Finished my 3rd week 5x5
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I'm doing the Pendlay row as well, it just seems to feel better
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I am on month 3.
I am using the smartphone Stronglifts 5x5 app with all the paid options.
I started with the 45 lb. Olympic bar for all exercises only, back in the mid part of December, The 21st of December to be exact.
Today, I just did exercise A.
Main Lifts
3x5 of 235 lbs for Squats
I swapped to 3x5 after hitting 225 lbs for Squat and my recovery, between sets, were taking 5 minutes or sometimes more and I had intermittently deloaded twice over the months.
5x5 of 140 lbs for Bench Press
5x5 of 160 lbs for Barbell Row
5x5 of 130 lbs for Overhead Press
I've had one stall, but no deload on Overhead Press
1x5 of 255 lbs for Deadlift
Assistance Lifts
3x5 of 100 lbs for Paused Bench Press
3x5 of 100 lbs of Close Grip Bench Press
2x8 of 65 lbs of Barbell Curls
3x10 of Unweighted Dips
3x10 of Standard Pushups
Results
I am stronger than I've ever been. Pushups are slowly becoming a non-entity. And to me strength is everything. My joints once bothered me and now they don't.
I did not get this sort of power and strength from doing Power 90 or Insanity, which I have struggled with in the past, especially when it came to things like Pushups or the Weightlifting / Strength portions of those exercise series. Also, I felt like my unassisted Squats, Lunges, Pushups, Planks, Tricep, exercises, I was not doing well at all.
I haven't done a moment of cardiovascular since starting Stronglifts, outside of walking 10,000 steps 3 to 4 times a week.
However, I plan on re-starting cardio exercises this week now and beginning a cut diet to get rid of some weight, and occasionally doing some assistance / dumbbell exercises to further help me cut down to a size that I want.
But Stronglifts is more important to me than anything else.
Stronglifts 5x5: Strength perceived is strength achieved.0
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