5x5

If you're supposed to lift to failure on your first set, shouldn't you theoretically not be able to lift the same amount of times by your fifth set?

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You're supposed to rest 3-5 minutes to let your adenosine triphosphate replenish, which will allow you to do maximal effort once more.

>If you're supposed to lift to failure on your first set
says literally who

>5x5
SS has 3x5, idk why you would do a bastardized version of ss

who is that
i need to masturbate to her

jessicababyfat

You are not supposed to lift to failure on your first set.

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you are supposed to wait at least 24 hours between sets

Why not? I do 5x8 and I usually lift to failure every set. Why even lift if you aren’t pushing yourself?

volume>intensity

So if I do 100 x 1000 of 1lb bench press I’ll get super gainz? Retard.

obviously not

>water is good
>"So if it drink 300 gallons of it it's good? Retard"

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So what is a respectable range then, for sets and reps?

3 sets of 5 reps

What about when lifting dumb bells. I see dudes lifting and supersetting. What's the deal with reps in the 8-12 range?

He’s fucking retarded. 8-12 range is where you want to be and there is very little disagreement except in fringe circles. Jow Forums is very often not a reliable source of information.

So why is 5x5 so popular? I'm legitimately confused. I'm focusing on weight loss right now so I do an hour of cardio daily, but twice a week I do weights as well, and I just wanna know when to godddamn stop lifting. How does a beginner figure out how many sets/reps/exercises to do?

u are a fuckn retard

bump

5x5 lets you do heavier weight for strength training. I personally prefer 5x5 for compound movements and 3x8-12 for isolation.

5x5 is typically 80-90% of your 1 rep max. They say lifting heavy promotes better/faster muscle growth rather than low weight/high reps.
I guess if you don't know what you should be 5x5'ing do your 1 RM and then do 90% 5x5.

for a sub 2/3/4/5 lifter
anything 5-10 reps with 15+ sets per week between 70-85% of 1rm

Choose a beginner lifting program Follow the progression. Literally any of them is fine.

nonono
for power you should do 3-4 sets of 3-5 reps
8-12 is hypertrophy you dip

for the 3-6 rep range, 24 total reps is optimal for strength gains and 5x5 is just a nice round number to approximate that

No one on this board knows or cares about cellular respiration, glycolysis, or the electron transport chain used to synthesize ATP.

Just say you need to have longer rest so your muscles can recoup

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See

dyel who still does beginner routines and hasn't heard of Texas Method