Warm-up help
Changeisachoice
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Started Stronglifts but am confused on warm up reps. Do warm up reps count as part of my 5 sets or do I do the warm up reps then 5 sets at weight? According to warmupreps.com if I am squatting 90 lbs this is what I should do:
2x5 45 lbs (Bar)
1x5 45 lbs (Bar)
1x3 50 lbs (2.5)
1x2 70 lbs (10 2.5)
5x5 90 lbs (2x10 2.5)
So do I do this and move on to bench press or do this and then do 5 sets of 5 reps at 90lbs?
2x5 45 lbs (Bar)
1x5 45 lbs (Bar)
1x3 50 lbs (2.5)
1x2 70 lbs (10 2.5)
5x5 90 lbs (2x10 2.5)
So do I do this and move on to bench press or do this and then do 5 sets of 5 reps at 90lbs?
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Your 5x5 @ 90 is your working weight, so no, you don't need to do ANOTHER 5x5 @ 90. What you typed out would be your entire squat routine (warmup sets + working set) for that day's workout.
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Wow, that's a LOT of volume for a warm-up.
I like Wendler's progression better. I think it's something like (based off of 1RM)
45% x 5
50% x 5
60% x 3
When getting to heavier weights I'll sometimes add a set of about 8 with the bar first
More concretely if I was to squat 160 for 5x5 my warm-up would look like this:
45x8
95x5
115x5
135x3
I guess when you get to much heavier weight the extra warm-up sets might be useful, but at this point I think you're just exhausting yourself for no good reason with that much warming up0 -
Thanks for the info. I was thinking that would be ALOT of lifting if you were to do the "warm up" and a 5x5 set. Wendlers progression looks interesting as well. May try it both ways and see what works better for me.
I just started the program 3 weeks ago so not lifting alot of weight at this point.0 -
On the SL5x5 android app, Medhi has it to where you can upgrade the app to include a warmup routine too, I use that. Much less volume than the one suggested by the website you posted. I would be exhausted...lol.0
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Yah that is a lot of volume...my warmup for all weights are based on percentages usually
1x5bar
1x4@40%
1x3@55%
1x2@60%
...up to 1x1@75%
you don't want to tire out before working set...0 -
On the SL5x5 android app, Medhi has it to where you can upgrade the app to include a warmup routine too, I use that. Much less volume than the one suggested by the website you posted. I would be exhausted...lol.
Do you have the droid or Iphone app? I cant find on my iphone where to upgrade.0 -
On the SL5x5 android app, Medhi has it to where you can upgrade the app to include a warmup routine too, I use that. Much less volume than the one suggested by the website you posted. I would be exhausted...lol.
Do you have the droid or Iphone app? I cant find on my iphone where to upgrade.
Same.0 -
On the SL5x5 android app, Medhi has it to where you can upgrade the app to include a warmup routine too, I use that. Much less volume than the one suggested by the website you posted. I would be exhausted...lol.
Do you have the droid or Iphone app? I cant find on my iphone where to upgrade.
Same.
It's on Droid. Medhi says Apple is coming soon. Probably waiting for approval or something.0
