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Ok, that means eat more? When looking for my calorie needs, I guess that would make my activity level classed as intense?

I am running strong lifts 5x5 and wondering would zone 2 cardio for a hour on rest days hinder my recovery or would it be a benefit, what does the science say?

Yep, I will. Because I've been a little hesitant with my diet and probably eating in a deficit I have noticed my usual 2 min rest between squat sets is needing to be extended, still, I haven't...

My goal is strength and aesthetics.

I'm only around 4-5 weeks in the program.

My lifts at this stage of the program.

Squat - 95kg
Bench Press - 82kg
Bent over Row - 67.5kg
OHP - 45kg

Atm I'm only having 2 mins rest between sets so my workout is finished in no time, of course the heavier I go the more recovery I will need, still, I'm going to stick with until my strength gains hit...

Progressive overload has it's limits, if not we'd be able to add weight continuously. Maybe you should throw the weight up differently, pause reps, partial reps, etc?

Yeah, I'm not getting bored. As you know, with this program you start off light, atm I'm not close to stalling so I'll stick with it.

After this I might use the intermediate split by YouTuber...

I have read recommendations to only run this program for 8 weeks, is this true?

I've been running this program for around 4-5 weeks and I'm still progressing. In my view I'm going to keep running...

What program do you think would complement boxing training the most?

What routine would be better for boxing? Is there a risk that weight training can make you over tight & stiff for throwing punches?

I would like to do a full body routine along with boxing or mma training. I know this isn't optimum for out & out muscle growth but I'm willing to compromise that for a bit more functionality.

The...

Routine is fine and I did warn up. The strange thing is I didn't notice the pain until walking out of the gym straight after finishing my session.

I did my routine yesterday but it wasn't ideal and had to do my squats last, I finished my workout and didn't think anything of it. Whilst walking to my car I noticed pain on the outside of my knee,...

So you think I'm better sticking with the full body routine that I'm currently doing now which has a rep range of 8-12 reps, strong lifts sounds so simple and convincing, it is really attractive.

How many warm up sets is optimal and at what percentage are those compared to your working sets?

I've been eating around 2200 calories a day and my progress has been good, I haven't weighed myself...

Dude, are you deliberately being obtuse?

I haven't started SL yet, currently I've been doing DB bench press and DB overhead press in the full body routine I've been running. When I start SL I...

I know it doesn't, it utilises barbells instead but my point still stands. I will be able to lift more as fatigue won't set in quite as easy. One of my questions was, should I start lighter than the...

I have said exactly what I'm lifting in an earlier post.

Yes, I will be doing squats, bench, overhead press, bent over rows and deadlift.

I'm doing all these in my current program but I am doing 10 reps and 3 sets, I'm breaking myself in gently as I am...

No, I haven't even started SL yet, ATM I've been doing a typical full body split.