Pushups/Pullups on Stronglifts offdays?

[prism]

I'm currently doing the basic Stronglift 5x5 routine every other day, with my main goal being losing weight. Would I be overworking my arms, shoulders and back by doing pushups and pullups on my offdays? Should I just stick to cardio on my offdays?

 

[Pantlegz]

I thought they were included but I just check the website and they're not. I'm not sure where I got them fromthen but I do pull/chin ups on DL days as well as prone bridges. On Bench press days I do 3xf pushups and 3x12-15 reverse crunches.

I could have swore that was the original SL setup but I may have added those in from somewhere else.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Off days are for recovery. Especially if your goal is to lose weight, I don't see how additional pushups will help you.

I would do cardio on off days and that's it.

 

[Pantlegz]

Working to failure helps build muscles(hypertrophy), which in turn increases your BMR and if you're still eating the same calories it would speed up weight loss some. I added them in because I thought they were part of the program even knowing they're not now I still do them and I feel it does help me a lot. I typically add them at the end of my workouts, just something to push myself a little more.

That said, I wouldn't do them on rest days. I need to incorperate cardio into my routine just to help my stamina a little but I think I'll be doing cardio a few hours before I actaully lift or maybe do 30 min every morning.

 

[calvinbiss]

He removed them from the program when he published a new report recently, mainly because people were saying the workouts took to long (really?) so he wanted people to focus on the main three exercises everyday. I also still do push-ups on bench days and pull-ups on overhead press days.

My suggestion to the OP is just one day of cardio a week and you could probably add abs and some arms if you wanted. It is important to give your major muscle groups a recovery day.

 

[darkewaffle]

I thought they were included but I just check the website and they're not. I'm not sure where I got them fromthen but I do pull/chin ups on DL days as well as prone bridges. On Bench press days I do 3xf pushups and 3x12-15 reverse crunches.

I could have swore that was the original SL setup but I may have added those in from somewhere else.

It was originally, he removed them 'officially' to encourage people focusing on the core of the routine and to not discourage people with time constraints.