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Week 4 - Expectations Too High?

links_slayer
links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
edited January 19 in Social Groups
Thursday of this week will be the end of Week 4 for me and my lifting buddy. I'm using the current plan on Mehdi's site:

A: Squat / Bench / Inverted Rows / Push Ups / Reverse Crunches
B: Squat / OH Press / Deadlift / Pull Ups / Bridges

Are my expectations too high on the body weight exercises? I haven't seen too much of an improvement on inverted rows or pull ups yet while I blew my previous best out of the water tonight on push ups.

Just looking for encouragement one way or another...either "it's okay/normal at this stage" or "push your *kitten* harder, b*tch"

:happy:

eta: sorry if this has been covered before (!!!) and thanks in advance for the replies.

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  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    I started in January. I think it will take more time than four weeks simply because if you are following the plan like I am, you started off with very low weights in order to learn proper form.

    My Pull Ups are improving rapidly now but I am about 8-9 weeks in. In another month or so once the 5x5 work becomes harder, I think the progress in other related exercises will increase
  • ay1978pa
    ay1978pa Posts: 142 Member
    Waitwaitwait... Now I am confused. What program are you guys referring to? The Stronglifts I am doing doesn't have pushups, pullups, crunches and bridges in it.
  • oldernotwiser
    oldernotwiser Posts: 175 Member
    Waitwaitwait... Now I am confused. What program are you guys referring to? The Stronglifts I am doing doesn't have pushups, pullups, crunches and bridges in it.

    Mehdi has a revised version of SL. Here is a link to the new PDF.

    http://www.lundswingtsun.se/pdfwce/stronglifts5x5.pdf
  • ay1978pa
    ay1978pa Posts: 142 Member

    Mehdi has a revised version of SL. Here is a link to the new PDF.

    http://www.lundswingtsun.se/pdfwce/stronglifts5x5.pdf
    Thanks. This is totally new to me. The program that I got in the initial email did not have this in.
  • tsimblist
    tsimblist Posts: 206 Member

    Mehdi has a revised version of SL. Here is a link to the new PDF.

    http://www.lundswingtsun.se/pdfwce/stronglifts5x5.pdf
    Thanks. This is totally new to me. The program that I got in the initial email did not have this in.

    Ditto for me.
  • ksuh999
    ksuh999 Posts: 543 Member
    That is not the "revised" Stronglifts program. I don't even know what it is.

    Look at the copyright dates...
  • ksuh999
    ksuh999 Posts: 543 Member
    Mehdi dropped the "assistance" exercises a while back:

    http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-assistance-exercises-pullups-pushups/
  • MinimalistShoeAddict
    MinimalistShoeAddict Posts: 1,946 Member
    I started in January. I think it will take more time than four weeks simply because if you are following the plan like I am, you started off with very low weights in order to learn proper form.

    My Pull Ups are improving rapidly now but I am about 8-9 weeks in. In another month or so once the 5x5 work becomes harder, I think the progress in other related exercises will increase

    I am following the basic plan with no assistance exercises. I added weighted pull ups/chin ups to the "B" day and hanging leg lifts/weighted dips to the "A" day on my own.
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