretty hardcorse though....