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Hi /fit/

Its my 5th week of beginners stronglifts 5x5 and I was wondering when should I switch to a different routine. My goal isnt to power lift or anything I just want a nice physique(who doesnt). I was thinking of switching to a bodybuilding.com routine when I am ready to. Can you guys help me with a routine I can do? Also, when should I stop doing strong lifts program? I hear from other people that they stop when they can squat 1.5x their bodyweight.
>> Anonymous
Slow down there, if you're looking for results then they will be visible WHEN you can squat 1.5x your own bodyweight. Give it a few months (3-4), that's what I'm doing
>> Anonymous
When you can squat 1.5x your bodyweight and bench 1.2x your bodyweight with good form, pretty much.
>> Anonymous
>>411086
fuck i weigh 200 lbs do i really have to squat 300 shit.... maybe i should wait till i weigh like 150.....
>> Anonymous
>>411104

not sure what height you are, but at my height (6ft1") even if I had 0% body fat, the amount of muscle I'd need to squat 225lbs would push me over the 150lbs, so weighing 150lbs shouldn't really be your goal, unless you're 5ft6" or something. At the moment I can only squat my bodyweight, at 10% bodyfat and weigh 155lbs. By the time I can squat 1.5x, I'll have increased in muscle so it'll be even more than what 1.5x my weight now is.
>> Anonymous
Use the 1.5 as a guideline. If you're a fatcunt with a high bodyfat percentage weighing in at over 9000 pounds, it's not very practical.
>> Anonymous
>>411133
No I'm 145 lbs and right now my current stats are:
5th week
18 years old
5'8 1/2
145 lbs

10/22/08
Squat - 170 lbs
Deadlift - 205 lbs
Bench Press - 105 lbs
Overhead Press - 85 lbs
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So I will most likely reach 1.5x my bodyweight for squats by the end of this year and probably my bench will be at 1.2xmybodyweight as well. I should just worry about getting my goals right now.
>> Anonymous
Man. Guys. *years* not months.
>> Anonymous
no dude... you need to stay on this 5x5 for longer than the end of this year... try another whole year.

Benching 105 @ 145? Squat barely over ur BW?? U have a long way to go buddy...
>> Anonymous
>>411300
How much longer? just give me a number just so I can see what you are saying.

300 lb squat? also i thought this program wouldnt work forever? you sure this program will give me better results than a bodybuilding routine and results as like, hate to say it but brad pitt in fight club? i thought stronglifts was just to build strength.
>> Anonymous
>>411311
IMO, you're still too small to be quitting strong lift program... lets say you gain up to about 155...

Stay on strong lift until Squat is 245-250... bench is 185...dead lift 300+...overhead press 135-145.

You will thank me later... these numbers are NOT out of reach. I was just like you about a year ago... cept I was....

5'10" 140

115 Bench... Didn't squat (played soccer so i guess around 170)... 75 Overhead

Year later....

5'10" 165

235 Bench
315 Squat
390 Dead
155 Overhead

Keep motivated... don't switch to body lifting routines yet... you'll still get bigger through this program
>> Anonymous
>>411327
alright thanks man
>> Anonymous
>>411327
alright thanks man

did you take any supplements or reccommend me any? i only take ON whey protein and fish oil+multivitamins
>> Sponge !!5qxfxHYSQxJ
Ignore these faggots. To have a nice physique you do not need to be strong, and you can do it in a much shorter time than you think. Stronglifts is not the definitive beginner program.

If you want a nice physique, just do isolation on the parts you wish to make grow, get a massive pump in them with medium weights, maybe even light and they will grow. You wont gain much strength but you'll get the physique you want. Concentrate on form and performing the exercises slowly.
>> Anonymous
>>411364
do you have a workout routine as example? link
>> Sponge !!5qxfxHYSQxJ
>>411369

You don't need a routine, make your own. Tailor it to your own needs/body, trial and error. Just say you're doing back/biceps one day, you'd just do a lot of exercises that use those muscles and make sure you have a big pump at the end of it, and you'll grow. Things like bent over rows, upward rows, pullups, lat pulldowns, all variations of bicep curls, etc. There's loads of exercises, just put your own set/reps together and see how you get on.
>> Anonymous
>>411364
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bullman2.htm

what do you think of that workout? looks like bull shit to me. stronglifts looks harder than that
>> Sponge !!5qxfxHYSQxJ
>>411372

In that workout, you focus on muscle tension and the pump to gain size rather than strength. Training for size is completely different to strength, strength requires more effort over less time and strength requires less effort over more time to draw blood into the muscles.
>> Anonymous
>>411374
so you think that workout + diet would really work? how long do you think that would take? im really trying to get that type of body by summer of next year (june)
>> Anonymous
>>411311
>bodybuilding ... results ... brad pitt in fight club
what kind of culture do we live in where "brad pitt in fight club" is the epitome of BODYBUILDING

dude you want "brad pitt in fight club" physique, cut your body fat. FUCKING END OF INQUIRY.
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>>411380
this

be a man and go for the troy look at least
>> Sponge !!5qxfxHYSQxJ
>>411378

Yeah it'd work if you did it right. Just work at it and when you start seeing results you wont care about the time period.
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God
>> Anonymous
>>411364
Isolation exercises for a beginner?
Your the faggot.
>> Sponge !!5qxfxHYSQxJ
>>411449

Yeah g/l growing with compound. Shut up and do some fucking exercise so you know what you're talking about.
>> Anonymous
>>411104
by the time you could squat 1.5x your body weight, you will have done enough exercise that your body weight will be lower than 200 fatty

open up the spreadsheet that comes with the program and RTFM. Plot your weights on a graph and you will see them start to converge as you lose weight and increase strength.
>> Anonymous
>>411374
>strength requires more effort over less time and
>strength requires less effort over more time
DOES NOT COMPUTE