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Hi Last session I had to cheat a lot and use my back to get the 5th rep on my 5th set of barbell curls. All the rest of the reps were with very good form. Should I still increase the weight next week by 5lbs ? or keep it the same and try and get 5x5 without cheating on last rep ? Thanks.

OK I think I am being pretty dumb, and I'm sorry that I keep asking stupid questions about 5x5, but would appreciate some help. I can't understand how you would get the same number of reps on the second set of the 8-10 rep exercises as the first set if both sets are taken to failure. If I...

OK thanks a lot for the help, looking forward to trying this.

Thanks. Just to clarify, the 4 sets after the 5x5 should ALL be taken to positive failure ?? Or just the last sets for those two exercise ??

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Hi there New to the forums, but not to the game. Looks like a great place to learn I wonder if someone could help me with a question please ? I have been looking at trying the 5x5 routine as it looks really good, however I am confused on whether I should be going to failure on the 4 sets...