StrongLifts 5×5 and Rippetoe 3×5 use progressive loading. Meaning you add weight each workout until you can’t anymore. You can increase your Squat to 1.5x your body-weight for at least 1 rep using this approach.
Progressive loading works best using increments of 2.5lbs/1.25kg. But some gyms don’t have small plates. They only have plates of 5lbs/2.5kg [...]

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Some gyms don’t have Power Racks. Instead they have Smith Machines which look like Power Racks, but with a fixed bar. Some people will tell you the Smith Machine is safer than free weights since the bar can’t fall on you.
Well this isn’t true. You can get injured using the Smith Machine. And although you’re [...]

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