Progression with 5x5 routine

[Nathangarlike]

Hey sorry if this has been posted before but i was wondering if just changing the 5x5 rep scheme to say 4x6 then to 3x8 and then going back to 5x5 is a good way to progress? I enjoy the principles of the 5x5 scheme and i was just curious if this method will help me keep from burning out from lifting heavy for too long. Or would it be recommend to switch routines from 5x5 to give the muscles a break?

 

[P-funk]

what is your exact routine?

If you are talking about progressing it in the way that the traditional Bill Starr 5x5 program was set up then you would go 5x5 for 3-4 weeks, week 5 is 3x3 with the saem weight you used to do 5x5 in week 4 and then weeks 6-9 are 3x3 ramping up weight like before and dropping the squatting on day 2.

after that program I would take a week off and then do some higher rep lifting to give the joints a break for a few weeks before starting over again or move onto a different program. (see the thread I started "P-funk's training program" for an idea.).

Post your exact routine and how long you have been doing it and then it will be easier to progress fromthere

 

[Nathangarlike]

Monday - Chest/Bi's

BB Bench Press 5x5
DB Incline Press 5x5
Dips 1xfailure
BB Curls 4x6
Incline Db Curls 4x6

Tuesday - Legs/Calves/Abs

Squats 5x5
SLDL 5x5
Standing Calf Raises 4x12
Abs

Wednesday - Day off (sometimes Football drills depends how the legs feel)

Thursday - Shoulders/Tri's

Standing Military Press 5x5
Horizontal(side) DB raises 3x8
Weighted Dips 4x6
Standing skullz (forget correct term) 4x6

Friday - Back/Traps/Neck/Forearm (may seem like a lot of volume but i dont think its too to much to handle)

Deads 5x5
Lat Pull-Downs 3x8
BO BB Rows 4x6
DB shrugs 5x8
Neck Machine 3x10
Wrist Curls 3x15

Saturday - Abs sometimes Football drills, depends how much running i did in the week beforehand

Sunday- Almost always off

 

[P-funk]

that program looks like a lot of overlaod on the shoulders, doing 5x5 on two different days for pressing movements! I would cut that back.

If you have been doing this program for a long period of time I would defenitly drop back to higher rep ranges for a few weeks and bang out an upper/lower type of program.

 

[Nathangarlike]

Ah ok thanks, also that second overhead press was a typo, i meant that as the standing version of skulls (i forget the correct term). Perhaps i will look for an upper/lower split as you mentioned