Reason being, you just cannot add 5 or 10 lbs to the bar every workout forever. I hate that law of nature as much as you do. Like anything, it doesnвЂ™t last forever though. () вЂ“ I thought Arnold only ever did big heavy compounds as part of a 5Г—5?ДЄ traditional 5Г—5 will build muscle and strengthвЂ¦вЂ¦вЂ¦.for a while. Neither the 5Г—5 program or Arnold are the enemy here, itвЂ™s the over-hypers, marketers and mis-informers. Everything Arnold achieved was because he made that vital decision as a teenager to do that 5Г—5 from Reg Park. Forget the steroids, forget all the high rep isolation work. The irony is, itвЂ™s these associations with Arnold that 5Г—5 marketers use to sell you on their program. There you see how vivid my imagination is. I could have looked like ArnoldвЂ™s twin in 12-16 weeks. Run a slight calorie deficit and watch the fat melt away, do empty stomach walking on rest days. Deadlifts and barbell rows providing all the upper and lower body pulling requirements. Squats every workout, bench press and overhead press to take care of all upper body pushing needs. Three workouts weekly on non consecutive days. I think Stronglifts wouldвЂ™ve won though as thereвЂ™s more simplicity. Instead of doing excessive running and ignorantly starving myself (what can you say, I was dedicated!), I wouldвЂ™ve ran the classic and universally hailed: Stronglifts 5Г—5 OR Jason BlahaвЂ™s 5Г—5 novice template. IвЂ™ll concede, I wish I personally had done a proven 5Г—5 routine way back when at least 25% of my body mass was pure fat. The 5 sets element is meant to be where the hypertrophy is born high load with relatively high volume equals muscle, strength and aesthetics. This is providing your 5th rep is close to maximal in terms of exertion. The вЂsecretвЂ™ logic behind the set and rep scheme is: by doing 5 reps you can use a heavy enough load to call on your higher threshold motor units and fastest twitch muscle fibres. They cater to the minimalist preachers theyвЂ™re inherently simple вЂ“ you do 5 sets of 5 reps with a set weight and once you can do all 5Г—5, you increase the weight. In all seriousness, 5Г—5вЂ™s are very popular and have stood the test of time. Yes, everything.Д®nough sarcasm! Give me the realВ low-down on everything 5Г—5?! You never know guys, maybe theyвЂ™ll get you laid too? 25 reps are the answer to everything. What do we get? 5Г—5ДҐГ—5вЂ™s are said to be the go to for muscle mass, strength development, power building, losing body fat and more. And not just 5, you must multiply it by itself. Contrary to De La Soul, three isnвЂ™t the magic number anymore itвЂ™s five now.

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