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I`ve trained HST for a year now and have had amazing results. Although my LBM gains are still strong, I`ve noticed my maxes not moving up as much as I`d hoped. Saw a post regarding doing a strength cycle (5x5), it made sense (i.e. augment my HST regimen with a strength cycle to up my maxes) so I`m ready to give it a good go.
Read quite a bit on 5x5 and this link seemed to clear up a lot of my questions:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum....unt=381
Question 1: Say all my core lifts are 100kg for 3 x 5 in HST, even if I could complete 5 sets of my max, would it be advisable to start out do the first week or 2 of the cycle at 80 to 90% of my 3x5 max (from HST) and then work up to my PR in weeks 3 and 4?
Question 2: Understandably the pyramid`d 5x5 set will be higher than the straight 5x5 but should I guestimate over my HST 5rm or under to play it conservative for the 1x5?
Question 3: Answered already. Looks like I`ll try my hand at deads.
Question 4: Was considering doing squat, bench & row or lat pulldowns as the core lifts straight through with ham curls as a 4th excercize thrown in to keep things rounded out. Is this a problem?
Question 5: Military press once/week, is that really enough? Should I just drop this and focus on the core lifts?
Any feedback and/or tips would be greatly appreciated. I don`t let my ego get in the way of my lifting and I`m presuming going lighter at first is better but would like to hear from the more experienced out there.
Cheers,
Goal220
Read quite a bit on 5x5 and this link seemed to clear up a lot of my questions:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum....unt=381
Question 1: Say all my core lifts are 100kg for 3 x 5 in HST, even if I could complete 5 sets of my max, would it be advisable to start out do the first week or 2 of the cycle at 80 to 90% of my 3x5 max (from HST) and then work up to my PR in weeks 3 and 4?
Question 2: Understandably the pyramid`d 5x5 set will be higher than the straight 5x5 but should I guestimate over my HST 5rm or under to play it conservative for the 1x5?
Question 3: Answered already. Looks like I`ll try my hand at deads.
Question 4: Was considering doing squat, bench & row or lat pulldowns as the core lifts straight through with ham curls as a 4th excercize thrown in to keep things rounded out. Is this a problem?
Question 5: Military press once/week, is that really enough? Should I just drop this and focus on the core lifts?
Any feedback and/or tips would be greatly appreciated. I don`t let my ego get in the way of my lifting and I`m presuming going lighter at first is better but would like to hear from the more experienced out there.
Cheers,
Goal220