What's your opinion on SS? I see it's recommended all the time here, and my wife's son wanted to try it.
Literally the worst.
Dad i never said I wanted to drink a gallon of milk a day
A literal meme.
>>36534140
My wife's son found it useful
A routine for permabulking fat retards who will never look good made by a permabulking fat retard who never looked good.
Also made by a retard who created a retarded diet known as GOMAD.
The fact that so many people take it seriously around these parts confirms why you should never take advice from here.
>>36534326
His dad doesn't like SS that much. I'll have to consult with him and my wife later, but I'd like to hear your opinions.
>>36534140
The program works well for beginners.
Reading the whole book is a waste of time for most people.
The information and cues for the big lifts isn't bad, but it's not great either.
You'll learn more by trying different techniques yourself.
>>36534349
ask your wifes black friend, he is quite athletic.
>>36534140
Great for beginners looking to build strength, i personally would add front squats and chins as accessories.
>>36534140
At least your wife's son talks to you...
Back to my shed I go
>>36534375
My wife wanted me to build a shed, but I negotiated and now I get to stay in the house. I have to massage her feet after she's done with her sexual partner.
>SS is literally a beginner program based around heavy compound movements designed to put the most weight on the bar as fast as possible that advocates proper calorie intake, protein intake, and rest
>Fitizens who have been lifting <2 years (and that's being generous) are criticizing it
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>>36534369
Oh, she has several, and quite gifted (in all senses, heh). Thanks for the input!
>My father's son found it useful
but in all honesty it was a good start for lifting it teaches you important lifts like squats deadlifts bench etc.
idk about the diet i just sort of ate more protein in my diet and cut a lot of crap food out but after like 3 or 4 months i moved on to different programming
>>36534140
I've done Stronglifts which is basically the same thing and literally thrown 30-50 pounds on all my lifts in 2.5 months. You really can't argue with those types of results.
>>36534140
My wife's boyfriend said SS is for losers and faggot white boys, and that I should stick to the cardio classes. I think he does something called a 'brosplit' but I'm not sure. He always seems to be using machines and never training legs.
>>36534140
>my wife's son
My favourite sentence.
Should I alternate squats and deadlifts?
I cannot PR on both exercises on the same day since squts drain the fuck out of me, and so I've been alternating them, but my squat is only at 2pl8 and very difficult while my deadlift is at 3pl8, also very difficult, so I feel there is an imbalance.
>>36534604
You're not doing the program, are you?
Should I be adding weight to my squat every day or every week?
>>36534318
My bitchs husband always talkin bout this fagget ass program, sayin he feelin sore from squattin ass to grass or some gay ass shit. Lol nigga i just do 100 push ups a day and im fuckin jacked f a m.
Author looks legit.
>>36534870
ugh, this shit again
>>36534880
>you will never be this new ever again
>>36534896
>>36534896
what?
SS is a program for beginners who want to get strong. Pic related is the result of this program
>>36534952
where did ur delts go? :'(
>>36534677
EVERY HOUR
Its a good first week program, most people's lifts will be ready for something more advanced after that however.
If you feel comfortable coaching power cleans, it's good. If not, strong lifts uses rows. Personally, I did Greyskull LP (google phraks greyskull for a printout). I like the decreased lower body frequency since I run, and the AMRAP set at the end makes deloads more tolerable. At the end of the day, any 3x5 or 5x5 linear progression compound focused routine is a good place to start
>>36534604
>what, Rippetoe recommends up to 6000 cals for my skinny ass to keep up with the program? The man must be insane, i'll eat 2500
>why the fuck are these squats so draining omg i can't deadlift anymore i'm dying
Every SS hater on /fit/ ever
>>36535346
I'm not hating on SS though? I eat around 3k calories at 5'9, so I definetly could eat a bit more however, so I'll up my surplus.
SS took me from 85/140/165ish/205ish to 122.5/185/235/300 in the past 2.5 months I've been running it, just looking for advice as I have a hard time doing both on the same day and I don't want to eat too much more since I'm already 178lbs
>>36535398
Are you still squatting heavy every workout? Rippetoe recommends alternating heavy and light squats once recovery becomes a problem
(Light = 80% of the previous heavy workout), you could deadlift at light squat days.
Check out his book practical programming for strngth training for more strategies to extend your novice progression phase, pretty good shit.
>>36534692
should've said, "Don't ever drink me or my wife's son again" and had a bottle of chocolate milk, desu.
>>36535505
Thank you senpai, I will try that. I have been alternating DL/squat recently but I will change it so that on days I do deadlift/OHP I also do light squats.
Before I did:
A
Squat 3x5
Bench 3x5
Chinups 3xF
accessories
B
Deadlift 1x5+
OHP 3x5
accessories
I will add 80% squats on B days. Also, I used to do 80% deadlifts for 3x5 on A days but I feel like it started too hamper my recovery since I had a hard time pulling 300 today and rounded my back hard on the last 2 reps, whereas last week I was able to do 295 for 6 reps with good form.
Any opinions on the light deadlifts hampering progress? I feel like it may be because I only ate half a bagel this morning and then went to the gym when I usually have a 1000 calorie meal before going to the gym so I was just hungry.
>>36534692
U N D E R R A T E D
>>36534604
youre deadlift should be 90 lbs stronger than your squat. they shouldnt be the same. dont worry
>>36535522
kek
>>36535560
you dont lift at powerhouse by any chance do you?
i saw a tall kid doing this same routine yesterday and i remember thinking it was a weird mix
>>36535747
nah Im 5'9 and lift in a gym in nj
>>36534140
>my wife's son
did your wife's son also lose his virginity before you lost yours?
>>36535847
what gym? i'm in north jersey
>>36535860
RWJ in scotch plains
>>36535885
Nice! I work in Bridgewater
>>36535747
also why do you think its a weird mix? Isnt is basically just SS with no squats on B day?
>inb4 power cleans
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>>36535917
ss is a weird mix too. it dont understand why you would want to hit that many muscle groups in one session
>>36534140
>STARTING
>STRENGTH
It's amazing how many people think this is a useful program for anyone beyond intermediate.
It really is.
