Thanks for that pointer, Garrilla. I have read your article and the advice on reps/weight is most useful. When I am considering a routine though then the main things for me are:
1) The weight training is secondary.
2) I can make at most twice a week to weights. More likely once.
3) Having tried before (many years ago) to add bodyweight I guess I would consider myself a "hardgainer"
4) Strength gains are equally important as mass gains
So I was looking at the hardgainer routines on the 'net. Such as
Squats 1x20 reps
Dips 1x6 reps
Chins/Pull downs 1x6 reps
or something similar done once a week, sometimes alternating squats with deadlifts. And I guessed this would be a good routine because it fits all my four points above.
This topic caught my eye, and the routines sounded good, I was thinking of trying them. The routines were close to what I was considering, just the difference in sets/reps and I wondered what the justification is for 5x5 rather than say 1x8 or 2x8...
Both Paddi and I have a similar aim, whether our circumstances are the same I do not know. I am a beginner, train outside of the gym 3 times a week, have a family and am not as young as I once was(!) I would welcome any advice from the experts and will start a new topic if I should rather than hijack Paddis. Please advise.
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