Recent content by Madcow2

A quality set of something along those lines is exactly what I was thinking. For light dumbells commercial grade is overkill as is having increments that take up tons of room. Heavy dumbells take abuse simply because they are unwieldly, you don't have to treat the 30s like that so breakage is...

Some ideas - maybe some stuff gets added later but a few things to mull over. A quality bar that spins well and bumper plates for OLs (these can be expensive) A platform for OLs. I'm not sure if you do them or not but it's worth considering now or someday, you can build on cheaply or get one...

Since 5x5 type programs are not in any way designed to peak 1RM performance in the squat, bench and dead, that makes them pretty aweful powerlifting programs unless they are compared to something even less specific. 5x5 is general strength and mass. Since mass is assumed to mean more muscle...

You want to devote asymmetrical effort to your training...now you are cashing the check that you wrote and part is more readily adaptable than the other. Reset the benches and rows as needed, keep the rest moving as is. I'd advise smaller jumps on benches and rows to help out. Everything...

Life is an injury. Anything you do is going to eventually wind up in an injury or mishap. Play ping pong long enough and you'll eventually slip or turn the wrong way and get layed up. Drive long enough and you will make a mistake (and if you avoid this long enough you can bet someone else...

I kid you not. 2 weeks ago I'm sitting on the couch and stretch only to feel fire shooting in my neck. Pretty freaky but after a few days it feels okay. Yesterday I lifted (as I have done maybe 8-9 times since it happened without problem) totally without any incident but by the end of the...

I believe they crucified the last person to question the almighty bench. Regardless, the guy wants to press again and has had trouble. No need to jump his shit and call him names. Musclelove, the issue with being a lifter and going back to lifts that you haven't done is that you aren't really...

It's of little consequence, hence the OP can drop the dips without worry. I don't even list assistance work on the advanced version. You can safely ignore it and most times it won't make a difference. That said, hypers and situps are good stuff. For the curls and extensions - shit, never met...

Just stick with the planned weights for now. It definitely seemed like you weren't loaded to capacity so obviously rebound/recovery will be faster (i.e. deficit not as deep). This is kind of a feeling your way process. You learn appropriate levels of loading/fatigue and how to project a...

Shoot him and email. Nice guy. He'll either send it himself or tell you where to get it depending on what's going to be easiest for you. Mark Rippetoe 3118 Buchanan St Wichita Falls TX 76308 (940)696-0829 [email protected]

Well, you can hate yourself a bit less since it's only been out a year or so (no need to blame yourself for 5 years). Also his new book, Practical Programming, covering the program design just came out. I think it's $20. I've read it and after learning the lifts (Starting Strength) it is the...

Search the thread for his last post - apparently digger banned him for posting personal info of someone he believed to be a scammer without clearing anything first. Digger offered an explanation.

The spreadsheet is just a guide. For most people it works. The bench is the most common problem but it stems from people training it harder and with lower reps than any other lift they do, being too agressive (i.e. putting hard 5RM lifts in for week 4 which they then have to do 4 previous sets...

Very simply for purely adding the maximum amount of muscle to the body, it's hard to beat a full body or most of body split (upper lower) hammering the big lifts as often as possible and training them progressively. That's an "all-in" approach so to speak. Big compound lifts drive the...

Yeah I saw that. Wonder whatever happened to this guy. Getting banned never disuaded him from rejoining before.