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im planning on giving it a go? any one have any success?

from what ive read on here it seems to work for most people, i dont do it myself so cant say from experience, but it definately seems to work for other people on here!

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It seems to work for everyone mate go for it, the only thing I didn't like was squatting every session which is 3 days a week but like I said its worked for most! Let me know how you find it

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I haven't done the 5x5 personally, but I do a lot of power lifting which gives you a great base. Do it up!

I've done it at various points throughout the past 5 years or so. Great program, but you definitely have to cycle off of it as heavy training year-round will eventually take its toll on you.

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how long would you reccomend doing it for then?

I would recommend it for 6-9 months, depending on your progress. If you are still making gains with it then continue a couple more months, but after 9 months you should probably switch to an intermediate program that has you increasing the weight weekly or monthly as opposed to every workout. After a 6 month stretch of 5x5, you could try Madcow or 5/3/1.

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awesome, was planning on doing it until my birthday thats in may, so it all works out perfectly

That's why I rate deload weeks as being an important part of a training program; they allow optimal recovery without interfering with continual strength gains/muscular adaptation.

Does 5x5 not factor them into their waves? It's one program I'm not overly familiar with.

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the only deload thats factored in is ifyou dont manage to complete the 5x5 of a certain weight in three consecutive sessions you deload by 10% and keep on from there. a sort of 2 steps forward 1 step back approach.

Check out my log i was on a 5x5 for almost 13 weeks . Worked well for me .

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I have never done a real 5x5 workout but cross fit hits all the muscles almost every other day. I have been following it for almost a year now and I got decent results. I think I need to switch to more of a traditional 5 day split to isolate groups more and allow more time for regeneration.

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I've been on it since October, 2012 and made some good gains. More than I ever thought I would at age 43. The only limiting factor was myself. You can read myStronglift journal on my site, which covers the initial 12 week program. Good luck.

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I've been doing icecream fitness full body 5 x 5 and love it... squats and deads improving every session