Hey,

I've pretty much never trained specifically for strength and was considering giving it a go for 3-6 months (or longer) to see how I like it.

Currently 6"3 94kg ~12-14%(people who have seen my pictures?) body fat.

I never really do 1RM but I'd say I could punch out

150kg squat
185kg dead
110kg bench

Good routines etc specifically for strength?

Would like to improve the big 3, OHP and bent over rows.

Thanks friends

Got my squat from 315 - 495 using seated squats. 5x8 reps

heavy as possible 3x6 barbell glute bridges to bring up deadlifts and squats as well. (make sure you feel full glute contractios)

high volume dips, weighted dips, use of many machines to isolate pecs.



This post was edited by Purplepride9 on Dec 7 2015 12:00am

Heard Texas method is good

can confirm, texas method is GOAT.

having tons of fun on it, every friday is a new pr, and not even a small one either, customise it to your liking

I changed it up to

mon 5x5 squat 5x5 bench 10-12x1 dead (30 sec rest just sip water chalk up and take your time setting up again) 90% of friday weight sometimes I'll throw in some cheeky arms/flat flyes here not to failure and nothing too hard
wed 2x5 squat 3x5 bench (80% of monday weight)
friday 1x5 squat 1x5 bench 5x1 deadlift (1 minute walking around drinking water changing music chalking etc then setting up again at the bar)

Do you have a draft of this Texas method by chance?

I've also heard of "the cube" method. I know nothing about it though

Sounds more like powerlifting than bb . Great for beginner gains tho. Still won't change hypertrophy for it.

The Texas Method
In its basic form, the workout consists of a volume day for the major lifts on Monday, a lighter recovery or variety day on Wednesday, and a high-intensity day on Friday for the major lifts. The days can obviously vary based on your schedule, but the pattern of rest days and work days is important.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/texas-method

seems pretty straight forward