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Howdy, looking to give the body a break from months and months of 5x5 stagnation. Looking to build strength in bench and dead and mainly gain mass

Tested maxes last week.

Squat 385
Bench 209...

Cheers bro solid points.

Heres new Light day.

Front Squat 3x5
Paused bench 3x5
Row 3x5 RPE 7.5
Pull up 3x5 RPE 9
Reverse Hyper 3x10 (spinal decompression)
Lateral Raise 3x10

Howdy. Finishing up a rebuilding 2 months on 5x5 to get back to old maxes.

Nearing old maxes, currently at 285x5x5, old max was 340x3x5 so i will be stopping 5x5 within 3 weeks. I will take a week...

Did i stutter?

Try Doggy style and Squats.

TM is a linear progression routine. THe cycle is a week long.

You will therefore eventually stall faster than other routines. Thats where auto regulation goes in. If you are feeling tired/missing...

20lb on Squat, 10lb, 0lb on bench in 6 months seems a bit slow.

Texas Method is superior from a Powerlifting standpoint according to PowerliftingToWin.

A) 5lb/2.5lb weekly progressions
2)...

If youre having fun on 5/3/1 then id say keep going with it! Long term gains my friend. Ive been off and on for awhile and theres no rush in this game.

To support that, based on your lifts Grey...

Maybe warm up with this to fire youre glutes and mentally ingrain "knees out" cue.

Do this and walk 50 ft 3 or so times.
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Correctly if im wrong but isnt the beginning of the conventional mainly quad activation and sumo in general has less quad activation then conventional.

Diagnosing this it seems like youre...

Agreed. Texas can be hard on the joints especially on Day 1.

The bench volume needs increasing i think. I would modify it to add Dumbell bench or something on Wednesday and increase the volume on...

Cheers for the reminder. Been meaning to up my ankle mobility.
Will pass on Madcows as the volume decreases which may lead to gong backwards according to Powerliftingtowin. Plus i generally like the...

Why Texas Method may be the best intermediate program according to this site.

http://www.powerliftingtowin.com/texas-method/

More hammy/hip mobility wont hurt.

Also throw in reverse hyper extensions to decompress your spine.

Keep your core braces and your chest up in the squat to. Check your form side on, if the bar...

Howdy, after some sickness and uni work im rebuilding my lifts up with better form (especially deadlifts). Aiming to get my general strenght back up before looking at an intermediate program or...

315x6 at 185 lb pretty average by power lifting standards. Just wondering if im on the right track.

I feel strong during the middle and later part of the lift, due to my strong lats/hamstrings....

315x6 at 185 lb pretty average by power lifting standards. Just wondering if im on the right track.

I feel strong during the middle and later part of the lift, due to my strong lats/hamstrings....

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