Why fo people recommend 5*5 for beginners?

[dpswhore]

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Did first week high sets, reps to failiure with light weight to correct forms. Felt burn, my muscle being all pumped up also I could felt the target muscle being worked.

This week, I did 2 sessions of 5*5 with additional workouts, Did not felt anything. Got tired but don't feel pumps, i don't feel my target muscles being worked. I must be doing something wrong

Should I stick with 5*5?
Or go back to reps to failiure to learn how to engage target muscle?

[chamelious]

What you can't "feel" getting worked isn't a concern as a beginner. As a beginner, by a huge margin, the best way to make progress and to make best use of the "beginner gains" is to get stronger, and 5x5 routines are just about the best way to do this.

[dpswhore]

I heard if you don't feel any burn or pump after workout you're doing it wrong. Is that a myth?

[Jackal005]

What you can't "feel" getting worked isn't a concern as a beginner. As a beginner, by a huge margin, the best way to make progress and to make best use of the "beginner gains" is to get stronger, and 5x5 routines are just about the best way to do this.

This.

I heard if you don't feel any burn or pump after workout you're doing it wrong. Is that a myth?

Yes.

[chamelious]

I heard if you don't feel any burn or pump after workout you're doing it wrong. Is that a myth?

Yes.

[dpswhore]

How about not being tired enough? I feel like I can go for more after done working out.

[chamelious]

How about not being tired enough? I feel like I can go for more after done working out.

What program are you following?

[dmacdonal9]

How about not being tired enough? I feel like I can go for more after done working out.

Also irrelevant.

[dpswhore]

5*5 by Jason Blaha from ice cream fitness

[chamelious]

5*5 by Jason Blaha from ice cream fitness

That's fine then. Ignore the "not being tired" part. Follow the program to the letter and you'll do just fine.

[SuffolkPunch]

Muscle will grow from a wide variety of rep ranges.

However, getting enough volume from low reps is fatiguing for experienced lifters - but novices don't need as much volume to max out their growth potential. So they can get both strength (neural efficiency) and muscle gain from ~5 rep sets.

[mikschu]

stick with it, eventually you'll be pushing up against your threshold and you WILL feel pumped and tired after each workout, and pushing past your barriers will make you feel sore 1-2 days after lifting. It will happen, in time, and you'll realize why you need more rest days than work days when you're still working out through soreness even with all the rest.

[RustedIron]

People recommend 5*5 because people are a combination of both lazy and retarded. The reps and sets should fit the goals you have in mind.

[Crysthal]

No people recommend 5x5 because it makes you train each muscle every other day which is possible as a beginner and thus makes you train your muscles 3-4 times a week (if you try hard) which then leads to faster gains than doing a fancy 4 split that hits each muscle once a week.
In the beginning it's all about making fast gains to keep the motivation up and learning correct form and rom.

It may not work for everybody but it's worth to give it a shot.

Eventhough I would not start with only 5 reps but with like 8-10 so you are more comfortable with the weight in terms of learning the form and range of motion. Also selecting the right weight for 5 reps might be difficult as a beginner and with slightly more reps you can feel better if you are able to do another rep.
But that's my opinion.

[canada99]

People recommend 5*5 because people are a combination of both lazy and retarded. The reps and sets should fit the goals you have in mind.

or because its a good strength routine. which progressively getting stronger and a diet that fits your goals have a lot more to do with muscle gain then what reps and sets you chose, especially in beginners, if building muscle is your goal. as long as the reps and sets you use are withing reason.

[DCSpartan]

People recommend 5*5 because people are a combination of both lazy and retarded. The reps and sets should fit the goals you have in mind.

It gets recommended because it is been a proven method for decades to get beginning lifters strong fast. You need a sufficient strength baseline before you can do anything else.

Negged.

[kthahypebeast]

i use 5x5 when i wanna just get strong and massive, i guess cause you still do a nice amount of reps with some nice weight i would think

[Chocminty]

Teaches the compound movements, take benefits of beginner rapid strength gains and accompany it with fast linear progression.