Problem with Bill Starrs program.

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davidjr74

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I just finished reading his full program today and will start it in 2 weeks. The only problem with it is the progression. The program has you taking 2.5% personal record jumps every week on the 5x5. The only problem with this is, the weights at WorldGym has 2.5 being the lowest. This means I will have to take 5 pound jumps each week, which is very hard especially for things like the military press. I'll give you an example:

Monday- Bench 5x5 Ramping weight to top set of 5 (which should equal the previous Friday's heavy triple)
Friday- Bench 4x5, 1x3, 1x8 (First 4 sets are the same as Monday's, the triple is 2.5% above your Monday top set of 5, use the weight from the 3rd set for a final set of 8)



What can I do?
 
well, and remember, 2.5% isn't the same as 2.5lbs. 2.5% of 100lbs is 2.5 pounds. 2.5% of 50lbs is only 1.25lbs. 2.5% of 25lb dumbbell is just .625 pounds.

Just making sure you're thinking the math through. :)
 
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