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Starting Strength leaves a lot to be desired. 531 Forever for a person willing to read, and read again, for someone that wants a framework for resistance train
by leksak 4y ago
Starting Strength leaves a lot to be desired.
531 Forever for a person willing to read, and read again, for someone that wants a framework for resistance training+conditioning that they can use for the rest of their life.
Paul Kelso's Powerlifting Basics, Texas-Style: The Adventures of Lope Delk for the person that want a few different routines that are more geared towards strength.
If I was a person starting anew though I'd place less emphasis on strength initially and use a more varied set of exercises. My personal recommendation would be John Meadow's Baby Groot, it is written so well it could just about be understood by a computer program. Few, if any, ambiguities. Helpful examples. And video links to each exercise.
- barry-cotter 4y agoThat could all be true. I wouldn’t know. But SS is absolutely sufficient to get all your beginner gains and then switch to maintenance which would get you 80% of the gains for 20% of the effort. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Better any plan to become fit that’s not actively harmful, executed, than someone putting it off to find the perfect plan.