Is 5x5 a meme?

Yes.

5x5 will turn you into a fat bloated DYEL

3x10 will turn you into a shredded aesthetics crew gymshark fitness model athlete with that full, hard, grainy and shredded looking body 100% natural.


Like seriously, how do you not know this already?

>>39207247
This

>>39207211
5x5 will LITERALLY add fat to your body, since the hydrometabolicization of the muscles during short stress. I'd stay away from anything under 10 reps.

You should honestly lower the weight and do 6x15 if you want MAD gains.

no 5x5 is 25

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3x5 + 2 drop sets of 10-15 reps

get at me faggots

5x5 will make you stronger but you won't build any muscle. you need to do 3x8 if you want to build muscle

3x5 for new weights, 5x5 for strength gains, 3x5-8 for accessories, 3x10 for hypertrophy, 5x10-15 for endurance(women)

i was really stalling doing 5x5 and some fool recommended me doing 3x8 instead and ive never been weaker, ive been making up for it by going hard at 25x2

"5x5 is the reason the civil war started, literally worse than hitler"

-- Abraham Lincoln

>>39207275
>>39207247
If you're starting out, don't go for heavier weights. These guys are right. Heavier weights literally burn your muscle, so enjoy your no gains. When you are a beginner, you only need that stimulus for the muscle, and low weight-high rep training is great for that.

>>39207404
the old Arnold 25x2, a classic.

I recall hitting 85lb with this method and increased muscle mass by the dozen. I recommend it to all my bros!

Fuck, I'm too new here to tell if you guys are being sarcastic or not. I did 5x5 this summer and it seemed to be okay, then switched to 3x8 recently and feel like a weak little bitch. I'd that the way to go, or should I do 6x15 or 3x10?

>>39207211
>is a set/rep scheme used by the greatest bodybuilders and powerlifters over the last 75 years a meme?

Probably

>not doing 1 x 50
dyel?

>>39207275
Been lifting for almost 6 months..
What would you recommend?
Should i get up to 2pl8s 1 rep max with 5x5 before going for mass?

>>39207552

do 90x1 to get the same volume as 6x15 with better strength gains

>>39207632
>not doing 22.5x4
stay pleb

325 x .5

>protip: half-reps

>>39207726

this is the optimal way to maximize both volume and intensity, and hence gains. if you're not doing this then you're wasting your time lifting

>>39207625
No brah that's a waste of time. Hitting 2 plate won't give you mass. Do a 4x12 with a moderate to low level of weight for massive gains

>>39207211
5x5 sucked for me. 4x8.

>>39207826
alright man. can i wave good bye to my 70kg max rep on the bench then?

Is changing SL5x5 to SL3x8 a good idea?

>>39207908
It's good but SL 9x178 is better.

I have a feeling this is all meming

I'll stick to 5x5

Is meme meme a meme? Meme meme meme meming meme me meme. Meme.


Fuck this meme meme is getting meme.

If I do 60x7 cable bench but do jumping jacks between sets will I lose gains?

5x5 is a meme. 3x10 is better because the body needs to get used to the weight not only that you're going to be doing ugly-ass form with low reps

>>39207211

No, it's a thing people actually do.

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/thread right here

>>39208085
Wow meaningless pictures with no source kys

>>39207625

Depends bro. If you want to look good, just stick to meme reps and decent weight.

If you want mass, go around 8 and increase the calories.

If you want to be a true memer, cut and do 5x5 strength lifts. I am slowly metephorphsising into a god.

>>39208085
Wow top sources m8.
Bet you got that from the New England Journal of Broscience.

>>39207552
just do 5x5 and if the you cant lift 5 reps with a higher weight then just do 3 reps

>>39208085
>sarcoplasmic hypertrophy
when will this meme end

>>39207247

People don't under stand that MUSCLES dont make you strong your CNS does. 8-12 is the only range for MUSCLE growth while everything else trains CNS, JOINTS AND TENDONS.

>>39208121
I'll do 3x10 from now on i think

>not doing 8x6
breh

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>>39208085
>source
>himself
>mfw

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>>39208085

>7 reps
>Doing anything

Pick one

>>39207211
Read the sticky. Fuck. No it's not a fuckin meme if you do it CORRECTLY. Which means if you read rippletits' book then you know to add accessories.