I'm a fatfuck newbie lifter trying to get his life together and have been doing stronglifts for about 2 months now.
I find squats really tiring and I’m normally fucked after finishing them. I haven’t stalled on them, but it makes it difficult to lift heavy during the rest of my workout. I also need to increase the rest between sets and especially after the final set, and this means my workouts are getting longer and longer. I stalled benchpress today because I was just so tired I couldn’t complete my 4th set even though it wasn’t much of an increase from my previous bench workout and should’ve been doable. I know if I don’t do squats at the beginning of my workout I won’t be able to lift heavy as I need 100% energy walking in.
Should I deload my squats, or go from 5x5 to 3x5? I was thinking of only squatting heavy on every other workout also. Or should I just man up and keep going until I truly stall?
I do squats and deadlifts on opposite ends of the week. You need ample time to recover since both lifts use the most amount of muscle
Adrian Ortiz
If you find yourself resting for too long on 5x5 just switch to GSLP
Angel Powell
Have you tried squatting not first?
William Gutierrez
Try doing High volume low intensity for basic conditioning. I skipped squats because I liked dls better, but im getting back into it by doing 1pl8 12x5
Nicholas Ross
I tried squatting after bench instead of before on my previous workout. My bench was a lot easier. I definitely felt weaker on squat than normal and was even more rinsed after the workout. I also felt a bit of involvement and pain in my lower back, I think because I was more tired I found it harder to keep tight form.
Matthew Rivera
As soon as I put the weight onto my shoulders my lower back starts whining with squats now. Should I start doing front squats or deadlift?
Juan Price
more weight =/= more muscle gain
this is the biggest lie in bodybuilding ever.
Christopher Miller
>go from 5x5 to 3x5? Do this regardless
Angel Gray
On all lifts or just when I start to find a lift difficult?
Wyatt Perry
increase reps lower the weight by alot you wont get far like this.
1. Do 3x5 2. Increasing squat and deadlift is the most important thing for beginners. Don't worry about the upper body shit right now suffering for being tired. 3. If you have to rest more than 6 minutes it's too heavy
Logan Walker
Nobody ever got big lifting baby weight
Connor Gutierrez
This, you need to build your work capacity, drop weight and do higher volume for a couple weeks, you’ll notice a difference
James Collins
>Should I deload my squats, or go from 5x5 to 3x5? Yes. You can also do bench before squats on at least one day. You also don't have to lift at max on squats ALL the time.
