![]() It prevents getting very sore and having to skip workouts from week one. Starting light eases your body into training.The main strategy for new lifters is to start with very light weights. But Stronglifts 5×5 was the first program she ever did. She has done many different programs over the years to get there. Today she Squats 210lb and Deadlifts 240lb at a body weight of 110lb. I put her on Stronglifts 5×5 with super light weights. My wife had never lifted weights before, had little strength or muscle, was unfamiliar with all the exercises, and was scared of hurting her back with Deadlifts. You feel nervous about lifting weights and don’t want to get hurt.You’re unfamiliar with several exercises and their proper form.You’re a little out of shape and quickly get out of breath.You don’t have much strength and muscle.I’ll make the following assumptions about you based on my experience talking to many new lifters who started Stronglifts 5×5… Select the tab “New Lifter” if you’re new to the gym, have never lifted weights before, or are resuming after a long break of several months/years. You can easily change the weights as you see fit. ![]() New lifters don’t have any training history so easy starting weights are suggested instead. The starting weights of experienced lifters are calculated based on their recent best lifts. There are two main tabs in the Stronglifts 5×5 spreadsheet Let’s choose your experience level first… Select your experience level Your starting weights are calculated for you. Your weights automatically increase every week. Here’s a screenshot of the main workout area… How the Stronglifts 5×5 workout spreadsheet looks Make a copy of the spreadsheet for your own use. Someone else would overwrite your data, making the spreadsheet unusable for all of us. If I did that, everyone would use the same sheet.
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