[mikemhg]

I was like you, tried doing the PPL for a few months, found it extreme unsatisfying for hypertrophy, hence I stopped and went back to my 5 day splits. Haven't gone back to PPL since.

Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

Holy crap, putting a face to a name. If I saw Skinny locally, I'd think he's a skid from Surrey, but "don't judge a book by its cover" prevails. Skinny is pretty damn educated, evident across many threads.

Anyway, started hitting the gym consistently in January, after taking a couple years off. On Jan 1, I was 190lbs at 5'8", aka fat as fuck. Started Keto and have been in ketosis since. I lost 10lbs in the first month, no longer look fat as fuck. I also started keto as a motivating factor to actually meal prep and further learn how to cook. The easiest way for "abs made in the kitchen" is to prep 14 meals all on Sundays/Saturday. Just make breakfast each morning.

I got to a point of eating about 1700 cals on a heavy lifting day (monday-friday) and 1000cals each on the weekends (rest).

Currently at 177lbs, so plateau on weight loss, but it's fine. My lifts are more important. Up until this point I was doing Stronglifts 5x5, but I don't think I can do it anymore without sacrificing performance in my lifts. A typical day looks like 185lb box squats (5x5), 95lb overhead press (5x5), and 225lb dead lifts (5x1). I got stuck on 225, at 4 reps out of 5 for about 2 weeks. Then one day I did deadlifts first and smashed it easily.

I have now switched to PPL, but I haven't done bodybuilding exercises for 6-7 years. I'm feeling a little unsatisfied. When I was on Stronglifts 5x5, after my 3 compound + 4 accessory movements (about 2hrs in the gym; 2.5 if i stretch), I felt like I died and came back to life. I'm not feeling that exhaustion/burn out when I do PPL or body building exercises in general.

Should I just switch back to Stronglifts since that's the feeling I'm chasing?