First time trying SS

[Khubilai]

FRIDAY OCTOBER 29 2010

SQUAT
5x 235 lbs
5x 235 lbs
5x 235 lbs

BENCH
5x 185 lbs
5x 185 lbs
5x 185 lbs

CG
9x 155 lbs

POWER CLEAN
3x 145 lbs
3x 135 lbs
3x 135 lbs
3x 135 lbs
3x 135 lbs

CHINS
5x
5x
5x

NOTES: I'm changing things up a bit. Same lifts, just different reps, sets, and frequency. It might look familiar

[Khubilai]

MONDAY NOVEMBER 1 2010

SQUAT
5x 240 lbs
5x 240 lbs
5x 240 lbs

PRESS
5x 122.5 lbs
5x 122.5 lbs
5x 122.5 lbs

DL
5x 315 lbs
1x 385 lbs

DB ROWS
5x 100 lbs
5x 100 lbs
5x 100 lbs

[MazdaMatt]

If you're not doing SS, why did you title your thread "First time trying SS"?

[Khubilai]

If you're not doing SS, why did you title your thread "First time trying SS"?

What's bothering you? The CG's? The DL single? The chins alternating rows? Is it really that different

[slowjoe]

What's bothering you? The CG's? The DL single? The chins alternating rows? Is it really that different

The deadlift single is way out there...

[Khubilai]

The deadlift single is way out there...

I should probably mention I had been using 5-3-1 for the past year or so for my squats and deads and worked up to a 365 lb DL for 2 reps. Best squat was 315x 5 in August, and 315x 4 last week. I sprained my ankle badly at the end of August and lost a lot of the momentum I had built up the past year, and figured I'd give SS a try. If it is not following it exactly, I apologize, but I think the idea of building strength and muscle with sets of 5 is what I'm after. My WO's have always focused on the same lifts for the most part.