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Has anyone had success with the advanced program?

wtf does that even mean?




Wednesday is the obvious answer, since you're already supposed to do rows on Mon and Fri. I do 3 sets of 8 pullups at the end of Wednesday's workout.

But what about that whole idea that you shouldn't work out longer than 1 hr, due to cortisol being release around that time?

Neither. I prefer competition depth - a couple of inches below parallel.

Uh, there is a concentric movement in every exercise (unless you're specifically doing negatives). There's no reason you shouldn't let your muscles do the work on the negative part of deadlifts.

Does anyone else have trouble keeping friday's workout under an hour long? I can barely stay within the hour with just the main exercises. Assistance exercises push me to around 1hr 15 min, if I...

Uh, the glutes mainly.

Does anyone else feel that there isn't enough hamstring work in 5x5? You hit the quads with squats 3 times a week, but there isn't anything specifically targeting the hamstrings. I realize that...

What's this knee/hip-break stuff?

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No, if you're kinda struggling on week 2, you're definitely going too heavy. Set the program up such that on week 4 you KNOW you'll complete all the raps. And keep the interval at 12.5%.

lol... "the fact" he says

Layne, what rep range do you usually stay in on your hypertrophy days (or whatever you call em)?

I don't understand what lateral hand movement has to do with the safety of an exercise. The pec muscles are attached to the upper arm, which moves in the same way whether you're barbell benching or...

If you're killing yourself on your first 5x5 workout, you're doing it wrong.

I bought 2.5 lb wrist wraps, which allows me to use dumbells for rowing and benching.

Less weight = less stress on the muscle, so I'd say higher reps are safer. Keeping proper form is more important though.

So what did you mean when you said that it was your "stupidity" that caused it? That it was just a bad idea to try to max out on flat bench?

Didn't you say in an earlier post that you lowered the bar too far up the chest and knew that it wasn't going to be a good lift but went for it anyway?