I did stronglifts from Sept until Mid April and then took a break for a month. In that time some I ended up on 3x5 on all the lifts after deloading a few times. I'm restarting and going to deload significantly since I took a month off. I was going to do a 50% deload. Is this reasonable? Also if I drop my weights that much I'll be in the range where I was on 5x5 during my first go round. Should I go back to 5x5 or stay on 3x5? Thanks.
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Today, 03:39 PM #1Registered User
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Restarting Stronglifts after a break: 3x5 or 5x5
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Today, 03:45 PM #2Registered User
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Consider starting on 5x5, see how it goes, then re-visit whether to switch to 3x5 once it gets too hard. But you might also take this opportunity to try a diff program altogether.
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Today, 03:47 PM #3Han shot first!
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If you took a month off, you don't need to deload.
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Today, 04:43 PM #4Registered User
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I vote to try a new program
the latest and greatest in training...or whatever.
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=177744461&page=3
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