5/3/1 or 5x5?

[sneezingstardust]

Originally Posted by Grim83

1. a girl doing 5x5 makes me say wow, thats rare but cool as hell

2. im lost as to the last sentence in the quote above

LOL sorry, was running out and typed that fast - edited.

[Bodybygamma]

I suggest before choosing a set routine, you find out your one rep max so you have a idea of what you are really capable of.

If you were to do wendler's 5/3/1 it would only work with accurate percentages in the long term. Bill star's 5x5 may be a good prep routine to build up some form and technique, after that you could go for a one rep max, and then set that percentage into wendlers.

My advice is to do max effort triples and doubles, try to find a reliable training spotter who knows what they are doing, and work up to a single after a couple of weeks or so and then choose a program bases on that.

Part of having an effective program is to workout the weakness, and to better improve technique and form.

You know your body better then any of us,so I am sure you will find the right training program for you.


My #1 training tip and advice tho, record your workouts, from all sides and angles, even some of your warm up sets, analyze everything. Compare you videos to other female lifters who have similar builds and see what they are doing.

[Shaolinkiwi]

I've got a good template of the 5x5 somewhere - If interested pm me an e-mail address and I'll forward it.


Oh here it is.

Edit.

Wow trying to upload but file types are very restricted. What gives BTB?

[Grim83]

Originally Posted by sneezingstardust

Hey, thanks everyone for the feedback!

I'm thinking I MIGHT want to shoot for 5x5, and maybe design my own template once I gain a lot of good base strength. Do most of you design your own routines and such?

pretty much