Charlie Mike. For those of you who don’t know, this isn’t a terrible name for a child. It’s actually the name of a terribly difficult workout program by Ashley Horner and Bodybuilding.com. You’re probably reading this because you’re curious about starting this program or you found my article posted on Facebook and figured you’d give it a read (thank you).
Daily Undulating Periodization (DUP) is all the rage these days. For a “program hopper” like myself, I find that DUP is a great way to feel like you’re doing something different each training session, without actually sacrificing progress, strength, or hypertrophy goals. The structure for DUP varies from person-to-person; however, since I am fairly new to this concept of training, I think it’s important to shed some light and decompose the process of setting up a DUP training program.
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Let’s just say StrongLifts and I have a LOVE-HATE relationship these past 2 weeks. I’ve seen some major strength gains for bench press (up to 110# 5X5); however, I’ve had to reduce the volume of my deadlifts and barbell rows due to low back fatigue and stiffness.
Article 3
The last two weeks on the StrongLifts program have been both rewarding and extremely challenging. Between Christmas, New Years, and traveling with family, as well as keeping up with my Eat To Perform numbers, I added about 20 lbs to my Squat and hit PRs on DeadLifts and Bench.
Article 2
For the past week or so I’ve been following the StrongLifts 5x5 program. For those of you unfamiliar with the training plan, it’s very simple and most workouts take an hour or less to complete.
Article 1 So typically I like to plan out my routines and schedule what, when, and why I’m training and eating a certain way. In this case; however, I decided to jump head-first into StrongLifts 5X5 because, frankly, I’m tired of dancing around the bush with fitness. For the next 12 weeks I will be training according to the StrongLifts 5X5 program and continuing to Eat To Perform. My 2016 goals include considerable strength gains, so to FINALLY meet these goals, I am going to give this 5X5 program a try.
