Reps... 5 x 5 Vs Hypertrophy

[Jeffieh]

okay.
i'm doing push/pull/legs
im doing

Monday - Push
Tuesday - Pull
Wednesday - Legs/Abs
Thursday - Push
Friday - Pull
Saturday - Legs/abs
Sunday - off

If i did monday/tuesday/wednesday with a 5x5 routine, then did thursday/friday/saturday with
5x8 (is that a good number? or 5x12...)
will i get good Mass AND strength gains?

or would i be better off sticking with 5 x 5 .

[jbball92]

you wont get any mass gains unless you eat more

[Jeffieh]

you wont get any mass gains unless you eat more

fair enough

say i was bulking with a proper diet.
which is better, doing a cycle (5x5 the first time through the week, then 5 x 8-12), or doing straight up 5x5?

im looking to gain mass and aesthetics

[spiderman997]

5x5 on big compounds
whatever you can progressive overload on assistance

[jbball92]

fair enough

say i was bulking with a proper diet.
which is better, doing a cycle (5x5 the first time through the week, then 5 x 8-12), or doing straight up 5x5?

im looking to gain mass and aesthetics

throw this idea of 8-12 = mass and 1-5 = strenght out the window, in reality, they are interconnected, you WILL gain with either provided your eating a surplus

the difference is progression, your lifts will increase faster on 5x5 compared to 5x12 so its up to you.

i would do 5x5

[Jeffieh]

throw this idea of 8-12 = mass and 1-5 = strenght out the window, in reality, they are interconnected, you WILL gain with either provided your eating a surplus

the difference is progression, your lifts will increase faster on 5x5 compared to 5x12 so its up to you.

i would do 5x5

THANK YOU.
i trust you.

you gave me the push/pull/legs idea,
and made my routine basically. i just got some people saying i won't do well with 5 x 5 and that i should
do some differently etc...

well thank you. my routine is set now,
what im doing is totally set now, thanks.

/thread

[comps]

THANK YOU.
i trust you.

you gave me the push/pull/legs idea,
and made my routine basically. i just got some people saying i won't do well with 5 x 5 and that i should
do some differently etc...

well thank you. my routine is set now,
what im doing is totally set now, thanks.

/thread

imo, push/pull > push/pull/legs.

[dan987]

throw this idea of 8-12 = mass and 1-5 = strenght out the window, in reality, they are interconnected, you WILL gain with either provided your eating a surplus

the difference is progression, your lifts will increase faster on 5x5 compared to 5x12 so its up to you.

i would do 5x5

Some of the biggest dudes lift heavy as sht
The ones that lift heavy but are small simply didn't eat enough to gain weight (some competitors do this on purpose)
So yeah, do 5x5 and make sure you eat. eat goddamnit