5x5 Workout - Do you complete 1 exercise first?

Lucky Luke · 03-09-2009, 05:30 AM

Hi
When doing 5x5, do you complete 5 sets of 1 exercise first before moving onto the next one or do you rotate through 1 set of each exercise 5x?

randombrandon · 03-09-2009, 05:56 AM

yes i was also wondering about this too.

Lonewolf24 · 03-09-2009, 06:16 AM

yeah you do one excercise at a time

i.e. 5 sets of squats, THEN 5 sets of bench

Lucky Luke · 03-09-2009, 06:18 AM

Ah cheers. Also how many exercises do you do in 1 training session? And is it a good idea to increase weight decrease reps per set?

randombrandon · 03-09-2009, 06:19 AM

how long should rests be before sets?

Mike4482 · 03-09-2009, 07:38 AM

Everything you need to know about 5 x 5

http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow...Linear_5x5.htm

vicjg · 03-09-2009, 07:52 AM

FWIW, Bill Starr's original setup had the exercises setup in a circuit. One set squats, one set bench, one set power cleans, etc until all five sets are done for each exercises.

Madcow's writeup though (quoted above ^^ ) has you doing all five sets of each exercise first, then moving onto the next exercise.

Lucky Luke · 03-09-2009, 05:54 PM

What rest would you do between sets, can you superset to next exercise like a circuit?

SpongeTom · 03-09-2009, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky Luke

What rest would you do between sets, can you superset to next exercise like a circuit?

No.

Do people even read about the programs any more? Or do they just see some buzz words floating around the forums and make it up as they go.

READ.

Lucky Luke · 03-10-2009, 05:13 AM

Thanks for the help

vicjg · 03-10-2009, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky Luke

What rest would you do between sets, can you superset to next exercise like a circuit?

It depends. In Starr's book he talks about a guy getting through the whole thing in <20 minutes. Obviously as the weight get heavier, the time between sets will have to increase in order to make sure you get all your reps.