Looking for help/input on my routine

[TheStriker]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to weight lifting and wanted to get some input. I had previously done the 5x5 (about a year ago).

Now I just started BJJ, and wanted to go about 4-5x a week. I want to continue lifting, but not sure if I should go 3x or 2x a week. I'm leaning towards 2x a week due to my work+school schedule, and wanted to do it like this

Mon - BJJ
Tuesday - BJJ
Weds - BJJ
Thurs - Lift - Bench (5x5 work my way up to 5rep max), Squat (5x5 volume), Pull-ups (5x5 volume)
Fri - BJJ
Sat - Lift - DL (5x5 volume), OHP (5x5 volume), Rows (5x5 volume)
Sun BJJ

Then next week will be the exact same except on Thurs, when I lift I change to:

Bench (5x5 volume), Squat (5x5 work up to 5 rep max), Chin-ups (5x5 volume).


What do you guys think? How would I maximize my strength building if I could only lift 2x a week. I COULD do 3x a week but am scared of over training since there's a lot of conditioning in BJJ, and I'd have to lift then go to BJJ right after which may overtrain my muscles.

Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks

[SteveQ]

id change around bench and ohp so that you do horizontal push/pull one time and vertical push/pull the next.

not sure if it matters but seems more logical to me

also, there's a great 2x routine in the faq that i made huge gains on about this time last year

[scoopj]

This type of question actually belongs in the S&P forum and not the Training Logs subforum. If you put it out there it will get a lot more attention.

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/

[SteveQ]

and for BJJ i really like the olympic stuff - you dont have to do it exclusively but I think some power snatches or hang cleans before the otehr stuff goes a long way

[TheStriker]

Originally Posted by SteveQ

and for BJJ i really like the olympic stuff - you dont have to do it exclusively but I think some power snatches or hang cleans before the otehr stuff goes a long way

I definitely wanna try the olympics lifts, but I'm just afraid of getting injured since they look complicated and I don't have anyone to guide me. A personal trainer might be too expensive for me too.

[SteveQ]

^ start light and post a video

[vision1]

looks great. 5 sets may be too many, experiment and see what works. I'd probably use 3x5.