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I’ve always preferred 1x5, but if you’re still learning the movements maybe that works for you. I did 1x5 on Saturday and was fairly dead the day after. 5x5 would have smashed me to bits. And once it gets heavy you’re more likely to lose form doing more sets, which increases the chance of injury.
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Focus on form. 1 x 5 is what you should be doing. It will get heavy soon enough!
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IS there a spreadsheet for mad gainz? I'm looking for some routines that I can do 3 / 4 times a week focussing on different compound areas of the body - mainly as I never know what I'm doing and just use whatever weights are free at the time I'm there
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Stronglifts 5x5
I have completely misread the spreadsheet, and have been doing 5x5 deadlifts, instead of 1x5.
Will I die?
Or shall I just carry on until the weight starts to rack up - I'm enjoying being able to really focus on form and feel the right muscles working.