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Nice job on the weight increase! I think if it were me I would either ask and see if the gym would buy a box or just buy one myself. At my old gym I asked the owner and he did end up buying one...

Theres none around you on that side of the state? I was suprised to find one over here.

Haha, same here. I was definitely nervous when I went...and probably will be when I go again tomorrow. But like you said, i'll get over it after a little while.

It really is, it will be great motivation to train with guys a lot stronger than me. Even the first day sitting there watching 5 guys do 600+ lb deficit deads was motivating.

So today I finally decided to go a check out a PL/strongman gym on the other side of town and it was awesome. I'm used to working out at an Anytime Fitness so this was a huge change. This place had...

Yes. You dont need to put much weight on your glutes if you dont want to, but they do need to be on the bench.

Before starting novedex my sleep pattern was almost exactly like yours, but now about three weeks after starting it seems to have improved some. I wake up less at night, sleep harder and have more...

The first few weeks are easy, they are intended to be. You'll start to miss those a little once your a ways into the program.

I have been using this program for close to 7 months now and set PR's...

Compete in my first PL comp

Bench: 315+
Squat: 405+
DL: 500+
Bodyweight: lean 215

Gym lifts March 2009

Squat: 230
Bench: 220
Deadlift: 210
Total: 660
Weight: 173lbs

Gym Lifts December 2009

I started the 5x5 program about 7 months ago with a 5rm of somewhere around 205. With the 2.5% increase a week I got about to about 250 before I began to miss reps. From there I reduced the warm up...

Awesome improvement in 5 weeks. I pulled 4 plates for the first time last week and was excited, I would love to jump to 5 plates that fast.

Good to hear, the kzoo location is slightly more convenient. Do you lift there now or just know the owner?

Iceman,

I see there are two locations around here, one in kalamazoo and one in Paw Paw, I live right between the two. Would you recommend one over the other?

Nope, i'll listen to metal when I lift but thats about the extent of it. Why?

Hey guys,

I've been looking for a good powerlifting gym around Kalamazoo, MI and heard about Beyond Fitness by a member of my current gym. Is anyone on BB.com a member or has heard of it?

I...

Thanks a lot for posting this. I've been on Bill Starrs 5x5 for about 6 months and have started to stall a bit, this gave me some good pointers to keep going forward with the programs.

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1). Do you know what over training is? Yes

2). Have you ever heard of over training syndrome before you started to work out? No

3). Do you believe over training plays a factor in pro sports for...

Do the program as it is written. Im on week 13 now while following it as closely as possible and have gained roughly 15lbs of mostly muscle and increased my lifts far beyond what I had expected.
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Great read, thanks a lot for posting.

I started a 5x5 program simillar to this about 12 weeks ago and have never had gains from other programs like I have with a 5x5 with nothing but heavy...