How is this book for beginners? I'm a 5'10 manlet weighing in around 345 fleshy pounds. I did do some weightlifting many years ago primarily with barbells and dumbbells. I've tried doing cardio through the last however many years but always lost interest. It's time to get serious about weight loss using weights. I found this limited set of particular barbell exercises concentrating on proper form and lower body workouts where I can really burn some calories in my legs.
Being that I'm a piece of garbage in my mid-30s, I would be starting off with even a bar on my squats if need be or fucking guided presses. Would this book be good for beginners?
>>35709723
>STARTING strength
>BASIC barbell training
>"Is this good for beginners?"
Don't blame Rippetoe for you letting your body deteriorate into a fat sack of shit. The book is meant for people wanting more strength and mass, anyone else should consider doing another program such as some kind of cardio thing to lose all your excess weight and then pick up starting strength.
And yes, some people are weaker than average and can't press and empty olympic bar and shit. My advice is to use your head and perhaps find another bar that isn't too heavy for you.
I hate January.
>>35709754
>barbell training
>there are no trains
>>35709723
read the sticky
>>35709723
It's absolute shit for fat people, but everything is. The book is written for 110lbs teenage skeletons looking to bulk up. You can follow the program but don't follow the dieting advice.
>>35709784
What you suggested is retarded as even if he is a fatso with 30 percent bodyfat he will have more LBM than many. He should be cutting calories and lifting at the same time, not running like a dumbass and end up as a fatso with 20 percent bf at 200.
>>35709854
>"I would be starting off with even a bar on my squats"
>more LBM than many
Just hit the gym. Use the cable machines. 3 days split: Push, Pull, Leg. Focus on strength (5 reps max for 5 sets with your last rep being your failure rep).
You don't have to start with starting strength. SS is for when you need more strength but what you need now is more discipline. So hold your shit together anon.
>>35709784
i'm not blaming rippetoe, faggot. i said i would use JUST the bar if that's where i'm at and yet practicing form. the sticky says compound movements are great for beginners and this book is based around those exercises.
i'll take >>35709824 advice but you're still a faggot.
>>35709723
Buy the book. Read the book. Study it carefully. It is your textbook. Do the program. It's fine.
Dude, ANYthing is going to be better than continuing the way you are. SS is a perfectly good program.
But that isnt really the issue, is it?
You don't get to be that size overnight, nor with just a little casual snacking. You have GOT to eat a lot less than what you're used to. I'm not suggesting starving yourself, but only eat when you're actually physically hungry. Do not eat because you're bored or "feel like it" or whatever.
When your stomach growls, eat. When in is full (not stuffed!), cease eating. That is all.
>>35709917
whoops, someone's assblasted.
do whatever you like you fat sack of shit old man. the peak of your life is over anyway.
>>35709917
>calling kids a faggot on a mongolian homosexual iron welding forum
Seriously? I can't imagine any 30 year old feeling the need to do this.
