sounds good, but run SS till it stops working imo.

squat
3*5*250

Bench
2 x 5 x170
1 x 4 x 170
I took a big breath when I was trying for my 5 th rep and started choking so I lost my concentration

Deadlift
1 x5 x315

Dips
3x5

Romanian sit ups
3x12 + 25 lbs

12/26

Squat

3x5x255

Press

3x4x120

Power Clean

3x3x115

Pullups

3,2,2,2

Romanian Chair sit ups

3x12 +25lbs

12/29

I decided to switch to the 5x5 i posted up thread. i work out during my lunch break and starting strength has been taking like 1.5 hours and i only get an hour for lunch. I figured i'd try this for a while since i should be able to finish each day in like 40 minutes.

Squat

5x5x235

Also, what should i start my deadlift at. i was at 1x5x315. not sure what i should try for 5x5

12/30

bench

5x5x155

I felt pretty weak to day cause i didnt get very much sleep last night. i wasnt sure where to start doing 5x5 but it didnt feel that bad seing how i felt weak

12/31

Deadlift

3x5x295
1x3x295

Then my hands go slippery and i could pick the bar up. i waited like 10 minutes to dry them off and i still kept slipping when i tried to pick it up. my grip was pretty dead too

I think I would shoot myself before trying deads for 5x5. Especially at ~94% of your 5rm. If you have to do volume deads I am pretty sure 70-85% would be recommended. I think what you are doing would accumulate fatigue way to fast but I dunno maybe others can chime in as volume deads is something I can't really find a consensus about.

1/1

Squat
4x5x190

I was super sore today from deadlifting yesterday. Not sure what I'm gonna do for deadlifts

I kind of wanted to do this, if I ever finish starting strength. But when I was looking through the site, I was wondering if the 5X5 dead lift was correct. Maybe it was supposed to be 1X5. And just got lost in translation.

1/2

Bench

5x4x125

Real hung over today so these were kind of difficult for what they should have been

1/5

Squat

5x5x245

So i was thinking about doing just one set of heavy deads on wednesday and adding power cleans to friday after light bench. What do you think about that?

1/6

Bench

5x5x165

Crossfit Endurance

Excersize bike
4x(.25m,.5m,1m) Rest however long it took to complete last leg.

1/7

Deadlift

1x5x135
1x5x185
1x5x225
1x5x275
1x4x325

I dont know if this is still too much volume. I am way less tired than last week

1/8

Squat

5x4x195

Excersize bike
10 sec on 20 off x 16

I posted on the blog that this 5x5 is from and i got a response from pavel about the dead lift

From Mike W:

“I have been doing Starting strength for about 6 months. I was going to try this program. My last deadlift for starting strength was 1×5×315. what do you think would be a good weight to start for 5×5. to me, 5×5 accross seems like a lot of volume for a deadlift.”

Mike, start with 275. It is a lot of volume -until you adapt to it.

That was cool. So it really is 5X5 deadlifts. Wow.

1/9

Bench

5x4x135

30 sec on 30 sec off on bike x10

Feel sick and tired today. not going to excersize at all this weekend.

1/12

Squat

3x5x255
2x3x255

Still kinda sick and tired. the weight felt really heavy today. Pavel says if you think you might fail on the next rep, stop. so thats what i did on the last 2 sets

1/13

Bench

1x4x175
1x5x175
1x4x175
1x3x175
1x3x175

Dont know how much i like this program. its kind of boring. i'll prob try it for 2 more weeks.

1/14

Deadlift

5x5x275

My forearms and hands got really tired in the last two sets. Had to take like a 4 or five second break on my last rep. hopefully i get used to the volume

Havent updated in a while. I quit doing the pavel 5x5 and started doing madcow 5x5. I didnt really like that so i switched to the advanced ss version where you do front squats on wednesday. My weight is up to 205.

My Pr's for all the lifts are
BS
3x5x300
Press
3x5x125
Bench
3x5x175
Deadlift
5x140
Pwerclean
5x3x140

5/5
BS
3x5x300
Bench
3x5x165
My PR on this is 3x5x175 but i failed 3 times on 180 so i reset
PC
5x3x135

5/7

Instead of doing Front Squats im going to do 80% of by Back Squat on Wed 3x3

Squat
3x3x240

OHP

5x130
4x130
3x130

Deadlift

5x345

incredible squat progress from 10/2008 until now. over 100 pounds from 190 to 300. your bench, on the other hand, hasn't increased much at all. what's up with that?

I have no idea. I was hoping someon on here maybe had an idea. Seems i always get stuck at 180.

05/9
Squat
1x5x305

Could not catch my breath after the set. I felt like i was going to pass out for like 5 minutes. walked around and still could not catch my breath so i left. Had a little panic attack on the way home cause i couldnt breathe. Not really sure what was going on

05/11
Had a hockey game and could not catch my breath again after my first shift. I have been drinking a ton lately so maybe that has something do with it

05/12

Squat
1x4x305
Felt like i was going to pass out again
1x5x300 Same
1x1x275

I hurt my back/hip and arm like a week ago and on the third set it was killing me so i quit so i didnt hurt it more

Press hurt my shoulder so i just did pullups
5,5,4

And hypers.
3x15

These made my back feel a little better

I took a vacation so i had like 6 days off from working out but my back/hip still hurt. its only on the left side like exactly where my belt line is. I am going to try out Rippetoes injury thing for a while.

5/18
Squat
3x25x45

Bench
3x5x155

Pullups
3,3,3,2

Hypers
BW +10
3x15

2/19
Squat
2x25x45
1x25x55

2/20
Squat
1x25x45
1x25x55
1x25x65

PRess

3x5x115

Deadlift
Just want to see how these felt light. I could fell it hurt more with thes than with squats

12x2x185

5/21

Squat

1x25x55
1x25x65
1x25x75

I cant tell if this is helping or not. On my vacation i golfed a lot and i could barely bend over to tee the ball. I'm feeling better now but im not sure if its cause im not golfing and barley working out.