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Which is better for bulking? Anonymous
Two question /fit/.

Which is better for bulking, '5x5' or '5x till failure'?

When I do the latter, I usually end up going like 5x7, 5x6, 5x5...etc and so forth, as my sets go up, my reps go down (since I usually go to failure).

Should I stick strictly to 5x5 throughout the excercise, or is it better to go to failure?
On more question. How good is seaweed for protein. I was reading the nutritional value of seaweed the other day and for every 2.5g, you get 1g of protein. That means for every 50g (which are what things are USUALLY measured by) of seaweed, you get 20g of protein! So, anyone actually tried gobbling down seaweed instead of nuts to see if it's worth it as a snack or not?
>> Anonymous
bump
>> Anonymous
it's 5x5 for a reaosn
>> Anonymous
>>382748
>it's 5x5 for a reaosn
No it isn't. Every program is arbitrary, and within a certain range, most of them work about the same.

Whether you do 5x5 or 3x10 or one set to failure doesn't really matter as long as you stress your functional tissues with heavy resistance and don't tear anything.

Don't hurt yourself. Keep increasing the weights. Eat decently. Get enough rest. Balance your development. Warm up, cool down, and stretch.

It's that simple.
>> Anonymous
if you can do more than 5 reps, you are not lifting heavy enough, and thus are missing the point
>> Anonymous
ITS FOIGHTAN ROUND THE WORLD!
>> Anonymous
up the weight so it's more like 5x5, 5x4,etc and see how that works for you
>> Anonymous
Training to failure trains your body to fail.
>> Anonymous
eating to failure
>> Anonymous
>>382791
That's what my current workout is (kind of).

Should I switch to 5x5?

If I DO pile on wieghts til I start off @ 5x5 (instead of the usual 5x7 starting), powering down to 5x4, then 5x3, then would that be better?

By the 3rd set, I can only do around 3 reps, so Im not sure if that's enough reps to actaully make a difference.
Anyways, anyone try the seaweed idea?
>> CWheezy !!bJFrM5LONOF
Eating more is better for bulking.

Also, doing like 8-12 reps makes your body focus more on hypertrophy instead of strength.
>> Anonymous
>>382699
5*5 isn't a bulking program.
>> Anonymous
It depends what your body type is. If you are naturally lean and thin, you should be doing very intense exercises, including taking it to failure and beyond. But you should do only five or six work sets for each muscle group and let yourself rest a long time between each set and each trip to the gym.

If you're more meso or endomorph, you'd do better lifting as close to your maximum as possible for 1-5 reps and more volume
>> Anonymous
>>383012
Thank you.

Im a skinny guy btw, so I guess I should be taking it to failure?

Anyways, is it true though that 8-12 = muscle size increase, NOT 5x5? I was lead to believe that 5x5 = muscle AND strength increase.
>> CWheezy !!bJFrM5LONOF
>>383012
Dear fucking god no, DO NOT DO EVERYTHING TO FAILURE!

Yes, going to failure every once in a while is good. Doing it every set is fucking awful, it's really hard on your body, and you wont get a lot of benefit from it, because you can basically only do one set.

>>383018
Everything you do gains size and strength (if you're putting more calories in then you're burning), some rep schemes allow for greater growth of one or the other. 8-12 is the general example that I know of for a focus on bodybuilding instead of strength.

You'll get stronger, just not as quickly as you would other ways.