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How do you feel after some squats? Is it normal if i don't really feel exhausted?
I'm 18, 150lbs, been squating for a few weeks, i'm now to 125lbs for 5x5. I'm squatting ATG. Getting up is really difficult.
I did 7 sets today because i wouldn't feel like my legs actually worked. They are still feeling fresh. I'm tempted to believe that i didn't work hard enough, even if i struggled on the reps.

Also, why do i get an incredible headache while warming up with the 45lbs bar for my squats? It seems that if i go beyond 6 reps, an horrible pain invades my brain.
>> Anonymous
Pain probably related to breathing and or hydration. Reduce reps increase weight imo. Fucking struggling on third rep ftw.
>> Anonymous
When you do things right and for STRENGTH you often times won't feel decimated as you would with a faggo bodybuilding fail to the fail scheme or if you were doing endurance. Just because you don't feel the impact doesn't meant it's not there.
>> Anonymous
>>106299
that's what i wanted to know for the first part, thanks. when i was using bodybuilding routine i would get pumped and shaking muscles. i guess i was feeling unfamiliar because i didnt have these sensations.

>>106289
breathing huh? that must be it. reducing reps? but i'm at only 5.. i don't know. would Toeripper approve? i train for strenght.
>> Anonymous
I feel pretty tired after a 3x8 squat session, but not tired enough to skip deadlifts...
>> Anonymous
>>106365

you're doinitrite, then. keep it up.
>> Anonymous
>>106310
2-6 reps is your target for training strength
>> Anonymous
>>106398
When can i lower my repetitions then? I think Toeripper had a reason for doing 5 repetitions..
Isn't <5 repetitions for more advance trainees?
>> Anonymous
You need to be squatting MOAR!
I weigh 130lb (~60kg) and i squat roughly 150lb.

Trust me, today I can feel I worked them good.
Also, deadlifts.
>> Anonymous
>>106408
Fine, i will add 10lbs instead of 5lbs to my squats.
Also, deadlifts works legs? Are you shitting me? I was thinking they're a back/hand exercise..
>> Anonymous
unless youre being sarcastic, yes, deadlifts works legs. Its primarily a back excercise, but it activates legs aswell. I personally train a 5 split program and try and keep leg and back workouts far away from eachother for this reason. At 70kg i DL 140x5kg, but I can only squat 110kgx8, due to doing the rookie mistake of skipping my legworkouts my first year of training.. -_-
>> Anonymous
I'm an 18 year old female, 120 lbs at 5'3 (yeah, a bit chubby) but I'm doing squats with 170 for 5 reps...I find that 5x5 or 4x5 works best for squats, then do deadlifts with similar weights right afterwards. Anyone else here do this (squats and DL back-to-back)?
>> Anonymous
>>106406

He explains why in his book - basically, 5 reps hits a few sweet spots

1. it is about the most reps a beginner can do w/o starting to get cns fatigue and use less effective form

2. It is enough reps for significant hypertrophy (muscle growth), but not too many for significant strength increase

3. It is not as taxing on the CNS as 1-3 rep sets, this can be real bad if you have not developed form.
>> Anonymous
>>106282
5x5?
try doing more repititions and lower the weight.
low repititions are difficult to feel any sort of exhaustion from because the ability to do the rep is different. you could do five reps of 200 pounds and no matter how hard you try can't do a sixth rep. if you lower it to 170, you can do upwards from nine and really exhaust the muscle and also do partial reps (squat to about half way)
do some shocking principles as well to get a different stimulus. try this: when you hit the final rep, stay standing for an extra 10 seconds and try another one. legs can go through alot of torture, so they need to be worked hardcore.
also, try placing your feet differently, toes in/toes out, on a smith machine, with dumbbells, anything. if you've hit a plateau break it!
>> Anonymous
>>106468
>smith machine

GTFO OF MY FIT YOU FUCKING MORON

also the rest of the advice was bad too.
>> Anonymous
>>106468

Dude, he is training STRENGTH, the ideal amount of reps for that is 3-7. Any more is bodybuilding, the shit you do for muscle mass.

Faggot.

How long have you been doing Squats ? The body get`s used to an exercise, muscle stimulation almost goes to zero. I would recommend doing other types of Squats. Hack Squats, Smith Squats, etc... anything that changes the routine your body is so familiar with at the moment.

Hear me out kid, change your routine at least every two months. Or else your gains (whatever they might be) will stop appearing.

Same with benching, change dumbbells for barbell, and with all exercises. Our body is an intelligent machine, it will get used to anything that comes and comes and comes.

Hope I helped a little.
>> Anonymous
if you're not making or barely making reps, then you are in no position to put the weight up. but feel free to do it for comic effect.

headache might be from a high bar position compressing your spinal column nerve thingy.

>>106310
>>breathing huh? that must be it. reducing reps? but i'm at only 5.. i don't know. would Toeripper approve? i train for strenght.

fuck you and fuck your toeripper, nigger. maximal strength is developed with three to seven heavy singles at or above 90% of your 1rm. people only do 5x5 because a) they don't know any better b) 1rm work can be dangerous c) they can't handle 1rm work d) they're not interested in that level of exertion.

5x5 will get you strong, but not like 1rm or 3rm work. guess what? the heavier the weight you lift, THE STRONGER IT MAKES YOU. goddamn.

>>106468
except he's training for strength.
>> Anonymous
>>106479
holy shit, i'm sorry, i didn't expect ronnie fucking coleman to be in /fit/, fuck my mouth shut
>> Anonymous
>>106476
dude, smith machines are different from working with freeweights. you can't exactly fucking put your feet behind or ahead of you with freeweights unless you can hover.
also you can put more weight on a smith machine.
smart ass
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>106310
The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. Let's say you train your biceps, blood is rushing in to your muscles and that's what we call the pump. Your muscles get a really tight feeling like your skin is going to explode any minute and its really tight and its like someone is blowing air into your muscle and it just blows up and it feels different, it feels fantastic. It's as satisfying to me as cumming is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym, I'm getting the feeling of cumming at home, I'm getting the feeling of cumming backstage, when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night. It's terrific, right? So I am in heaven.
>> Anonymous
>>106543

Go cum elsewhere pumpfag.
>> Anonymous
>>106496

Of steel?
>> Anonymous
>>106565
lurk moar