Olympic lifting 11 times per week messed up my knees, not squatting 5*5 everyday. If anything squatting was therapeutic for my knees. Not saying 5*5 everyday is good(I'd never recommend it to anyone), but that's not how I injured my knees at all.

Personally, I combine 5x5 with medium and long stints of doing no gym work at all. As an added bonus I never have to add more weight to the bar, I can simply do slightly less than last time.

Mark Rippetoe just felt a disturbance in the force

Absolutely love your channel

Really interesting! It would be great to see a video discussing 5/3/1 and your thoughts on that! :)

Brilliant content as always. I've listened to all your podcasts on spotify so i've had to follow you to youtube to get that fix of Sika Strength.

This is why I like greyskull programming. Having some sets of five and the amrap to push volume and auto-regulate. Interesting content lads

Brilliant video, I wish I could of seen this 10 years ago!!

Totally agree. Sometimes I do 3 by 5

Okay, 19 minutes seemed well sufficient to convey the idea that 4x8 on Tuesday and 6x4 on Friday is better than 5x5 twice weekly. Thanks, guys!

This channel is a goldmine

Hi guys, really enjoying the channel so far! Really good content and there needs to be more of an evidence based approach to training advice like these videos. I’m currently undertaking my undergraduate dissertation in the effects of velocity feedback on load lifted in a 1RM back squat. So, I was just wondering if you could do a video on the force-velocity curve and velocity based training. I think people would find it really informative. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, guys! This video has pushed me to consider y'alls coaching program! I sent an email. Thanks for putting out the information and taking the time to make sure that weightlifting "enthusiasts" can get good information.

I just watched this video (and subscribing!) for the first time and you helped me realize how much time I've wasted for the last few years 😂 but this is good! I spent alot time on 5x5 and have tried a modified (masters) Russian squat program afterward. Now I'm in month 3 of the 5/3/1 program, and you've revealed to me that I have ABSOLUTELY NEGLECTED volume and conditioning. I think 5 sets of 10 or 6 sets of 8 is what I need. Would love your thoughts on if I should finish month 3 of this program, and take any time off or deload? Before beginning something more volume/lower intensity. I look forward to your next Q&A!

This was golden.

Loved this video. On the RTA now and I’m super excited to see what PRs I can hit.

been doing doubles in the front squat for far too long. thanks for sharing guys!

Thanks for sharing the info

I am only new to the channel, absolutely excellent content lads really enjoyed it

i might have to come back to this video and your other videos down the road. but you guys seem v knowledgeable (+1 sub) i have 0 background in strength training, i only played sports in school (and am sadly a lot older since then, and haven't done any physical activity since). i came across 5*5 stronglifts years ago and for me as a beginner - it seems perfect. anytime i think about a gym membership, it would be for doing 5*5. i am excited to make some real progress after the lockdown finishes. i want to build up my overall strength, and so i love the compound exercises but also the simplicity of the program.

Foive by foive

I'm curious if, after your push using the 5x5 and 3x10 from Squat Senpai, you have revised your thinking on this.

I do 5x5 to get my body familiar with the exact form I want to keep, with a decently heavy weight, eventually in like a month Im gonna move to a new program for squat

don't you feel that recovery is what is highly underrated and not stressed enough?

Please have a chat or interview or podcast with Alex Bromley about programming.

Pls make an in-depth video on how to recover from porlonged RSI's (especially knee- and quad-tendonitis); which treatments and recovery methods actually works? when and how should you train when injured? which pharmaceuticals can help you recover (over-the-counter aswell as the "prescription" type)? what role does diet play? etc etc. I really need some advice as I keep wasting time from my prime lifting years being injured.... Also what are your thoughts on Starting Strengths?

Mehdi must be laughing all the way to the bank!

Yeah, my biggest problem is work capacity. I don’t like doing more than 5 reps per set on squats. I like to stick to sets of 1-3 reps. So that’s why my work capacity isn’t that good.

is this a direct shot at Clarence?

Old video, but I appreciate this. I’ve been doing starting strength style 3x5 for months. I just switched to Juggernaut and the 5x10 phase is killing me using the estimated training maxes that should have been fairly easy. Do I really related to the mental drain of 5s. I got to a point where I was doing 3x5 at 275lbs but was totally uncomfortable with 315lbs on my back, or going into more than 7/8 reps with even super light weight.

big love

New sub.

Epic wallpaper

am I missing something?..i thought the word was adaptation. is adaption used in Ireland?

Nice

Any thoughts on doing the whole typical training cycles backwards? For example with regards to the squat in a 8 week training cycle, starting with the heaviest work at the begining and then ending the 8 weeks with a much higher volume approach?

Regarding the additional cross sectional area, how would this apply to someone sticking to a certain weight class who’s already on the upper limit of their weight class?

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how much you guys ohp?

So squatting everyday doesn’t work, 5x5 doesn’t work, but Sikastrength squat program does work.... suspicious..

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you missed the point? You make an argument to be skilled in different percept ranges, and you did not talk about why specificity doesn't work, i.e. doing always 5x5, except for fatigue variable.

any thoughts on clusters brah?

Great content! Id love to see more realistic programming content. Good common sense advice gets drowned out by all the hyped up bullshit like squat every day, etc.

nice intro

Toshiki-san would be very disappointed..

I believe the old "Russian squat program" had a lot of 5x5 in it...

what's an algorithm?

5x5 is how I started, but repeatedly burning out on weights between 120-130 stalled my progress a ridiculous amount back when I was a teenager... Probably shouldnt have been doing it 3-4x a week and I wish id just followed something a bit more structured

For the algorithm

Swimming has its own 5x5 It’s called usrpt

I oddly got more bodybuilding benefits from 5x5, but I only squat once a week.

If you do 5x5 properly you won't be able to do it again until next week. Unless you are a rank beginner in which case 3x5 done three times a week is a better option.

5x5s are the 400m/800m races of strength training imo, in terms of them being horrendous

Is the sole dislike Mark Rippetoe's?

What if I do one day conventional DL for 5x5 and the other day trap bar DL for 3x10 or 4x 10 etc

18:16 haha :D

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"Clarence did..." yes but you're not Clarence.

Get rid of that wallpaper for a start

Does liking a comment do anything for the algo

It’s 2020 and people are still lost when it comes to working out. I can’t not laugh. The industry of misinformation. 🙄

Stick to A.S. Prilipen's table and listen to your body. I've put over 100LB on my Deadlift in two years just adhering to these two rules. Some guys can squat 3Xweek (I was one of them). Some guys squat once every 10 days (I am now one of them). I've gained on both. There is no "one size fits all" cookie cutter program out there. If you want something structured, RTS is the best around. Specificity, autoregulation, and using A.S. P's tables are the best way. Even the old school Doug Hepburn programs are great. I've used those for years. Everybody has a stupid "program" to sell. Stop making this shit overcomplicated.

Great video. But man, you guys talk so much😅