I'm an ectomorph and started SL 5x5 about 2 months ago.
I went from 125lbs to 135lbs (+10 gain).
Current stats:
Squat: 190
Bench: 145
OHP: 80
Bent over row: 135
Although I made some decent strength and size gains, I feel like switching to a hypertrophy routine to truly maximize size gains. I've been skinny my whole life and just want to be big for once.
What are your thoughts and opinions on this?
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Keep going.
1 year of ss minimum, stop getting antsy
Do 531 for beginners for 3 months and then do nsuns
Are my stats decent for a beginner, considering im 135lbs?
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ok for one should eat and get those numbers up, contrary to popular belief you can exhaust novice gain very early (get your squat and dl close to 315, your bench close to 225, your ohp close to 135) once you fail and adjust twice you jump into hypertrophy.
alternatively I'd do upper lower split doing 2 days of strenght, 2 days of hypertrophy (upper, lower, x, upper, lower, xx) to get a good mix of strenght and volume.
Isn't Ops pic the chick that was bragging about raping some 14yr old kid in a movie theater?
>i'm quitting a program i started a program 2 months ago
you are a fucking retard
especially because the third month of SL5x5 is where you start to actually see gains, why the fuck would you waste time with the easy half of it if you're going to puss out on the other half that actually produces results?
why aren't you deadlifting?
Its Riley Reid did she actually do that
>i gained 10lbs over 3 months
>3lbs lean bodymass a month is the most you can expect to hit without roids, regardless of routine
is there something wrong with your brain?
Deadlifts are at 165, forgot to add sorry
I'm just impatient
what are some good auxiliary lifts for SL5x5? currently doing a shoulder and lower back routine on sundays and ab calisthenics every non-lifting day. i want to prevent injury mainly
Honestly I started out working out every other day but it started to take a toll on my body -- was very fatigued.
I do stricty Mon/Wed/Fri. I added dips and planks on my Workout A (bench day) and pullups and traps on Workout B (deadlift day)
no not at all my GF lifts that shit and she barely works out.
>i want to prevent injury mainly
ask Jeff, but whatever you do, don't try to negotiate
better than mine, started RP beginners 5x5 a month ago and i barely had any improvement
Way better than me. I'm at 140lbs, been lifting off an on for almost a year. I'm at around the same squat, everything else much lower. What's your DL?
get stronger before switching
eat more
I'd like to know the answer too. Please post source to this story. I need some jerkoff material for tonight.
I was going to call you a fucking retard, but then I saw OP's stats. OP you need to get stronger. Add weight to you liftsevery week, and stay on SL/SS until you can't add weight. Then you can switch programs.
Also where the fuck is your deadlift?
Why aren't you deadlifting more than you're squating.
Deadlifts and deadlift variations.
Anyone have an actual reason for why you should stay with SS for so long? I was with SS for about 4 months then switched to PPL which I've been doing for about 2 months now. On PPL I saw my lifts and muscle size grow almost week by week, I'm the biggest I've ever been. If I went with the SS for a year meme I reckon I'd be half my current size.
>I was with SS for about 4 months
What were lifts after that?
I don't understand the question brother
Are you 5'5?
because they're retarded and they're forcing the program to work, yet it doesn't anymore.
>woah I wonder why my bench isn't going up, I should probably lower the weight for the tenth time, I am sure that will work
if these niggas ever gave the book a read they'd know it doesn't take long to stop seeing results, around 2 to 6 months at most.
that's why Rippetoe says is ok to make it your focus if you're an athlete and pause all other training, that's why he says is ok to bulk up for that long.
>135 lbs
>Those numbers 2 months in
Are you some sort of very athletic midget?
Honestly theres really no need to hop off a linear progression program as an adult male until you near a 1000lb total. Just eat more, sleep better, drink water, take creatine. Hopping into a more complex routine would be a waste of your time as you haven't entirely exhausted your noob gains. Hypertrophy and strength aren't mutually exclusive. If you feel like you're plateauing consider changing up your accessories and increasing volume. The farther you go, the less you have to strictly follow the program by the book because you're finding your individual strengths and weaknesses you need to cater too. But you're always going to S/B/D so youll always keep the foundation.
>All this shit advice
If you actually read any of these starting programs they are supposed to go like this.
Start program and do it as outlined, Stall -> Reset, Stall -> Reset, Stall -> Change to intermediate program
This takes 3 to 9 months depending on your genetics.
Switch to Hypertrophy after finishing your starting program and at least one or two cycles of an intermediate program.
nigga isn't that the episode where she changes gravity the whole time?
Is the 1000lb for bench/squat/deadlift or ohp/bench/squat/dl? Also, does doing strength first allow for hypertrophy work to do more for you?
great stats for a twink
don’t lift too much and take a good care of your boipucci so big boys can fug
Look at these degenerate faggots
Not OP, but doing a similar move. This an alright routine? I've seen PHUL recommended several times.
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Don't listen to all these fucking idiots. If you want hypertrophy, do a routine that has hypertrophy. I spun my wheels on strength routines for a year and a half, looked exactly the fucking same (not to mention I felt exhausted all the time), switched to reddit PPL and saw a noticeable increase in muscle mass within two months. And I have way more energy, I find.
Ideally something like reddit PPL is good because it still has the compounds and still has linear progression.
Lifting 135lbs 3x12 won't do shit to build muscle. You need a foundation of strength to actually do a hypertrophy routine effectively.
do 5x5 heavy ass compound lifts and supplement them with some volume isolation exercises (tricep pushdowns, curls, lat raises, calf raises etc)
once you start getting near 1/2/3/4 switch to bodybuilding routine
stats, retard