Is 5x5 enough?
LannyM74
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I've been doing cardio to lose weight and now find myself in the 'skinny fat' catagory. I have started doing the 5x5 program three times per week...but is it enough? Should I be doing more isolation work or are compound exercises enough to firm me up (particularly my core).
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Initially, it seems too easy doing the 5x5 stuff, but wait until you get more weight on the bar. When you're squatting 300+ lbs 25 times, overhead pressing 185 lbs 25 times and deadlifting 400 lbs 5 times in a single day, that is more than enough. You won't want any more.
Stick with it. It works. It just takes time.0 -
Agreed, it works. Just keep increasing your weight. Do core work on days that you don't do the 5x5.0
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Well...I'm a 128 lb, 39 year old woman...so I'm not sure if I'll ever be squatting 300lbs x 25! LOL! But I thank you for your response.0
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It starts off easy but the real work comes once you work your way to the heavier weights!0
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Initially, it seems too easy doing the 5x5 stuff, but wait until you get more weight on the bar. When you're squatting 300+ lbs 25 times, overhead pressing 185 lbs 25 times and deadlifting 400 lbs 5 times in a single day, that is more than enough. You won't want any more.
Stick with it. It works. It just takes time.
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It definitely gets harder. I'm on week 7 now, and it's reaching a point where I am sweaty and spent at the end of the workout. The first few weeks, I didn't feel like I was really getting a workout, but as the weight creeps up, it starts to really work you.0
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Once you are challenged to the point that when u are on ur 4th and 5th set and you can only do 3-4 reps (of whatever weight works for u)...that is when u will be seeing and feeling the results.0
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Well...I'm a 128 lb, 39 year old woman...so I'm not sure if I'll ever be squatting 300lbs x 25! LOL! But I thank you for your response.
he point of it is to aim to be lifting more weight each week. It is not a "routine" to just follow and do some exercises - you are aiming to lift more and more...and I bet you'd be surprised at what you can do after 12 weeks...0 -
If you want to add more do bodyweight chinups and dips.0
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It's a program designed by professionals, of course it's enough. This kinda stuff takes time.0
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It's a program designed by professionals, of course it's enough. This kinda stuff takes time.
I'm not looking for a quick fix. I simply want to choose the right program from the start and not overestimate its value. There are many programs design by 'professionals' that claim to be "all you need for a full body work-out". But I think it's fair to say that a lot of these programs have ambitious claims.0 -
It definitely gets harder. I'm on week 7 now, and it's reaching a point where I am sweaty and spent at the end of the workout. The first few weeks, I didn't feel like I was really getting a workout, but as the weight creeps up, it starts to really work you.
I'm in week 7 too. I've been steady at it every other day since Aug 1. I made some 10 lb jumps early on because it was easy, 60 sec rests and done in less than 40 minutes. Now I'm taking about 2 minutes to rest and feeling spent afterwards.0 -
It's enough because the program uses compound movements that train almost everything. I add pull-ups and dips just because I want to get better at those also, but they are also compound movements. I still do some running too, just because I want to be comfortable running those 5ks and obstacle races.0
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