How To Crush 5×5 Workouts For Huge Gains

The default set- and rep-scheme for most gym-goers seems to be three sets of 10. Why? Because it just seems to work. But serious lifters know that five sets of five—abbreviated as 5×5—works even better.

The 5×5 method was popularized in the 1960s by Reg Park, a multiple-time Mr. Universe and idol to a then up-and-coming bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger.