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My advice would be to remain consistent. Ensure you get rest. It's just as, if not more important than what you do in the gym. Progress! Don't lift the same weight over and over. Your body adapts to the workload. Seek advice on Youtube. Don't lose motivation.

Workout A squat 5x5 Bench press 5x5 Bent over rows 5x5 Chin ups 3x failure Workout B Squat 5x5 Press 5x5 Dead lift 1x5 Press ups 3xfailure Alternate A and B - 3x per week adding 5lbs to your next session if 5x5 completed successfully. Be consistent and you'll be a damn monster.

1. Ensure you haven't overestimated the calories burned or needed. 2. Weigh food accurately with a scale 3. Drink more water.

They say rest between on 5x5, buddy. I suppose it depends on the intensity of your workout on your insanity days. Go for it and see how you feel, you'll know if you're doing too much.

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Don't forget your rest, bro!

Train as you like. Just ensure you PROGRESS with your lifts and get rest between.

Absolute ZERO.

Easy. Do 5x5 as already planned, add close grip bench press 3x8 to workout A and skullcrushers 3x8 to the end of workout B.

In that case... I want to smell something FRESH and OUTDOORS-Y. Something that makes me feel I'm out and about instead of cooked up in a gym. Something that transcends the walls of my workout space. Something that transports to another, cleaner environment.

not sure if serious...

Sounds good to me, but you'll eventually out-lift your current equipment.

Nope. As far as I'm concerned, I workout alone. Just me and the clock. In and out, forget the rest.

DOMS (delayed onset muscle muscle soreness) is NOT, I repeat NOT a sign of an effective workout. Ensure more rest, and go easier for a few sessions.

Go at it alone, bro. Somebody else will only hold you back from your full potential.

Yup. It's a well known, time-proven and widely used program that focuses on compound movements. Those being exercises that use more than one muscle to execute. Adding weight ensures that you're always getting stronger and recovering/adapting to the load being lifted. Your body is a very efficient machine, if you lift say,…

Doesn't sound too good to me in all honesty. Rest is the best advice I could you give you. There will be other 5Ks to complete when you're 100%. Wouldn't like you to more more damage. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

Actual warm up sets are all that is needed to complete stronglifts. 2 sets of 5 reps with an empty bar. Use these sets to focus on your technique.

A) Squat 5x5 Bench Press 5x5 Bent over Barbell Row 5x5 B) Squat 5x5 Deadlift 1x5 Overhead Press 5x5 Alternate workouts A and B ensuring a rest day in between. Start light and when 5x5 is completed, add 2kgs or 5lbs to the next workout. Simple and effective.

Bench press is fine, but there are other, smaller muscles involved in that particular lift which fatigue far before you pectorals are actually given a good workout. Chest flyes, dips, press ups & pullovers.

OP scares me...

Planks.

In January, there will be tons of people selling equipment cheap on ebay similar websites... People always purchase these things thinking that they'll make a 100% lifestyle turn around with their New years resolution... 2 weeks later and the equipment they got is just in the way, gathering dust.

Choose any beginners program and just remain consistent and give it your all. Remember, you have have the best workout program in the world, but if you don't give it everything, you won't see the best possible results.

What keeps me going is the knowledge that quitting never works. EVER.

You know your own body better than anybody else... If you don't feel right, take a step back for a few days and stick to walking. Take a week to recover then straight back it after you've rested and slept! If the insomnia doesn't ease up, look on the bright side... Only 10 more sleeps left until Christmas, bro.

-- you're correct. 5x5 was a typo for close grip. Should have been 3x8. Adding core is also a great comment.

Jus posted this in another thread but here... Workout A Squat 5 x5 Bench Press 5 x5 Barbell Row 5 x5 Incline Curl 3x8 Dips 3x 8 Workout B Overhead Press 5 x5 Close Grip Bench Press 5 x5 Deadlift 1 x5 Skullcrusher 3 x 8 Chin Ups 3 x 8 Alternate the two routines on Mon/Tues (Rest Weds) then alternate Thurs/Fri with a weight…

Workout A Squat 5 x5 Bench Press 5 x5 Barbell Row 5 x5 Incline Curl 3x8 Dips 3x 8 Workout B Overhead Press 5 x5 Close Grip Bench Press 5 x5 Deadlift 1 x5 Skullcrusher 3 x 8 Chin Ups 3 x 8 Alternate the two routines on Mon/Tues (Rest Weds) then alternate Thurs/Fri with a weight you can complete 5 x 5. Either up the weight…