Starting Strength is really two books. One part teaches you the most effective form for each lift, and the second provides a programme for a novice lifter. Bot

Starting Strength is really two books. One part teaches you the most effective form for each lift, and the second provides a programme for a novice lifter. Both will be modified as you become more experienced - you might tweak your form to take account for EG short upper body, or you might find you respond better to volume rather than intensity in your programming. But it's like a lot of things - you need to learn the rules before you can break the rules. I'd say it's a good, simple starting point to find those things out about yourself. There are also a lot of Starting Strength adjacent companies that also provide good programmes - Barbell Medicine, Barbell Logic, Andy Baker etc.