Which lifting program is the best for you?
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531 is an amazing routine. I have ran the boring but big template twice and now I'm trying the bodybuilder template.2
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Bumping for future reference. Great information to have.0
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Does anyone have thoughts on Strong Curves?0
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I am just confused on where to start, lol! I did SL 5x5 for about 7 months and did get results but then it seemed that my body got used to the same 3 movements over and over again and I was stalling out on the weight. I am looking for something that has muscle confusion or at least a little bit of a mix up. I just finished 8 weeks of Les Mills GRIT and the muscle confusion gave me great results but they are not offering anymore classes at the moment and now I need to find another program to do. They do offer Body pump at my gym so I was thinking about doing that 2 days a week and then some other sort of strength/lifting program 2 other days of the week. I still have fat that I need to lose so I am eating at a deficit also. Just need to find another program now and I feel a little lost.0
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You don't really need muscle confusion.
You stop making progress as fast because you've tapped out the strength of existing muscles, now you need more of them - and that's slow process.
Muscle confusion just means doing something totally different where you don't know where the true numbers are - so you spent perhaps a good chunk of time wasted trying to find where you should be lifting at that is a hard workout.
But there are indeed other programs that switch you around but keep you at same hard level.7 -
And there are more than 3 lifts in SL...did muscle "confusion" increase your lifts?2
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Bumping - this post should really get a sticky for first page access.... lots of great info.0
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Glad I was directed here. Can't wait to read through the first post0
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Bumping for reference! Thanks!0
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Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but I'm really enjoying Greyskull LP. Fairly quick workout and I've been increasing weight faster than I have with other weightlifting programs that I've tried.0
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Great review of the programs too, mentioning many of these. May have been mentioned on the many pages by now, but perhaps useful in the OP.
http://www.powerliftingtowin.com/powerlifting-programs/
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Great review of the programs too, mentioning many of these. May have been mentioned on the many pages by now, but perhaps useful in the OP.
http://www.powerliftingtowin.com/powerlifting-programs/
I really like how his reviews are very PL specific, and are more up to date. A lot of the older programs completely neglected autoregulation, as it wasn't really considered a mainstream thing to think about, until the past few years.0 -
Great review of the programs too, mentioning many of these. May have been mentioned on the many pages by now, but perhaps useful in the OP.
http://www.powerliftingtowin.com/powerlifting-programs/
Thanks. Added to the OP.0 -
This is exactly why i came to bodybuilding today, thank you, kind mod0
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There's a pair of beginner DB-focused programs you could add from reddit's /r/fitness
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/zc0uy/a_beginner_dumbbell_program_the_dumbbell_stopgap/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/2e79y4/dumbbell_ppl_proposed_alternative_to_dumbbell/
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Exactly what I am looking for!0
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I'm using this DB routine https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/dumbbell-only-home-or-gym-fullbody-workout.html
I'm going to do it for the rest of this month and in August I'm switching to strong lifts 5x5.0 -
I use to do body beast. Than tried 5x5 when I got my rack. I got bored and moved to: https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/shauns-4-day-progressive-overload-split.html#.WT_JjJ2Jrgk.email
Been doing it for a month and really enjoy it and feel I'm gaining a lot from it.1 -
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