5x5 routine, Too much?

[aspengc8]

Just finishing up my sust cycle @ 500mg/week.

Currently, my 5x5 routine looks like this:

Chest/Tri
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Barbell flat- 5x5
incline dumbell press- 4x6-8
incline dumbell fly- 4x6-8
decline straight bar skull crusher- 5x5
dumbell hammer style skull crusher- 4x6-8

Back/Bi
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Deadlift 5x5
front lat pulldown- 4x6-8
1 arm dumbell rows- 4x6-8
close grip seated cable row- 4x6-8
seated straight bar barbell curl 5x5
on last set or curl, superset to standing hammers

shoulder
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dumbell press- 5x5
dumbell laterals 3x6-8
rear delt flys 3x6-8
front raises 3x6-8
shrugs 3x6-8

Legs
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squat- 5x5 (all the way down, kinda hard being 6'2")
stiff leg deads- 5x5
calf raises- 5x5

Is this adequate for legs?

[Hypertrophy]

No, I wouldn't say it is too much, looks fine to me.
I would add extensions/curls to leg day along with another calf movement.

[aspengc8]

sounds good, thanks for the reply! Legs tonight woohoo!

[jjgym]

I would say your program looks good. I have made my best strength/size gains from doing 5x5's. The key is to make sure you keep your intensity level up which translates into lifting heavy weights since your only doing 5 reps at a time. Lift heavy and watch your strength shoot way up and add size at the same time. Good luck, keep us posted!

[lzicc]

aspengc8, how long does it take you to get through 1 workout? I am doing the same thing, but my regular exercises I only do 2 sets and it takes me a good hour to complete. Of what I read up on the 5x5 routine, I thought that was all you were supposed to do. I thought about increasing the normal sets to 3. Also, how often do you do your workouts and rest? THX.

Here is an example of my chest day:

Chest/Tri
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Barbell flat- 5x5
incline dumbell press- 2x6-8
dips - 2x6-8
close grip bench- 5x5
cable push downs- 2x6-8

[aspengc8]

I usally get to the gym around 7:30 am, and start warming up/stretching. Im always out by 9am. I usually rest about 2 mins between set, unless I'm doing squats or deads, then I rest about 3-3.5 min.
Routine kinda looks like:
Mon-legs
tues-chest/tri
wed-off
thurs-back/bi
fri-shoulders
sat-off
sun-repeat (legs)

[lzicc]

Thanks aspengc8, that's not to bad for time with as many sets that you are doing. Working out in the am is nice since you are fresh. I don't have that option, so I start my workout around 5:30 pm. After I hit an hour, I am pretty beat. I may bump my regular sets to 3. I just want to make sure I don't overtrain. I hate going a day and not working out, but I know ya have to for recovery.

[aspengc8]

Ill defintely keep everyone updated on results. I'm keeping a trainging log to make sure I go up every week.