Questions tagged [starting-strength]
A beginner strength program by Mark Rippetoe.
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Do isolated exercises really not work as good as compound movements for increasing strength?
The reason that isolated body-part training on machines doesn't work is the same reason that barbells work so well, better than any other tools we can use to gain strength. The human body functions as ...
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bamboo barbells/ unstable loads and research papers [duplicate]
I've been told that there are lots of research papers on this new kind of barbell, but I can't find any of them on google scholar or research gate. Do such papers exist? If so could you give me a list ...
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What book(s) for beginning routines at PF for 50-year old with 10 years off with strength as a first goal? [closed]
Problem: I have not had an exercise routine in 10 years. I now want to build strength again and look good, and improve my cardiovascular health (stop being winded so easily).
I just joined Planet ...
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Should general workouts be done before Starting Strength 5x5?
I'm planning to put my wife on the Starting Strength 5x5 program starting next week. She's 28 years old and has no experience with weight training.
Is it a good idea to go ahead and start with the ...
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At the top of the deadlift (i.e., when you have picked up the barbell), are you supposed to roll your shoulders back?
At the top of the deadlift (i.e., when you have picked up the barbell), are you supposed to roll your shoulders back? Or are the shoulders supposed to remain the way they were when you grabbed the bar ...
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What would happen if one added more sets to Starting Strength or Stronglifts?
The number of sets in routines like Starting Strength or Stronglifts seems absurdly low.
For example, doing Starting Strength, you are on average doing 4.5 sets per week on the bench press. That's ...
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Has any man achieved slow high kicks in their 30s?
My goal is to be able to do a slow, controlled side-kick movement significantly above waist level (ideally, head-height).
Is there any evidence-based training program that would lead to that? I have ...
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Is variation of movement important in strength training? [closed]
Exercise is the thing we must do to replicate the conditions under which physiology was - and still is - adapted, the conditions in which we are physically normal.
In other words, exercise is ...
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How should I train strength if I want to stay pain-free and have good mobility?
"My best powerlifting accomplishment in the 275-pound weight class was a 1,000-pound squat, 675-pound bench press, 700-pound deadlift, and a 2,375 total.
No, I wasn't strong at all! Sure, I could ...
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Looking for a good rotational exercise to add to Starting Strength program
I follow the Starting Strength program.
I like that is built around natural movement patterns.
The deadlift for instance is really just picking something heavy up from the ground. This is both useful ...
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Are my forearms too long for a Power Clean?
In "Starting Strength", Mark Rippetoe wrote that there are people who simply cannot rack the bar as required for a Power Clean due to an "abysmal anatomy". I am indeed having a hard time racking the ...
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Starting Strength without a power rack in a home gym
As a 28 year old desk worker, I'm noticing I'm getting fluffy around the waist and my strength has diminished even more over the years. I used to do aerobic sports so I wasn't out of shape during my ...
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How can I split Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5?
Starting Strength, Stronglifts 5x5 and Madcow 5x5 are popular and similar barbell strength training programs.
They all use the same lifts and use sets of 5 and trains the full body 3 days a week.
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What to do after joining the gym?
I am sorry if the question was very vague, Ill clear it out here, I am 26 soon turning 27 by August, I weigh 70 Kgs, I have thin arms but a very fat belly, all I want is a healthy body, maybe work out ...
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What to do after failing the Starting Strength Novice Linear Progression
I've been doing LP for 4 months. I've gained 10kg in the first 3 months (from 83-93kg), rest between sets, enough sleep, no injuries, and adding weight on the bar.
I did not get weaker on any of the ...
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Bench press (starting strength by Mark Rippitoe)
"The pectoralis minor helps stabilize the rib cage into the arched position when the scapulae are anchored by the traps and rhomboids"
How scapulae are anchored by traps and rhomboids? I didn't get ...
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I get tight muscles and very painful DOMs after I workout
I’m new to wheight lifting and I’m looking to build size but also lose some fat. Anyway, a day after my bicep workout I could barely extend my arm and it hurt like hell. Same thing for chest. If it’s ...
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Best ways to add explosive strength to a barbell training/HIT program?
I am a 45 year old male. For 2 months I have been training weights acccording to the Starting Strength program twice a week. That is except for the power clean which I have not been doing yet. My ...
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Benching/pressing more than three times every two weeks on Starting Strength
On Starting Strength, the lifter is only supposed to be doing bench press every other workout, and similarly for overhead press, so that one is only bench pressing (or overhead pressing) three times ...
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Weight training for muscular endurance
I have just started doing Stronglifts 5x5 (which is almost the same as Starting Strength). Hopefully in say 6 months time I have made good progress, but are also starting to plateu.
In order to get ...
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How many calories are burned doing Starting Strength, Stronglifts, or equivalent?
Trying to estimate TDEE and don't really know how many calories are burned during 5x5 strength workouts, or equivalent weightlifting time spent in the gym. Want to make sure I am eating enough, and ...
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Practical applications of the earthquake/bamboo bar
My gym recently purchased this weird bar:
I have yet to see anyone actually use it. From what I can tell, the point is to hang weights off the sides and they swing at each rep. The idea (I guess) is ...
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Does long distance running prevent muscle/strength gain?
I've read at Mark Rippetoe's website that a long distance running is where catabolic process prevail, and muscle/strength gain is where anabolic process prevail.
Therefore, they should somehow impede ...
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training abs every day, several times a day
It's all about body fat we all know it that about abs.I have heard much methods but I am curious about "no stop abs workouts". I plan on lots of abs training everyday (and good nutritional food).
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Intermittent Fasting Post Workout
I have lost around 33 pounds using intermittent fasting (skipping breakfast by substituting BCAAs). Since then, I have started lifting, first with Starting Strength and now with Texas Method, ...
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Can starting strength be morphed to fit hypertrophy purposes?
If I take an 'off the shelf' starting strength workout and increase the repetitions to the 8-12 range per set, will it be an effective hypertrophy workout?
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Squat 3x12
Bench 3x12
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My biceps becomes stiff after one workout. How do I fix this?
What should I do when my biceps becomes stiff? When I perform curls by using a rod, I am able to curl my biceps, but later on, when I move to dumbbell curls, even the lightest weight — say 15 pounds — ...
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Should beginners be doing Rounded Back Deadlifts in a beginner strength training program?
Ma Strength posted a video on Facebook with the following description:
"To be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of
virtues.” ---Sun Tzu The Art of War
During maximal ...
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Preventing upper back from rounding while squatting
My current bodyweight is 65kg and I am doing StrongLifts 5x5 for past two months. I am stuck between 70-75kg squat. Until 65kg squat it didn't matter much how my form was. I know that, I used to ...
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Starting Strength, time to move on?
I'm 41 years old, 1.82m tall and weigh 82kg.
I have been on strength training for 14 months (2.5 stronglifts, 11.5 starting strength).
I didn't do the program, as Riptoe would put it. I never got ...
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Can Starting Strength be made faster?
At my work weight it takes me between 60 and 75 minutes to finish the novice Starting Strength program.
I would like to be in and out of the gym in about 40 min.
When I diminish my work weights I'm ...
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Body building workout equivalent to Starting Strength?
I have been following a strength training program for about 14 months (Stronglifts 2.5 months, Starting Strength the remaining time).
I'm getting a bit bored of it (going to the gym feels like a ...
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temporal instantiation of workout function [closed]
I have been contemplating my daily routine algorithm as of lately..
When should I call my workout function on $self? Before I call my daily work method? Or after I finish this method call?
What is ...
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Practical Programming + Couch to 5K - Diet
I'm looking at starting a regimen combining the Practical Programming strength training routine (a derivative of the Starting Strength program) with the Couch to 5K running plan, in order to improve ...
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Deadlift form and individual morphometry
I'm a beginner lifter (female) doing Starting Strength. I'm having a problem with my deadlift form that I think might be partly related to individual morphometry.
So, what happens is this: I set up ...
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How many times a week should I deadlift and squat as a beginner?
I am a 32 year old guy. I haven't done deadlifts or squats before, but occasionally did workouts on individual muscle groups, and running.
I am looking forward to building strength, gaining muscle ...
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Do training breaks affect the 'novice effect'?
Starting Strength book mentions the 'novice effect', where a novice can gain strength very quickly and increase lifts every workout.
Does taking a break during the novice phase affects this?
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How should I interpret this performance standards table?
Starting strength wiki refers to these strength standard tables.
Are the values listed there the upper limit for the category, or the lower limit?
In other words, I'm 81Kg and I'm able to squat 90Kg,...
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Can Starting Strength be done by women realistically?
Can Starting Strength be done by women? I'm following everything correctly except for the bulking (for obvious reasons). 10 lb weight increases happen every few weeks (as opposed to every few days). ...
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I am on the Atkins diet and weightlifting everyday, what is this doing to my body?
I am a novice. I eat 1/4 cup of raw oats in the morning and two portions of meat later on in the day, and tons of low-carb & low-calorie vegetables. I work out everyday, and I'm following Mark ...
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How do I fix my Power Clean?
Background: I am changing my current barbell routine from StrongLifts to Starting Strength.
Problem: One of the five lifts in Starting Strength is the Power Clean, and my form is absolutely abysmal ...
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Why does Starting Strength prescribe minor resets?
Rippetoe's Starting Strength recommends that when you fail to get all 3 X 5 reps for 3 workouts in a row on a given exercise, you do a "minor reset" in which you drop the weight of the work set to 90% ...
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Afraid of dropping weight plates on feet
I recently started powerlifting (Starting Strength), and I have a rather frivolous concern. What if I drop a weight plate on my feet? Between warming up and work sets, there is a lot of loading/...
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Substitute powerlifting exercises for healing wrist injury
I am doing a Starting Strength-like powerlifting routine and want to continue to improve my strength in the big lifts in the long run.
Two months ago, I had a wrist injury from which I apparently did ...
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Diet on Starting Strength - Should I eat the same on my rest days as on my workout days?
This link gives a nice outline of the diet on a training day - but I can't find any reference to what one should eat on a rest day (i.e. since SS is a 3-day workout, what to eat on the other 4 days?)
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StrongLift 5x5 and lower back pain
After doing around 8 months of bodybuilding routines with little gains I finally decided to switch to a powerlifting workout, StrongLift 5.5 by Mehdi, I am 178 cm tall, weight around 57.4 Kg.
Before ...
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Chalice Squat Variation - Safe and Effective?
To replace the barbell back or front squat, I stand a heavy (80lb+) dumbell end-on on the floor, grasp the upper weights, and stand up. Is this a good alternative to the chalice squat? (Much more ...
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How to be strong and fit? [closed]
I'm 22 I'm normal in height almost 5.9 but my weight is around 56kgs, I'm looking lean. How can I be stronger?
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Would deloading for a month in order to help fix my lifting form ultimately detrain me?
Im currently on starting strength, been doing it since the 3rd week of December (prior to that Ive been doing some dumbbell lifting, which was from October to November).
Squat is at 155lbs Deadlift ...
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How much fish oil should I take for sore knees [closed]
I developed some patellar tendinitis from squatting (doing Staring Strength) and not keeping good form as the weights increased.
I took a break from squats (have only very slight pain now) and have ...
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