It's hard for me to imagine, but I'm not a kid anymore Reduction of volume and not pushing my 5RM all of the time makes a ton of sense. Thanks BarryF, manveer, and TommyGun - you bring up great points about my age. Start your linear progression on SS.OK, this is some good stuff. At your age less volume at heavier weights has huge advantages over a 5x5. Also the first two pages, simply about he i.portable of strength is I think some of the most inspiring stuff I've ever read.Дў.

The moment diagrams blew my mind, it really helped my understand bar path, center of mass, etc. There is simply no better reference on the lifts, the biomechanics, etc. Trust me get the book and you will always be going back to it. SS 3rd Ed is packed, it is an unbelievable reference that you will want to highlight, etc. Buy the book, don't Kindle the damn thing. Lastly, why a 50% deload? If I understand this correctly, you went from squatting multiple sets at 320lbs in favor of squatting sets at 160lb? Why? 50% deloads are a sure way to kill progress, and will take a VERY long time to recover from.Д«rian, I came from SL and found SS. You will be able to progress using 3 sets of 5 for a longer period of time. At that point, you'd be doing 3 sets of 5, i.e., the Starting Strength progression. When that happens, eliminate the 5th set (only doing 4 sets of 5 reps), and when you miss in the 4th set, eliminate the 4th set. When you begin to miss the weights, it will likely happen on the 4th or 5th sets. Personally, I would recommend continuing with SL and riding it as long as you can. There may even be a time when 15lbs of added load (an increase of 1lb on the bar) will be all that is manageable. There will come a time when recovery from 125lb of additional load per session will be too much, but 75lb of additional load can be managed. Strength does not come from lifting weights, it comes from RECOVERING from lifting weights (i.e., your body adapts to the stimulus). Assuming a similar progression rate (5lbs/session), this means you're increasing total tonnage by 125 (SL) or 75 (SS) per session. SL 5x5 is five sets of five reps, and SS is three sets of five. The other (obvious) difference is the set & rep scheme. This rate of progression peters out, and then only 5lb jumps are possible, and then that becomes much tougher. For some, jumps of 10lbs can be made for the first couple of sessions. In SS program, you do 3x5, and progress at a rate proportional to your rate of recovery. In SL 5x5, you begin with an empty bar, and progress by 5lbs per session. There are basically two big differences between the programs. FWIW, I've already downloaded the app, which has a version of the book.The two programs are incredibly similar, and you can make some incredible progress on the stronglifts 5x5. Sounds like it doesn't matter.ДЄlso, further educating myself on SS (aside from listening to the SS podcast, watching the how-to vids, and joining this forum) was an obvious first step. I'm just looking for advice on whether it's worth it to stick it out to the end or switch now. Since I'm so new, yes, I'm still seeing results.

Stronglifts 5x5 progress