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Hey guys,do you believe using a 5x5 program like Madcow would be effective for bodybuilding purposes during a growth phase? Thanks
Thank for all the info! I'm going check out the big beyond belief program,I found one last night I like its by Layne Norton. It has two power days an upper and lower,rest then three hypertrophy days like legs,back and shoulders,chest and arms and another rest day. Any of you have experience with this??
First set 5-8
Second set 8-12
Third set 12-15
Drop 20% each set, 30-secs to 1 minute in between, don't move up first set until you can complete all 3 at top rep range.
Full body, one compound per major group, repeat every 2 days.
This is much the same concept as DC but more frequent. You get a heavy first set and then higher rep sets to fatigue the muscle.
I've always hated 5x5, to many sets, too much waiting around. I sit on a bench for a minute I feel I've been there an hour.
Not sure how Advanced you are but have you looked into dc training. It's pretty brutal and needs lots of food for recovery. I squat twice a week dc style and strength going up real quick and growth is very good. Basically I do a weight for 6 to 8 reps to failure wait about 6 minutes drop 40kg of the bar and do a set of 20. Every session you add 2.5kg to the bar. If you fail the before 6 and 20 re attempt next session. Haven't failed yet but it's getting fucking hard. Will probably try the whole dc routine next year. Just wanted to experiment with it for legs for now and was keen to get squat numbers up.
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