I am a skinny guy, I have been going to the gym and have heard many differentth ings from many different sources.
"Just pick a program and stick to it"
That was what made sense to me, there are tons of ways to get bigger and strongerm just dedicate yourself to one. I picked 5x5 stronglifts for the simplicity and compound lifts seeming foundational to me.
But then I have heard people saying that for small guys 5x5 isnt good and you should do 8-12 reps to get bigger.
Also, I had knee pain from squats even with good form, and it was suggested that I should do leg curls to develop my hamstrings in conjunction with squats. Others suggested leg press as a light warmup before squats.
Also, many many people suggested pullups as an indespensible basic exercise. I threw in hmer curls because, come on.
So now I have basically transitioned to something like this:
Leg Day: Leg Press, Squats, Leg curls, Deadlift,
Push day: Bench, Flys, Shoulder press, Skullcrushers, close grip bench
Pull Day: bent over rows, pullups, chinups, hammer curls
All of these i am now trying to do 5x10 if I can. A couple more a couple less if i can.
Does this basically seem like a good routine? Based on stronglifts just a bit more stuff added in there, still lots of compound lifts and pretty simple...
"Just pick a program and stick to it"
That was what made sense to me, there are tons of ways to get bigger and strongerm just dedicate yourself to one. I picked 5x5 stronglifts for the simplicity and compound lifts seeming foundational to me.
But then I have heard people saying that for small guys 5x5 isnt good and you should do 8-12 reps to get bigger.
Also, I had knee pain from squats even with good form, and it was suggested that I should do leg curls to develop my hamstrings in conjunction with squats. Others suggested leg press as a light warmup before squats.
Also, many many people suggested pullups as an indespensible basic exercise. I threw in hmer curls because, come on.
So now I have basically transitioned to something like this:
Leg Day: Leg Press, Squats, Leg curls, Deadlift,
Push day: Bench, Flys, Shoulder press, Skullcrushers, close grip bench
Pull Day: bent over rows, pullups, chinups, hammer curls
All of these i am now trying to do 5x10 if I can. A couple more a couple less if i can.
Does this basically seem like a good routine? Based on stronglifts just a bit more stuff added in there, still lots of compound lifts and pretty simple...