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Pull-Up/Chin-Up/Push-Up Question
zebraorchid
Posts: 6 Member
Hi!
I've been doing 5x5 for some time now. I started not being able to do any of the lifts with the 45 lb. bar and now my 1RM for squat is 120 (body weight!), deadlift is 150, and bench is still 75 (womp womp - slow progress). I'm making fewer gains now that I'm in heavier territory and I'm lacking motivation to lift (luckily diet and exercise in general are still on point - I just find myself subbing quick and dirty cardio for lifting days more and more often). I thought adding a goal of doing a real, unassisted pull-up/chin-up/push-up might reinvigorate my lifting mojo. My question is, where do I add this training in? I feel like if I do the usual 5x5 workout and add the training at the end, I'll be so tired that I'll make really slow progress. Also, the time it takes to complete 5x5 (with some 5 min rests) is draining already (I work full-time, am in school, and I volunteer). Can I cut out an exercise (NOT squats - maybe OH press or Pendlay rows)? What do y'all think?
Thanks a bunch!
I've been doing 5x5 for some time now. I started not being able to do any of the lifts with the 45 lb. bar and now my 1RM for squat is 120 (body weight!), deadlift is 150, and bench is still 75 (womp womp - slow progress). I'm making fewer gains now that I'm in heavier territory and I'm lacking motivation to lift (luckily diet and exercise in general are still on point - I just find myself subbing quick and dirty cardio for lifting days more and more often). I thought adding a goal of doing a real, unassisted pull-up/chin-up/push-up might reinvigorate my lifting mojo. My question is, where do I add this training in? I feel like if I do the usual 5x5 workout and add the training at the end, I'll be so tired that I'll make really slow progress. Also, the time it takes to complete 5x5 (with some 5 min rests) is draining already (I work full-time, am in school, and I volunteer). Can I cut out an exercise (NOT squats - maybe OH press or Pendlay rows)? What do y'all think?
Thanks a bunch!
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I found that when I was taking full 5 minute rests it was time to switch to 3x5 with doing just 3 sets of the main lifts, I had extra time (and energy) to add in things like incline pushups and other accessories to try to get to those other goals like pull ups and such. I really would not suggest crossing out one of the main lifts, but dropping to 3x5 seems like a pretty common thing to do eventually.0
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great progress zebraorchid! how long have you been doing stronglifts?
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zebraorchid wrote: »My question is, where do I add this training in? I feel like if I do the usual 5x5 workout and add the training at the end, I'll be so tired that I'll make really slow progress.
disclaimer: i am making really slow progress
i quite often do my pulldown-cable-machine drills as part of my general loosening up/stretching/mobility/warmup stuff that i do for a workout. and then maybe i'll sprinkle a few extra sets of them in between my 3 main sl exercises, mostly because i feel like anything that reminds me how to maintain shoulder stability and a strong upper back for any of the sl lifts can't be a bad thing for me.
it is true though that i had some wild idea at the last workout that i'd do all my sl and then go from there to a few sets of negative pullups . . . . uh, well, let's just say that it didn't work out.0
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