![]() ![]() It requires very little space and a minimum of equipment….” Bill Starr’s 5X5 Routine In Its Original Formīench – 5 sets of 5 1×10 weight from 3rd set (add 10 rep sets after 8-12 weeks on program) He should be seeking overall strength in his shoulder girdle rather than just stronger deltoids….the program is fast, simple and, most importantly, effective. “These are 3 basic exercises used by weightlifters to increase their strength….the football player (and you can insert Martial Artist, Fighter, whatever there) must work for overall body strength as opposed to specific strengthening exercises….In other words the athlete should be building total leg strength rather than just stronger hamstrings. Here’s a quote and original template from the book (that I found here): Lots of coaches attribute invention of 5 x 5 system to Bill Starr and his famous book The Strongest Shall Survive: Strength Training for Football. I admit I haven’t read it yet. I think, that they came up with something like this at some point. Well, I don’t really know whether old-timers used exactly 5 sets of 5 reps. 5 x 5 Strength Training Template in History and Its Variations But first of all, let’s take a look at some history of this famous training template. I really like this approach and always amazed how it gets lost and returns, then again gets lost, then returns again etc. ![]() So I decided to write another post on basics. But I get really bored to write the same thing over and over again. Some of them even wanted me to try their program. All of the people wanted me to analyze their programs and say what I think about them. Recently I got lots of e-mails on programming. ![]()
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