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When to increase weight?

coryrood
coryrood Posts: 100 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm doing SL 5x5. The program calls for adding weight for every successful workout for a given movement. I'm at the point where I'll fail once or twice at a weight the be successful. Is there any harm in changing this to being successful twice (or 3 times). This failure then success seems awful taxing.

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  • armylife
    armylife Posts: 196 Member
    I don't really understand what you are saying. You are failing to get all 5x5 at a weight twice then lift it successfully on the third workout? If I am not mistaken that is part of the SL programming, if you fail three times in a row you do a re-set. How long have you been on the SL program and is it only one lift you feel you are stalling on?
  • coryrood
    coryrood Posts: 100 Member
    I've been doing it since May. It's gotten to that point on all the movements. I'm just asking if there are any reason why I couldn't slow the progression down. This constant failure/success pattern has become quite taxing.
  • CasperNaegle
    CasperNaegle Posts: 936 Member
    I am not familiar with the strong lift program but I do heavy compound lifting. 4-6 reps in sets of 3. When I can lift 6 times repeatedly I add weight. If I start to lose my form I drop back down for a week. It works well for me.
  • armylife
    armylife Posts: 196 Member
    You can always slow down the progression, drop the squats and deadlifts to 5 lbs a week or even do a planned de-load/reset.
  • mcdanield92
    mcdanield92 Posts: 1 Member
    Another question. When you experience soreness after lifting, I know you should give it a few days rest. However, my soreness could last a few days to a week. Should I continue lifting through the pain to gain muscle? Sounds dangerous to me. But if I don't keep the pattern, the muscle won't tone and get bigger right?
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    It really depends on what your doing. SL5x5 has a specific protocol to follow for incrementing and pulling-back, so I would just make sure to follow how it's spelled out. I would say that when you reset, don't be afraid to go back maybe even a little lighter than what the program says.
  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    You could always transition to an intermediate program (madcow is probably the closest to SL) that doesn't try to progress quite so rapidly. Or you could pick up a couple of 1.25lb plates on fleabay and progress in 2.5lb increments instead of 5.
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »
    It really depends on what your doing. SL5x5 has a specific protocol to follow for incrementing and pulling-back, so I would just make sure to follow how it's spelled out. I would say that when you reset, don't be afraid to go back maybe even a little lighter than what the program says.

    Yup
    Are you using the app? I thought I read that it will actually tell you what to do (next time) if you failed.
    Following the protocol.
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