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I was 51 yesterday!
Happy belated birthday ☺
I’m not sure I understand your point. More sets means more weight - obviously. This all presumes that, as you lift heavier, you can actually lift it. Failure is part of the process. Fail three times and the weight drops by 10%.
If strength if being able to produce a force against a load, your 1RM. For the same amount of gym time/suffering, your probably going to be stronger from higher intensity (weight) and lower volume(total reps). I used to do 6x25 bodyweight squats most mornings but that didn't make me strong. Strong Lifts puts more emphasis on volume compared to higher intensity with Starting Strength
The last point is - why are you doing it?
I started repairing windows and doors for a living. One of my first jobs was for a tripple glazed patio door, which was close to impossibly heavy.
I've had back pain regularly for the past 20 years and was always careful/worried when lifting something. Or sneezing wrong.
Being way stronger than previously, it aso helped blag and enjoy a 37 mile and 44 mile hilly ultra with a stupidly low amount of training miles.
StrongLifts and Starting Strength are for strength training. There will be other plans for other goals. My friend, who is younger, stronger and fitter then me does weights to maintain strength and improve conditioning. He does more reps at lighter weights for this although his ‘lighter weights’ are close to my maximum!
If your not strong, you can't do light weights for conditioning, because they are actually heavy 😃
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Thanks for the birthday wishes.
I just had a quick look at the Starting Strength app. It looks to me 5x5 is the start. Same as Stronglifts. Obviously with the different lift.
I’m not sure I see a difference between the two barring the power clean.
At the end of the day, it’s what you are happy doing. For proven info in relation to this, search Greg Nuckols website. The answer will be there. Mike Matthews bases a lot of his plans on Nuckols research so there may be an answer on his site (and it will be easier to understand).Re. My mate - he did twenty 100 kg squats in brogues and a dress shirt to show me issues I had with form in my squat. I was impressed and distressed at the same time!
TGR
I was 51 yesterday! I’m not sure I understand your point. More sets means more weight - obviously. This all presumes that, as you lift heavier, you can actually lift it. Failure is part of the process. Fail three times and the weight drops by 10%.
I think (don’t quote me) that if you plateau on StrongLifts you move to a 3x5 plan.
I’ve been doing it on and off for about three years and haven’t properly plateaued. Due to injury, work, holidays etc i had to stop. Depending when you can start back, the weight will drop - either back to the beginning or a substantial drop from where you left off.
I think you can set the StrongLifts app for 3x5.
The last point is - why are you doing it?
StrongLifts and Starting Strength are for strength training. There will be other plans for other goals. My friend, who is younger, stronger and fitter then me does weights to maintain strength and improve conditioning. He does more reps at lighter weights for this although his ‘lighter weights’ are close to my maximum!