Looking For a New Program/Split

Looking For a New Program/SplitHello /r/fitness, Until today, I've worked out at Planet Fitness. Before I got into strength training and fitness in general, I had no idea what that decision would get me into, and it didn't help that my parents like pre-paying for things instead of subscribing. I'm locked into that for another 7 months, but thankfully, I was able to educate them on why I need a real gym with free weights to truly become stronger and improve myself, and they agreed to sign me up at a new gym, even though it's only been 5 months. Starting today, I have access to the gym at my local YMCA, which offers great student discounts btw if you're looking for a new place to work out. They've just redone the whole thing, and now they've got squat racks (with gliders tho, not cages), bench presses, much heavier dumbbells than at PF, tons of machines, and some really cool extras like a hex bar, battle ropes, special bars for T-Bar rows, and a turf strip with a sled. Anyways, I'm really stoked about being a member there, and I want to switch to a program that optimizes what I have access to now, but specifically, barbells.. I've been on a long cut for a while, and I've got a ways to go before I start bulking. I've been on a dumbbell PPL for a little bit and have put on some decent strength, but my PRs are still really, really low (DL: 225, Squat and Bench: 135); I have tested them on free-weight barbells before so they aren't smith machine PRs. I'm inclined to do SL 5x5 because it's tried and true, but I want to train more than 3 times a week. I'd like to do something with a 5-day split. Any recommendations/suggestions you have would be really appreciated as I'm still pretty new to lifting. Thanks. submitted by /u/JakeWasAlreadyTaken [link] [comments]

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