Stronglifts 5x5

I'm a woman so no big mucle gain. I've lost 1.5 clothing size, lots of cellulite, totaly reshaped my body. Can squat my weight and deadlift 150% of weight after 2 months. What results do you aspire to see?

I've been doing it for 6 months. My body shape has changed. I hadn't been tracking my overall body weight much until recently as I was looking better/slimmer but recently gone back on a calorie deficit as I really need to shrink as well as get strong.

Make sure you start with the empty bar and progress at the rate it says. I've lifted in the past and am currently dead lifting what I could before I started. The difference being this time I'm at 120kg I feel I could go on much longer. Before I got to 120kg and I was already at my max. By progressing slowly and steadily but all the time you build strength properly and more balanced. Diving in at a higher rate may result in a quicker platau.

My current strong lifts stats are

97.5kg squats
120kg deadlifts
67.5kg bench press
37.5kg overhead press
67.5kg barbell row

Each one of these exercises are still progressing. I haven't had to deload once yet. I stalled on a couple of the lifts as I wanted to ensure I was getting the right technique.

Also one thing extra to note, make sure you warm each exercise up gradually. It isn't needed as much as lower weights but as it starts getting heavier you soon realize which muscles are tight etc. I also incorporate a 2 minute row to loosen up my leg muscles before I squat. This is the only thing I do slightly differently to what Mehdi says as I tried warming up just by doing the movements with no weights but still felt my hams and hip flexors were a little tight. I do only 2 minutes though and very steady.

I also noticed when I struggled with some of the lifts that I was trying to rush through. It wasn't until I started using the stronglifts app on my iphone that I realised I wasn't resting enough in between.

My wife is also doing it. Her body shape has changed too.

I have been doing Stronglifts for about 6 weeks and I am not noticing much improvement in my strength. I have added weight as it says (2.5kg) each time, although I have struggled with the overhead press and have had to go back to virtually the start again. In my other activities I haven't noticed any improvement. I do yoga as well and in all the strength moves I am still struggling to hold them as much as I was before. Doing standing poses still hurt my legs and I can't hold them for any greater length of time. I am surprised and disappointed - I thought I would notice an increase in strength.

Are you finding the lifts difficult? are you using proper form? what weight did you start at? where are you now?

I am also starting Stronglifts today. I am very excited and a little scared/ nervous.

I'm starting this week, interested to hear that most women are going up by 2.5kg not 1kg like Mehdi mentions his girlfriend did. My gym doesn't have 1kg increments to 2.5 it is!

SL 5X5 WORKS-

Its simple...Just get your butt to the gym. Learn proper form its only 5, it makes it so easy to learn.

Good luck

So far the program has greatly improved my squats. Prior to starting this program, I struggled to get below parallel, but because this program started me out at about 40% of my 1RM, I've really concentrated on my form and getting low and today I actually got so low that I hit the rack a few times! Woooohooooo!