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For women reading this - beware, it's not that easy. I've followed Starting Strength a couple of times and I plateau at 1.3x my weight in deadlift and .75x my w
by Kluny 6y ago
For women reading this - beware, it's not that easy. I've followed Starting Strength a couple of times and I plateau at 1.3x my weight in deadlift and .75x my weight in squats. Sticking to the program doesn't get me past it. I have to shake it up a lot with more reps, smaller weight intervals, and nearly doubling my food intake.
It was a great way to get started though, and I'm really happy about the changes my body went through in six months or so. After that, you have to find a different program or a trainer.
- Guthur 6y agoMy apologies, my experience is from a male point of view on this, limits of my biology. There is a starting strength lift standards which shows more what to expect from a female perspective and is indeed a lot smaller relative to body weight. Starting strength is definitely a beginner program but it's simplicity is an excellent place to start. After the SS program I've gone to the Texas Method and enjoyed great success, ymmv.
- throw0101a 6y agoFor women, the Strong Curves is a popular program/book: * https://www.bretcontreras.store/products/strong-curves https://www.bretcontreras.store/products/strong-curves * https://old.reddit.com/r/StrongCurves/ https://old.reddit.com/r/StrongCurves/ I still think that SS is a good starter for the first 3-6 months, but once you can no longer jump by 2-5 pounds (1-2 kg) per workout, you've basically used up your beginner gains. (True also for men.) SS isn't meant to be a long-term program, but mostly (a) getting people to actually do strength training with (b) proper form and (c) concentrating on the Big 5 movements that probably give the best bang-for-buck/time.