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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!
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SS and SL5x5 are fairly simillar but I beleive SS aims for maximum strength whilst 5x5 sacrifices some outright strength for a simple to use app and ending up being Cross Fit fit.
I just had a quick look at the Starting Strength app. It looks to me 5x5 is the start
Ive only previewed the Starting Strength app, as I have a coach and log book. The first sets of 5 shown in the app are probably warmup sets. But I think you can program what you want to allow intermediate and advanced program flexibility...
3x5 is the goto volume and the norm untill Linear Progression stalls
5x3 allows the intensity to keep going up at more challenging weights whilst keeping the same volume.
Or 1x5 plus 2x5 @85%3x3 allows moderate stress at high intensity for ladies and me being as my revovery is crap from high stress 😂
But thats coupled with volume days of 3x5 @85%Simple Hard Effective-
Simple. A few lifts that use the most muscles over the greatest range of motion
Hard. You always add intensity to each max lift as you adapt.
Effective. Minimise the gym time/work by focusing on form and intensityI've just started to outlift the ladies, so yeah the stronger lads weights are rather frightening.
155kg squats for 3x5 looked to be emotional 😣
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Happy belated birthday ☺
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
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.
If your not strong, you can't do light weights for conditioning, because they are actually heavy 😃