Hi guys, i've just bought myself 2x10kg dumbbell, ez barbell and a bench. Been trying the Rippletoe's workout 3 times a week like below,

Workout A
3x5 Squat
3x5 Bench Press
1x5 Deadlift

Workout B
3x5 Squat
3x5 Standing military press
3x5 Power cleans

My question is, this program need to progressively increase on the weight to get results. But since i only workout at home with limited weight, what should i do to get results from this workout. I'm really quite interested with this program because almost everybody said they get good results with it. After few times working with this program, i don't really feel much on my body. So can i add reps/ set? I'm not going to the gym because of my work nature. Pls guide me, i'm a totally beginner is this.

People normally use a straight barbell for Rippetoe's program.
I have never seen anyone use an EZ barbell for those workouts.
Check around the net how to clean, press, squat and deadlift with
dumbbells since you don't have much option.

No way around but to add more weight. You don't feel much on your
body is because the weights are too low for those type of workouts.
If you just bench press 20+kg, then push ups are way harder.

change the program?

can i just add rep or set to add somemore workout to the program above?

sigh, you dont understand. its called 5x5 for a reason. its designed for strength gains. now do you think you would gain strength deadlifting 20 kilos? just do a bodypart split like most of us here do. do as many reps as possible (until failure) since you cant change your weight.

I've been thinking of writing my own workout program to suit myself after just now workout. I tried full body workout with each muscle group 1 exercise, my body is tired but my main muscle if not quite sore like i use to do. I divided my muscle group into 9 groups like below.

Chest, back, leg, calves, forearm, bicep, triceps, shoulder, abs.

So now i'm thinking about splitting my muscle to 2 groups A & B. So 2 weeks work each muscle group 3 times, is it ok to do this?

M - rest
T - Workout A
W - rest
T - Workout B
F - rest
S -Workout A
S - Rest

M - rest
T - Workout B
W - rest
T - Workout A
F - rest
S -Workout B
S - Rest


If this is ok, how should i separate my muscle group to get the max out of it?I plan to put abs into both workout because some article said that abs recover quite fast.

i'm currently doing:
chest + biceps
back + triceps
shoulders
legs

abs are done once a week, will be cluster training once i think i reach my optimum weight.
cardio (basketball) will be done on non training days, but sometimes i do play bball right after a gym session, depends on schedule

each workout session for me takes about 1-1.5 hours. but since you're doing your workouts at home, why not make it like 5 times a week? convenience is the main reason why you have a home gym right?

cannot 5 times, cause my work requires me to overnight at office sometimes. So better if can 3 times a week, at least OT still can postpone the workout to the next day, at least wont miss a groups of muscle. If u were to split that 9 groups of muscle into 2 days, how would u do it?

I was thinking like

M - rest
T - Workout A
W - rest
T - Workout B
F - rest
S -Workout A
S - Rest

M - rest
T - Workout B
W - rest
T - Workout A
F - rest
S -Workout B
S - Rest


Workout A - Chest, Triceps, Shoulders, Leg, Abs

Workout B - Calves, Back, Biceps, Forearm, Abs

Choose 2-3 Exercise for each muscle groups.
Each exercise do 3 sets of 8-12 Reps.

At least each muscle group can rest for atleast 3 to 4 days. What u guys think?can use this program?teach me something pls.

looks alright, go ahead and try it. most important is that you do your workouts