ICF 5X5 quick question(poverty reps)

[putnamehere]

i started icf 5x5 yesterday anyways let skip to the point....jason said to start with 75% of ur 1 rep max so lets say ur 1 rep max is 100 lbs on bench squat and DL and let say that my 5 rep max are 85 lbs on all those.... but jason says to start with 75% of 1 rep max( so ill be doing like 75 lbs ) but wait i can do 75x10 even though i can do 75x10 should i stick to 75x5? and up the weight 5 lbs every workout on compounds right? just wanna make sure


btw i can lift more than 100 lbs lol just giving an example

[KS98]

Stick to doing 5 reps, as the program instructs.

[putnamehere]

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[KS98]

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Your question has been answered already.

[wannabebigrick]

as above just stick with the program they way it is written, all strength programs have the first couple of sessions below what you can do as it gives you time to get in the grove of the program so to speak

[putnamehere]

So i start off "light" right?

[wannabebigrick]

So i start off "light" right?

yes

[Phil185]

The other posters in this thread are right. The first answer was a little concise for a curious beginner but the amount of questions that get asked on this site usually call for concise answers. Here's a little bit more info if you're interested:

Starting "light" is very important because you'll be moving up by 5 pounds on every lift every workout. Don't change the rep scheme. It's gonna get heavy fast. The point isn't to do reps to exhaustion after every set while you're starting out. The point is to condition your muscles to get used to the progressive overload that you'll be experiencing every workout so that you'll eventually be lifting much heavier than when you started. Have you watched the full ICF 5x5 video? I'm pretty sure he covers this.