Reseting 5x5: Had a great 10 week run

[ledzep228]

Had a great run with my first experience with 5x5. I made these excellent gains in the 5 main lifts:

40 lbs added to bench
30 lbs added to deadlift
30 lbs added to squat
28 lbs added to row
25 lbs added to overhead military

All of my accessory work, such as curls and dips, has also increased a decent amount.

I am starting to miss reps on my bench and squats. I know the 5x5 guide says just to push the weight back on these exercises for a couple weeks, but I'm getting antsy and need the feeling of something new. So I am going to reset the program with my new 5 rm's for all excercises and go from there.

Any comments? Suggestions?

-ledzep

[smooth9825]

knock youself out. its pretty much the same thing as setting it back a couple weeks anyway.

[galapogos]

Wow, impressive gains, especially the bench press. Are these gains relative to your original 5RM, or week 1's 5RM, coz if it's the former then you must've been lifting pretty heavy to be able to gain so much! Also, what are your lifts like now and how big are you? I'm currently on week 7 myself and my gains aren't nearly as much as yours, and I've already missed a couple of PRs and drastically slowing down.

[ledzep228]

Wow, impressive gains, especially the bench press. Are these gains relative to your original 5RM, or week 1's 5RM, coz if it's the former then you must've been lifting pretty heavy to be able to gain so much! Also, what are your lifts like now and how big are you? I'm currently on week 7 myself and my gains aren't nearly as much as yours, and I've already missed a couple of PRs and drastically slowing down.

The gains are relative to my original 5 rm's. Looking at my post I noticed the bench press gain is a typo. Must have bumped the 4 instead of the 3...should be 30 lb increase on the bench press.

I'm not huge by any means, but I added some good, noticeable mass during this 5x5

My lifts ended with the following numbers on the last set of 5:
bench 220
squat 215
deadlift 255
military 136
row 139

[ohio1984]

i just finished wk 6 of 5x5 and have a question for you... after doing a heavy triple on friday did u think that u woodnt get 5 reps on monday, but then did? because today i barely got a third rep on my 5th set on bench and am hoping i wont stall on mon (wk 7)..

[Chitown hitter]

It's possible that you won't get it. But chances are that you will get it if you're getting alot of calories and sleeping enough. Unless you've been consistently missing reps for the past few workouts. In which case you should try a reset.

[VikingMan]

Wow, impressive gains, especially the bench press. Are these gains relative to your original 5RM, or week 1's 5RM, coz if it's the former then you must've been lifting pretty heavy to be able to gain so much! Also, what are your lifts like now and how big are you? I'm currently on week 7 myself and my gains aren't nearly as much as yours, and I've already missed a couple of PRs and drastically slowing down.

Just a quick thought, if you are a more advanced lifter, then you won't be able to set PRs with as much regularity as a newer lifter. Also, diet, rest habbits, and a couple other ods and ends can affect how well you advance on any program. So if you want to see better progress, be sure you are eating enough, and getting enough rest.

[galapogos]

Just a quick thought, if you are a more advanced lifter, then you won't be able to set PRs with as much regularity as a newer lifter. Also, diet, rest habbits, and a couple other ods and ends can affect how well you advance on any program. So if you want to see better progress, be sure you are eating enough, and getting enough rest.

Oh I'm by no means an advanced lifter. In fact calling me an intermediate lifter would be flattering me, since I only started lifting regularly about a year ago, and my lifts are very similar to ledzep228. I think the reason why I'm not gaining as much strength is because I took up the 5x5 program when I started cutting. I weighed 165lb at the start of my cut and I'm now ~153-155lb and have been for the past 1+ months. I'm basically eating maintainence now so that might be hindering my progress.

[lucasgze]

Ledzep looks like you have made some decent progress but i dont see why your bench is more than yor squat? Squat and deads should be your strongest lifts

[Mbaboy]

Oh I'm by no means an advanced lifter. In fact calling me an intermediate lifter would be flattering me, since I only started lifting regularly about a year ago, and my lifts are very similar to ledzep228. I think the reason why I'm not gaining as much strength is because I took up the 5x5 program when I started cutting. I weighed 165lb at the start of my cut and I'm now ~153-155lb and have been for the past 1+ months. I'm basically eating maintainence now so that might be hindering my progress.

Why the hell would you be cutting if you were 165 lbs BEFORE your cut?

[galapogos]

Coz I'm only 5'6.5" and I was gaining noticable fat by the end of the bulk. Not everyone wants to be 300lb you know

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What is the longest someone has gone on the intermediate or the advanced without resetting?