I've never done 5x5 myself, so I can't really give personal input on it. I know plenty of people who have ran that and had great results though. I think 5lbs/week on bench and 10lbs/week on squat&deadlift would be fine, but that will not last all that long. Just make sure you are eating and sleeping plenty.

Think I may try that. No way I can up my bench 5 pounds every workout without a good risk of failure.

It's 5 lbs per workout cuddy. You'll plateau eventually but that's part of the game

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Is it true your supposed to use the bar for everything with no weight when you start the program? Watched a review that said you should , even though I've been lifting since last February?

no, start with a weight thats relatively easy for you though, not your regular weight, maybe 20% less, then start adding on consistantly

lowering the weight a bit will also allow u to have better form if u were cheating on anything before, that way you'd increase with better form, also you wont instantly plateau

LOL wtf is this, you only increase the weight the next time if you successfully complete the lift for that day. If you are able to do 5 reps all 5 sets successfully then that's when you bump the weight up. If you hit 4 reps on your 5th set that means you failed and you repeat that weight. If you fail 3 days in a row that means you need to deload, work on your form whatever and work your way back up. Don't up the weight just because the program tells you too everyone is different. Base it on a successful lift then up the weight.

5lbs per workout

As in 5lbs on A, then 5lbs on B, and 5 lbs on A again (assuming das Mon/Wed/fri Jason Blaha's)
Not 15 in 1 week

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