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alien9
post Jun 20 2012, 09:37 PM

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All your questions have been covered in the stronglifts 5x5 report. I know it because I've done it. But you said it was confusing so let me explain to you.

1. All these exercises (squat, bench press, OHP) start with an empty bar (the bar weights 45lbs)
2. The deadlift and pendlay row start with 65lbs (bar + 10lbs plate x 2)
3. You can add your weight after you have successfully lift 5 sets of 5 reps with good form (no jerking, no cheating, no half rep).
4. For squat, OHP, bench press and pendlay row, add 5 lbs if you succeed (see no. 3)
5. For deadlift, add 10lbs if you succeed (see no.3)
6. If you fail to do your lift, do the same weight for the next workout (If on Monday you fail to lift 200lbs on squat, then on Wednesday do squat with 200lbs)
7. If you fail to do 200lbs squat 3 times, change the routine to 3x5.
8. Deadlift routine would be 1x5 so if you fail (refer to no.6) do 1x3.

That is enough of spoon feeding so I guess you should be able to answer your own question especially this one:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=52373008

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alien9
post Jun 20 2012, 10:37 PM

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QUOTE(potemkin @ Jun 20 2012, 09:50 PM)
I'd be a bit more conservative on item number 2. While it's nice to troll dudes on /fit/ and misc about not being able to do 60kgs on your first and call them subhuman scum , i myself wasn't able to DL that amount when i started , let alone row.

For me , i started with an empty bar and added 10kgs each time till i stalled.
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65lbs is a shy of 30kg. How can you do deadlift with an empty bar? You lift it from the floor or? And you increase a lot of weight which is 10kg (22 lbs) where as you only need to add 5lbs/10lbs depending on the exercises.

Btw, lbs is not equivalent to kg. 65lbs is not 65kg. 65kg is 143lbs. Again, I'm using lbs here, not kg.
alien9
post Jun 21 2012, 07:51 PM

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QUOTE(Snowguy2068 @ Jun 21 2012, 04:11 PM)
I did this today
Workout A
squats 20kg 5x5'
B.press 20kg 5x5
B.rows 15kg 5x5

biceps curls 30lbs 5x5
abs crunch 35lbs 3 sets of 1
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QUOTE(Snowguy2068 @ Jun 21 2012, 05:08 PM)
it is an empty bar
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If you said that you are lifting an empty bar? How can you do a 15kg barbell row? The bar weight is 45lbs/20kg? rclxub.gif

And if you do said that you lift and empty bar today, your barbell row should be 29.5kg/65lbs.

And, if you want to do another exercise, it is better for you to add chin up and dips instead of biceps curl. And you don't have to do crunches. Squat and deadlift will train your core for you.
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post Jun 22 2012, 12:59 PM

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QUOTE(Snowguy2068 @ Jun 22 2012, 12:28 PM)
the gym said the bar was 15 kilos
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The 7 feet Olympic Barbell?
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post Jun 22 2012, 03:00 PM

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QUOTE(Snowguy2068 @ Jun 22 2012, 02:57 PM)
there is two. the trainer says got one is 15 one is 20
not so sure.
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The 7 feet Olympic Barbell weights 20kg/45lbs. The 15kg should be the normal barbell. Btw, you should start Pendlay Row with 65lbs, not with 15kg.

 

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