We don't know what works best for YOU yet. (But any rep range will WORK for anyone if he/she keeps adding weight to the bar in an steady pace; just some rep ranges work better for some people than other rep ranges)
You got to figure that out yourself (by trying different systems, and finding which one gives you faster results)
I did run SS, drank GOMAD, and went from 73kg to 90kg. and my lifts was like this:
squat: 92.5kg x3x5
deadlift: 115kg 1x5
press: 52.5kg 3x5
bench: 80kg 3x5
totally wimpy lifts for a 90kg guy, and similar to your stats.
Then I found higher reps work better for me. by "work better" I mean I'm able to recover from them much much faster compared to lower reps.
faster recovery = I'm able to add weight to the bar more often, and also train more often.
maybe when you did SS you did sleep enough and your technique was not that good? because this is not my 1st time i do ss i tried it 1 year ago and i wast sleeping enough, so i couldn't keep raising my weights and i got to only 80 squat...
and i'm far from your results from ss... its my 2nd month and i weight 81-82 and my squat will is 105 (107.5 next workout), dl i did 110 in my last workout and now ill add only 2.5 kg each workout to deadlift (until now i was adding 5 kg).
but my bench and press sucks![]()
Last edited by yosi231; 08-07-2012 at 11:49 AM.
No I slept 9 hours per day
No wife so no stress
and my technique was legit (posted form check videos and comments said it was alright)
form check thread:
http://startingstrength.com/resource...t=26428&page=1
Read this:
http://ditillo2.blogspot.nl/2009/10/...nner-dave.html
As an example to my own training:
Last time I deadlifted (stiff-legged) 40kg for 100 reps.
This next time I will go for 45kg, I will get as many reps as possible and try my best to hit 100th reps, if I do, fine, I will go for 50kg next time, if not, will try to hit the 100th next time.
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