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Originally Posted by DavenportESQ
Im not saying your wrong by any means if it works for you thats gravy.
3x5 isn't nearly enough work sets for me to make substantial gains and to feel a good workout. Even with a good warm up I feel like I am stronger on my 5th,6th,7th sets
Another idea would be to work in box squats..Especially if you are doing power clean and dead lifts...There are many correlations in gains of pulling strength from working box squats and safety squats.
The idea with box squats is that you have that relaxation and then the "clench" or gathering to get off the box.
The idea with safety squats is that you can do such extreme overloading that you get a heavier workout on the legs
Again, you know your body better than anyone these are just some things that worked for me and that I have learned/heard over the years
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I am moving enough weight at my current strength that 3 sets at 5 reps is enough that I am tired after. I have only been lifting for about 18mo. For quite a bit of that time, I was tooling around, doing various splits but without a real goal.
I've been following the Starting Strength workout, and I'm really just learning how my body responds to this stuff. Prior to this workout cycle, I'd not followed a single workout plan for long enough to really see it's effects. Right now, I'm feeling good and am starting to look for some more things to add in.
Doing some research on what I want to do from here, but I think it will be expanding my current workout a bit and incorporating a few more exercises. I've been reading Practical Programming for Strength Training, (Rippetoe and Kilgore, same authors as Starting Strength) and I think I'm going to be looking at their intermediate splits by the end of the month. I don't recall exactly what that incorporates, but I'll post it up after I get home and re-read that section. I am feeling the need for a change, however, as my progress has definitely slowed.