Firstly dude, i know everyone is being nice.
i know why you guys do 5x5 i understand and i did that last time.
but let me tell you straight too man, i love doing 25 reps. do you know why? i bet you dont. i feel great after a 25reps squat. even saw this
http://www.adarq.org/forum/performance-training-blog/max-effort-beast-mode-(mebm)/ ?
please do read it up.
andrew's doing it too, i don't feel there's anything wrong with it.
but here's a short quote man "Do I have to stop at 20 reps? Nope, if you thought 20 reps at X weight would be completely exhausting, and it isn't, hit a few more (5 or so, to total 25). I wouldn't exceed 30 reps total as that will bring you more into that strength-endurance realm with much lighter weights."
Secondly, my vertical increased after this workout. i can really feel my legs working out.
Another quote "For some reason, 20+ rep squatting makes me feel like an alien. My legs grow very fast, my legs feel amazing the day after (as if i'm floating), and I just get strong as hell/powerful very quickly. Some people might be saying to themselves "But 20 reps is endurance and that is slow twitch". What? No. Performing 20 reps on squat completely taps out the fast twitch motor pool.
i want to thank you for your advice on taking out biceps curls. will be taking out.
Hey man, I've read that piece by adarq, and used it myself. It's mainly supposed to be doing ~20ish reps AFTER YOUR WORKING HEAVY SETS. So doing like 75kg 4 sets of 5 reps, and ending your squat workout with 1 set of 20 reps at 50 kg or something.
And of course you jumped higher, you're getting newbie gains. ANYTHING can give you more inches on your vert bro, the question is, are you gonna workout properly to gain those inches as fast as possible? Or take your time and get them slowly.
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