For anyone who has completed this program, how long (in weeks) did it take you for you to hit plateaus and have to reset the whole program?
|
|
Results 1 to 19 of 19
-
08-20-2006, 12:43 PM #1Eat, Train, & Sleep
- Join Date: Jun 2006
- Location: My House
- Posts: 129
- Rep Power: 218
Bill Starr's Intermediate 5x5 Question
-
08-20-2006, 01:05 PM #2Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
didn't hit any plateaus i just got bored and decided to do something different
-
08-20-2006, 01:21 PM #3Message Board King
- Join Date: May 2006
- Location: chattanooga
- Posts: 3,742
- Rep Power: 227
dude if you're increasing consistantly why would you stop?Originally Posted by crazythunderGoal of June football camp = 400lb squat
Farwell, my friends. I'll be back some day. Just need to get my head screwed on straight.
"Thank you O God for saving the earth from the asteroid.... the one you just sent"
-
08-20-2006, 01:22 PM #4Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
because it was starting to freak out my dad that his daughter was lifting more than he could.
-
-
08-20-2006, 01:24 PM #5Message Board King
- Join Date: May 2006
- Location: chattanooga
- Posts: 3,742
- Rep Power: 227
lmao well if your goal is to continue to get bigger and stronger you continue doing what you're doing until you plateau, which obviously wasnt your main goal.Originally Posted by crazythunderGoal of June football camp = 400lb squat
Farwell, my friends. I'll be back some day. Just need to get my head screwed on straight.
"Thank you O God for saving the earth from the asteroid.... the one you just sent"
-
08-20-2006, 01:25 PM #6Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
it was and is but i figured i'd give dad a few months reprive and then go back to it.
-
08-20-2006, 01:33 PM #7Registered User
- Join Date: Jun 2006
- Posts: 1,703
- Rep Power: 225
you have to stick to the program until it STOPS working for you.
when it stops working you change to other programs.
5x5 will last pretty long though.
-
08-20-2006, 01:41 PM #8Message Board King
- Join Date: May 2006
- Location: chattanooga
- Posts: 3,742
- Rep Power: 227
yeah it will. because it's consistant. you're not going all-out like in Rippetoe. so you'll be able to increase consistantly.Originally Posted by imchill123Goal of June football camp = 400lb squat
Farwell, my friends. I'll be back some day. Just need to get my head screwed on straight.
"Thank you O God for saving the earth from the asteroid.... the one you just sent"
-
-
08-20-2006, 01:44 PM #9Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
i know. i broke my own rule about sticking with a program until it stops working. shame on me.Originally Posted by best regards
-
08-20-2006, 01:46 PM #10Message Board King
- Join Date: May 2006
- Location: chattanooga
- Posts: 3,742
- Rep Power: 227
well if you didnt want to keep getting bigger you did the right thing.Originally Posted by crazythunderGoal of June football camp = 400lb squat
Farwell, my friends. I'll be back some day. Just need to get my head screwed on straight.
"Thank you O God for saving the earth from the asteroid.... the one you just sent"
-
08-20-2006, 01:48 PM #11Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
lol. i need to be about 20lbs heavier than i am. i guess i should go back on it as soon as i finish up my current one.
-
08-20-2006, 01:54 PM #12Eat, Train, & Sleep
- Join Date: Jun 2006
- Location: My House
- Posts: 129
- Rep Power: 218
What routine are you doing now? Also, what are you stats? (I was just wondering)Originally Posted by crazythunder
-
-
08-20-2006, 02:00 PM #13Childish Insults
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Age: 35
- Posts: 1,890
- Rep Power: 242
I usually miss the PR every 3 weeks and just reset it back 1 week and it continues working. This is probably because I dont get enough sleep.
-
08-20-2006, 02:03 PM #14Message Board King
- Join Date: May 2006
- Location: chattanooga
- Posts: 3,742
- Rep Power: 227
yeah whatre stats and what are you doing right now. anything that you increase your weights consistantly should be done until you're not increasing unless it specifically tell you not to like hst.Originally Posted by crazythunderGoal of June football camp = 400lb squat
Farwell, my friends. I'll be back some day. Just need to get my head screwed on straight.
"Thank you O God for saving the earth from the asteroid.... the one you just sent"
-
08-20-2006, 02:08 PM #15Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
I'm on Waterbury's Summer Project, I was trying out for a MMA coach and had to drop weight, so i have no clue if my lifts are what they used to be. i'm hoping to actually go for single rep max on a few lifts this time. my previous best record at 118lbs was:
130 lbs bench for 3 reps (worst lift)
220 lbs squat for 7 reps
245 lbs deadlift for 10 reps
90 lbs military for 11 reps (really sucks)
120 lbs clean and press for 3 reps
115 push press for 4 reps.
I'm now 130 lbs and have no idea where my lifts are at, dad says they should be higher but i don't know, been through a bit of weight change, up 20lbs down 10lbs. I should know by December hopefully when i start up either bill stars or something like it.
-
08-20-2006, 02:29 PM #16Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: United States
- Age: 35
- Posts: 253
- Rep Power: 220
does this mean i should go on bill star's or try some sort of westside?
-
-
08-20-2006, 02:49 PM #17Eat, Train, & Sleep
- Join Date: Jun 2006
- Location: My House
- Posts: 129
- Rep Power: 218
Do you have any progress pictures crazythunder? I would go on Bill Starr's Routine if your looking to gain strength mainly.
-
08-20-2006, 04:05 PM #18Cybernetic Periodization
- Join Date: Feb 2005
- Location: Anaheim, California, United States
- Age: 38
- Posts: 9,028
- Rep Power: 2121
Westside is a very fluid template. It's one of those systems you should know very well before applying. Aside from that, unless you plan on implementing both ME and DE work (dual factor theory), and know how to perform conjugate periodization you'll end up running in circles.Originally Posted by crazythunder
If the 5x5 was working, go back to it.NSCA-CPT.
-
08-20-2006, 04:36 PM #19True Endo
- Join Date: Apr 2006
- Location: Jacksonville
- Age: 33
- Posts: 904
- Rep Power: 233
Im doing the 5x5 and i like it, it fits right into my schedule. and is alot better than my last workout. though this is my second week i have yet to find out if i have gained much.
Bookmarks