Cycling workouts and the 5x5

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Recently I've been reading Pavel Tsatsouline's Power to the People, and am still uncertain about just how one would go about cycling workouts, and what they consist of. Is it really 2 sets of 5, 10 reps a workout? I am unsure as to how many times one would workout a week.

I don't mind trying it, but out of your experiences, would a 5x5 be just as effective? I am looking for strength and density, primarily. Some size gains would be fine, but I wouldn't care. How bout a 6x4? 8x4?

And just how in the hell does one execute a side press? I don't get Tsatsouline's descriptions. Do you bend at the side, or do you just do like a single arm press?
 
Yes on the bent press. Lean to one side and do a db press.

I think that's Pavel's "greasing the groove" method where you do teh same workout several times through the day and nearly everyday.

If it's just pure strength you're looking for, the 5X5 would be a good one or follow a Westside style set up.
 
Westside is a conjugate method based on Eastern block training. has a bunch of articles that shows how they train. They basically split up their workouts into 2 upper body days and 2 lower body days. One day is spent on maximal effort lifts and one day on a speed emphasis.

For bench, they'll use a lot of board work and floor pressing and use the bench as their speed lift. For max effort on lower body they spend a lot of time cycling deadlifts, box squats, and good mornings.

The Westside Barbell Club has put out some of the strongest powerlifters out there.

Check out the elitefts site and let me know if you have any questions but you could literally spend days reading through the training articles and never get bored.
 
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