what is y'alls preworkout recommendation? about to run out of c4. worked pretty well. used to use acg3 and really liked that.
i know its not necessary, i just really enjoy the energy boost.
Drink coffee and don't waste your money on that garbage.
Is stronglifts a good workout routine vs starting strength?
Starting Strength can be sustained for longer since it's 3 sets of 5. It's just a better thought out program. Nevertheless, both programs yield good results if done correctly. Done correctly means not fucking around, and adding weight to the bar every session on every lift.
So I squat 3 days a week based on SS, moving up to 175 on Wednesday... How can I incorporate running or cardio into this?
You don't.
Sounds about right for what I was expecting. Love these things, they're so tasty.
edit- sorry to flood with questions, but is it alright to add a 6th or even 7th rep when doing SS? I usually go for 6 or 7 to see how comfortable I feel and if it's time to move up.
If you are able to do sets of 6 or 7 then the weight is not heavy enough to drive the metabolic adaptations we want. There's a reason SS has you doing 3 sets of 5 and not 3 sets of 8 or 3 sets of 7.
The weight on the bar is the only variable you should manipulate.
It also sounds like you are not adding weight to the bar every workout. That's not how SS works. If you are waiting until you "feel comfortable" with the weight you are doing the program wrong.
You don't wait until you feel comfortable and then progress; you add weight to the bar to drive progress. That process is going to be unconfortable by its very nature.
5/3/1 question here for the experts:
I've been doing 5/3/1, BBB for a two weeks but I'm thinking I might have done that too early.
I only do around 205 in the big three lifts.. did I go into the 5/3/1 door too early?
Wendler writes in some blogs that his system is fine for beginners too but I feel that without big number, the normal 5/3/1 on three days is not taxing enough.
I'm considering doing SS to see the number go past 300 maybe.. I honestly can't even imagine those number on the back squat.
Is there a weight number that indicates the 531 programs? Or is it more taste?
The thing with 531 is that progress is slow. With 531, you are adding 5lb to your upper body lifts and 10lb to your lower body lifts every month. whereas with SS you'll be adding 15lb to the squat
per week. There's nothing that prevents a beginner from doing 531, but a beginner will always be better served by a linear progression like SS since a beginner can get stronger much faster since the stress required to drive adaptation is not high enough that he can't recover for his next session. That is in fact the very definition of a beginner, as opposed to an intermediate who can't recover from workout to workout.
The rule of thumb is that you should milk those linear gains for as long as possible. I suggest you go back to SS and do it until you have to reset every lift 3 times. You reset a lift after you stall (you are not able to do 3 sets of 5) for 3 sessions in a row.
After you have reset a lift 3 times, start doing 531 programing on that lift.