Originally Posted by
downunder4
Hi Andy, just to tag along here…
Does an older lifter need to be doing 5x5 to be driving adaptation? I find that 5x5 on heavy day can crush me for the rest of the week, so either I am soft or perhaps using too much weight. But I want to squat 3 days per week as it is my weak lift (and I enjoy it).
What if, considering the concept of volume sensitive, intensity dependent, the heavy day was used to work up and hit a new 5RM each week and the light and medium days used that new 5RM as the basis for the weight used on those days. Like the Starr system on page 158 PPST.
Is just one set at a new 5RM each week enough to drive adaptation for an older lifter?
Many thanks