5x5 and EDT

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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I saw in muscle media where pavel combined 5x5 and EDT for a leg program. Does anybody think this would be overtraining? Should I cut out the hipdominant day?

Day 1(Monday)
pullup 5x5
15 min PR zone
A-1 cable row
A-2 decline db ext
15 min PR zone
B-1 1 arm row(left)
B-2 1 arm row(right)
B-3 reverse girp pushdown
Day 2(Tuesday)
squat 5x5
15 min PR zone
A-1 lunge
A-2 seated calf raise
15 min PR zone
B-1 leg extension
B-2 standing calf raise
Day 3(Thursday)
incline bench 5x5
15 min PR zone
A-1 mahcine bench press
A-2 preacher curl
15 min PR zone
B-1 incline cable fly
B-2 reverse curl
Day 4(Friday)
deadlift 5x5
15 min PR zone
A-1 back extensions
A-2 abs
15 min PR zone
B-1 leg curl
B-2 abs

2

The article was by Staley.

3

If notice Charles Stanley in the new MM mag… Has he jumped ship? Or is he freelancing?

4

Does anybody think this would be overtraining though, using EDT 4 days a week?

5

  1. Yeah, it was Charles Staley. I don’t know who the hell Charles “Stanley” is.

  2. He’s a very knowlegeable guy and wouldn’t have written this program if he thought it would overtrain most people. Just make sure that your nutrition is in place.

6

Can’t people write for multiple publications?

7

Looks okay to me.

8

Looks like an interesting program. Is this in the April issue? Looked in the March one and didn’t see it.
SRS

9

The article was in the February issue and the above outlined program is one that the poster came up with, not the one Staley outlined. The one staley outlined was a leg specialization program in which you squat twice weekly (one session focusing on intensity and the other session focusing on acceleration). He then outlined a maintenance EDT program for the upper body.

Joel

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Thanks for clearing that up Joel. SRS