I have been following strong lifts since Christmas, didn’t start with the empty bar, but didn’t start too heavy either, also only been doing it twice a week instead of 3 times. I have now already got to a stage where the squats twice a week are leaving me in a bad state for cycling.
I think I am going to change it round and replace squats with cleans, which I see as being more dynamic and compatible with mountain biking, and make it a full series of dead lifts rather than a single set.
Does anybody know of any good apps that work like the strong lifts 5×5 one, but allow more customisation of your workout? As someone who is just looking at hitting the gym twice a week for around 1/2 an hour a time to support mountain biking, I probably found the app the best thing about the 5×5 program.
JEFIT is a pretty good app for that.