I figured I would start a 2016 Fitness goals thread since no one else started one.
My goal is to continue on the Stronglifts 5x5 workout with some slight variations until I can no longer add weight to the various exercises. I discovered this workout after a friend of mine, who happens to be a cancer survivor, told me about it: http://stronglifts.com/5x5/ EDIT: My doctor also approved this workout! When I asked him why he didn't recommend it in the beginning, he said he shied away from recommending it because he was worried that I would get discouraged.
Thus far, I am liking it because I found that I made better gains in a shorter amount of time compared to exercising one body part per day and spending two hours in the gym every day. Basically, I spent the first 12 weeks doing the one body part per day thing, then the next 10 weeks doing the 5x5 thing. Oddly, since I started doing this, I noticed others in my gym jumped on the same routine because I have a harder time finding a free rack to use than I did back in July.
As for the variations, I'm planning on adding things like curls, triceps extensions, chin ups, and dips to it on the various days. I already added weighted crunches to it.
My goal is to continue on the Stronglifts 5x5 workout with some slight variations until I can no longer add weight to the various exercises. I discovered this workout after a friend of mine, who happens to be a cancer survivor, told me about it: http://stronglifts.com/5x5/ EDIT: My doctor also approved this workout! When I asked him why he didn't recommend it in the beginning, he said he shied away from recommending it because he was worried that I would get discouraged.
Thus far, I am liking it because I found that I made better gains in a shorter amount of time compared to exercising one body part per day and spending two hours in the gym every day. Basically, I spent the first 12 weeks doing the one body part per day thing, then the next 10 weeks doing the 5x5 thing. Oddly, since I started doing this, I noticed others in my gym jumped on the same routine because I have a harder time finding a free rack to use than I did back in July.
As for the variations, I'm planning on adding things like curls, triceps extensions, chin ups, and dips to it on the various days. I already added weighted crunches to it.
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