5x5 plateau

[blackbeard]

Hit a plateau doing front squats 5x5..I have been stuck at the same weight for 3 weeks now..what is the best way to proceed..
1. add 5 lbs and go 5x3..keep doing this until a plateau is reached then go back to original sticking point and try 5x5?
2. switch to reg squats, but where would be a good starting weight?
3. start hitting some t-prop and hope im stronger next leg day? lol
or lets hear some of your suggestions if you got..thnx!!!!!!!

 

[Sensei Miagi]

id blast em with a couple of weeks of 20 rep sets...the try again

 

[blackbeard]

it was suggested to me to back off te weight as well but stick more to the 10 rep range..

 

[pullinbig]

change you set/rep range for a while. hell do the leg routine i got posted in the deadlift sticky for a month then go back. you need a change for a while. classic example.

with any routine change must be incoorporated occassionally to keep fresh. i do it and every succesful lifter i know.

 

[blackbeard]

thnx PB..

 

[blackbeard]

heres what im thinking
front squats 3x10
hacks 3x10
leg press 2x8

old routine was
front squats 5x5
reverse hacks 3x6-8

 

[DADAWG]

heres what im thinking
front squats 3x10
hacks 3x10
leg press 2x8

old routine was
front squats 5x5
reverse hacks 3x6-8

sometimes just changing things up for a few week and going right back to your regular workout works wonders .

 

[pullinbig]

hell for a month try 1 all out workset per exercise. sets of 10 will work. just murder it.

i normally only do 2 pressing exercises for legs as well.

 

[blackbeard]

sometimes just changing things up for a few week and going right back to your regular workout works wonders .

variety is the spice of life!!!

 

[Homer101]

our bodies are very adaptable, gotta change things up

 

[Hybrid88]

sometimes just changing things up for a few week and going right back to your regular workout works wonders .

why i switched from 5x5 to conjugate method.

 

[joliver]

I cant say enough about the westside conjugate method. Louie simmons wrote an article about the most successful methods he has employed with his lifters to get them over a plateau.

Louie Simmons - Overcoming Plateaus