Am I ready for the Madcow 5x5 program, and what are some tips on using this program.?
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So I have been lifting for almost 2 years, although the first year was pretty experimenting and not knowing what I was doing (ie. not hitting parallel on squat, sorta bouncing reps on deadlift and bench). For the last year I have been focusing much more on perfect form by hitting ATG or at least far below parallel on all squats and doing slow controlled negatives for bench and reset between each rep of deadlift. I am amost 5'9 and now weigh about 146 in the mornings. My numbers have been about 245 x 5 for squat (~280 1 rm, haven't tested), bench I have done 190 x 3, and deadlift have pulled 295 x 5 and 315 x 1 before. Would these be good enough numbers to start madcow (since it is an intermediate program) and also what are some tips to avoid stalling. Given my previous experience of trying to do some form of linear program, I feel like I would stall pretty quickly if I were to try increasing 5 pounds a week on deadlift and especially bench. Should I set the initial maxes way lower than my real maxes? and by how much. Would the initial 6 weeks of "light weight" actually prepare you to go heavy the remaining half of the 12 weeks without stalling? Any tips would be helpful. Thanks!
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So I have been lifting for almost 2 years, although the first year was pretty experimenting and not knowing what I was doing (ie. not hitting parallel on squat, sorta bouncing reps on deadlift and bench). For the last year I have been focusing much more on perfect form by hitting ATG or at least far below parallel on all squats and doing slow controlled negatives for bench and reset between each rep of deadlift. I am amost 5'9 and now weigh about 146 in the mornings. My numbers have been about 245 x 5 for squat (~280 1 rm, haven't tested), bench I have done 190 x 3, and deadlift have pulled 295 x 5 and 315 x 1 before. Would these be good enough numbers to start madcow (since it is an intermediate program) and also what are some tips to avoid stalling. Given my previous experience of trying to do some form of linear program, I feel like I would stall pretty quickly if I were to try increasing 5 pounds a week on deadlift and especially bench. Should I set the initial maxes way lower than my real maxes? and by how much. Would the initial 6 weeks of "light weight" actually prepare you to go heavy the remaining half of the 12 weeks without stalling? Any tips would be helpful. Thanks!
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