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2013-04-07 05:48 19004446 Anonymous (1325677846774.png 1680x787 305kB)
/fit/ i've been lifting regularly for a year now and have seen good gains (was fat as fatass now im built fat) basically on a 3 day split routine /chest and triceps, back and biceps, shoulders and legs) I am looking to gain strength while still trying to cut so i'll have a nice aesthetic body for the summer. My question: is stronglifts 5x5 a good routine for me now? I'm sure it will give me strenght but will it give me aesthetics too? tl,dr is 5x5 stronglifts a good routine if i've been lifting for a year, will it give me aesthetics and strength too?

2 min later 19004505 Anonymous
also, i dont wanna squat three times a week, can i replace that with something else?

56 min later 19005695 Anonymous
bump >plz respond

1 hours later 19005749 Anonymous
>>19004505 try stripped 5x5 if you don't wanna squat 3x a week

1 hours later 19005810 Anonymous
>>19005749 so u think its a good idea to change to 5x5?

1 hours later 19005887 Anonymous
>>19005810 well,i'm not an expert,but these routines(SS,SL, stripped,...) are more strength routines than aesthetic routines,so if you only want aesthetics for summer i wouldl keep on a split routine

1 hours later 19005954 Anonymous
>>19005887 actually i want both, but my thinking process is this: if 5x5 gives u strength and that means having more muscular mass, doesnt that give you aesthetics too? I mean, muscles make the aesthetic look right?

1 hours later 19006083 Anonymous
also do what i dont get is should i lift with the same weight through the whole 5 sets or should i gradually increase it?

1 hours later 19006181 Anonymous
is the pic in OP a legit program?

1 hours later 19006191 Anonymous
>>19005954 muscle mass != strength

1 hours later 19006224 Anonymous
>>19006181 SL is legit (google it) HIIT is legit (google it) IF is legit (again, google it) so why shouldt that routine be?

1 hours later 19006349 Anonymous
>>19006224 i mean the way that he's simplified hiit and if (i remember reading about those and they seemed a lot more complicated)

2 hours later 19008286 Anonymous
>>19006349 >HIIT >complicated choose one

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