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[@bmpsjp24]

Started squatting two years ago. No program and no idea how to squat properly. Knees and back hurt all the time. Came across Rip on KZbin teaching the low bar squat. I’m now squatting with proper form and my back and knees actually feel better than they have in quite a while. Going for 500lbs by the end of 2024!

[@jacobfr4985]

If you start now you’d have 500 by summer

[@nicklcool]

H/W/age/calories per day/amt. of sleep? Congrats on having found his program.

[@bmpsjp24]

6’2 245 38y/o. Don’t know exactly on the calories. Definitely getting plenty but no sure exactly. Getting roughly 150 grams of protein daily. Sleep on the other hand is a real problem at the moment. Just started night shift recently so it’s tough adjusting but hopefully will get better.

[@Oberon4278]

More calories. More protein.

[@jamie.777]

​@bmpsjp24 spent over a decade working 3rd shift. You are in for a wild ride with health, especially if you work a 3 twelve hour shift, and sleep half the week "normal". Night shift sucks, but i gotta mortgage, 4 kids and a mother in law, night shifts do a number on health. I am 6"1", felt like crap at 250. Feel like a million bucks at 195. Just turned 50 and back to my 20 year old waist size, I just started weight lifting 🏋️‍♂️ in my shed/gym, put on 5 lbs of muscle in 6 weeks. Been just fking around. I wanna start this program soon

[@toddk2737]

I'm 61yrs old. Discovered Starting Strength 3 yrs ago. This week happens to be PRs for almost every lift. Squat 375lb single PR Bench 280lb single PR Press 177lb Single PR Deadlift 450lb pull this morning. PR is 455lbs. Goals for the coming year Bench 315 Squat 405 Deadlift 500 Press 200

[@alb1618]

I like the 2,3,4,5 plate goal! OH, bench, squat, deadlift

[@skanda1832]

BAM!

[@Abdullah-pj6sp]

Incredible work and outlook sir

[@abuhaadiyah9403]

Bro that’s insane! At 61!! Awesome.

[@dabblingfrancis]

Stronger than me in my thirties. Nicely done, sir!

[@electricalstuff259]

Started the program and am just finishing up my 4th week. 1rms changed: Squat 102kg for 1, now getting 140kg for one and able to do 3x5 quite comfortably. OHP 60kg for 1, now up to 54kg for 3x5 comfortably. Deads 140kg for 1, now able to do 130kg for 3x5 comfortably. Bench 80kg for 1, now able to do 60kg for 3x5 as if it's nothing. I've only actually tested the squat 1rm since starting and did that last workout. Bodyweight started at 196lbs, currently 204lbs, all muscle. This works.

[@handsforwarrodneymorgan2616]

My son is a 15yr old baseball player. Pitcher for varsity . We used starting strength over the Summer. He put on 18 solid pounds in 3 months and increased every one of his p.r. by 25 to 30lb.

[@handsforwarrodneymorgan2616]

@user-ok1xq5qm9t it's not too late. You have made the first step. Stay the course,see it through and enjoy the journey. Stay away from people,places and things that would cause you to relapse. You can and you will succeed.

[@Vorhees_the_great]

@user-ok1xq5qm9t Even better now you can be that dad! Don’t be so hard on them they end up hating it though.

[@sunbeamcostrength]

Completely agree. 52 y.o., 5'11', 248# 525 squat, 345 bench, 550 DL, 275 OHP. I keep written records so that I can visualize my goals. 1500# total for SBD is my next goal. 4 days a week, 60-75 minutes each, good clean food, no gear of any kind. I do wrap my knees for the squat.

[@davidallen1753]

I have been exercising most of my adult life. Read your book a year ago and really opened my eyes and made sense. Since then I have been training and at 47 yo I'm stronger than I've ever been

[@Swoliecanoli]

So thankful to have come across starting strength. God bless mark ripitoe and the team

[@moosesackfitnessclub]

My wife saw me after a squat set, 450lb for 7. She looked at me like I was crazy with my red face and bloodshot eyes, heavy breathing lol I was like this is what strength training looks like when you start getting good at it

[@davidrocha3732]

you just have shit cardio dude

[@alb1618]

Hi Rip! Thanks for the great content! 295 bench 355 squat 405 deadlift @ 50 years old, 215 pounds, 6’1”. What do you think about kettle bell swings for cardio on days I’m not lifting? My cardio is in the tank but the usual cardio fitness options feel like a waste of time.

[@alb1618]

Albouman1000 Albouman1000trailer on KZbin

[@arturpetrovici]

Nope. Off days allow for recovery and at 50 you need that more. Do some low-impact ''cardio'' thé same day you lift (row, écho bike, prowler) but continue to focus on strength numbers. Search for Starting Strength's prowler vidéos. Kettlebells are useless.

[@JB-hq9yj]

Walk with a ruck. KB swings will absolutely wreck you it’s a ballistic movement. Cardio is important especially as you age. Rip looks about 5 min away from a heart attack. You don’t want that. You can be strong and healthy too. Walks / rucks / low impact zone 2 will get you there without affecting your numbers

[@alb1618]

@@JB-hq9yj thanks bud!

[@alb1618]

@@arturpetrovici thanks!

[@chuckray8389]

Dude I so appreciate you and your teams instruction. Everything I’ve read over and over In your books are FACT….FACT! I’ve proven it in my own plan after a 10 year layoff and trying to get back at it. Keep telling the hard truth! Screw pussyfooters. Ripp Rocks!!!

[@406dn7]

PRs mean more the first couple of years you are lifting, at least for me. I'm 72 years old, and have been lifting ~8 years now. I might try for a PR once or twice a year, or not. There are often little nicks to be managed. There is no sense trying for a PR then. Lifting heavy is tremendously good for anyone, especially an old man. In the last year or two, my PRs are a 250# bench, 350#squat and a 400# trap bar deadlift. I know you don't like the trap bar, but I do.

[@brendanmichel5313]

I first started lifting while also moving furniture full time, so I didn't even try to PR until the offseason. When I did, at a BW of 180, I was hitting 225 for 3 on bench and DL was in the low 400's. Still using 135 to squat due to recent serious injuries, still strong and lean and able to move furniture professionally, and I'm just going into month 6. Going to start fixing my squat so I can really train it like they are talking about.

[@jacobsamson257]

🍝🦆

[@sherrischwartz6844]

Great stuff!!!! 46 year old woman who loves everything starting strength.

[@matusmasir1054]

My personal view on this topic of hypertrophy is this, if I am allowed to share. And since I am sitting here in my office in a typical non-productive hour I allowed myself to share this .... We, as a human beings (its debatable in some cases) have evolved in some way. We have evolved some typical MOVEMENT PATTERNS, that allows us to move weight in space, you know the thing around us... Now... lets pretend that there are this BASIC movement patterns - horizontal and vertical pull/push, hip hinge, Squat, Carry.. For me, as a guy who always want to be bigger and stronger there is always a question. What is the best exercise I can do for my goal and to hit every pattern I described. Do I have to do Barbell Squat? Probably not. Do I have to do Squat Movement pattern? yes. Over the years, I find out that for my goal which always was more of a hypertrophy than strength there are no better moves than: Bench Press, Incline Bench Press on Smith machine (SM), Weighted Dips, SM Seated Press, Chin ups, Upright rows on SM, Chest supported T-bar rows (to allow my low back heal), Romanian Deadlift, Stiff Leg Deadlift, Hack Squat, Pendulum Machine Squat... these are the movements I based all my training around and these are the lifts that allowed me to improve my physique from skinny 135lbs kid to nowadays 220lbs 6 foot tall man with 350 bench press, 495lbs deadlift (even I dont directly trainig the deadlift, but from time to time I try), 400lbs squat (always suck at squat ).. all naturally ... Basic training every other day, Upper/lower "split" every time trying to improve my previous best, every time goinf hard, every time looking in the gym like someone who is possesed by the devil...Do you HAVE to training Barbell SQUAT/DL/BP? No, but you better be traininig all the patterns I mentioned with the lifts that are the best for your goal...

[@somuchfortalent]

Agreed. I'm up to a new 20 rep PR.

[@Grumbledookvid]

I've been having reverse PRs for the past 4 years

[@johnmaguire3608]

Right now, I'm doing the first part of sit to stand.

[@mikerodtka4962]

I'm 127 yo and been training since i was -3 current bw of 456 #, with squat in low 7000's, press atg for every rep and benching school buses, my deadlift is in another timezone, train insane or remain the same ammirite? Sure i wish my dad would have hugged me as a kid, but prs are ample compensation.

[@Cube_Ernator1077]

You're how "old"?

[@tommyiaq]

Suggestion for APP to track progress?

[@VegetoStevieD]

How much strength someone has gained is easily quantifiable. Increases in logic and character aren't so easy to quantify, despite clear connections to prolonged barbell training.

[@chrischairamonte1064]

I aspire to one day be on comments from the haters . Even though I kinda like Rip lol. I actually agree with a lot of what he’s says but still lol

[@leninfernandez9279]

I think lots of haters are actually not haters, it just became fun and people are trying to make fun stuff

[@damionjackson1743]

I just did a strengthlifting meet but for USSF I wasn’t aware that starting strength and USSF went own way because of a legal dispute. But anyways why not just start a different strengthlifting federation that protocol seems to have worked for powerlifting why not strengthlifting?

[@iangraham-white5717]

I have increased my high bar ATG squat 60 lbs in 5 weeks

[@Michael-kb2il]

When are the floral heights cafe shirts dropping? 👀

[@startingstrength]

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[@brois841]

To be clear, grinding (RPE 10) is an important skill, but that's not something trainees should be doing _regularly_ during training. Also, not sure why you're making fun of RPE, it's one of the best ways to train when you reach high intermediate/advanced levels.

[@deanl6590]

Take a shot every time Nick gets interrupted

[@VegetoStevieD]

He talks a lot. Someone has to interrupt him.

[@bcspride]

Yep 👍

[@smashedguitarist]

Rippetoe once farted so loud, he made Thor jump.

[@freehatespeech6804]

Why don't PRs on other lifts also matter?

[@soonahero]

Can I run the Texas method on the planet fitness smith machine

[@chrischairamonte1064]

No

[@moeazam6358]

An idea so crazy, it might just work 😂

[@PucknellProductions]

Smith machines dont allow any forward or back movement

[@leninfernandez9279]

Hahaha and people take this questions seriously

[@soonahero]

@@leninfernandez9279 the idea of mark rippetoe being worthless in planet fitness seems unlikely

[@warrenhenning8064]

For once I actually agree with this channel!

[@jakesbackhoedozerservice7010]

I feel like Rusty was talking to me lol

[@nickm724]

what about my family?

[@ChrisJ294]

Rip's hair transplant looking well

[@Maar919]

This will work for less than 1% of peoples we live in a world where few people have enough mental strength to get through PRs new generations of people have everything easy smartphones from childhood without joining army or hard physical work they are taught to easy life

[@CarlOblander]

Strength is good for everyone. It works for more than one percent of a given population, because morons like you don't count for much.

[@LaserWolf-cf3bf]

Last night Coors Light led me down a KZbin rabbit hole and I ended up at the Starting Strength channel. Now I know how to PR squat for no quad gains and power-blast my deadlift PR with diarrhea thanks to MARK “RIPPETURD”’s GOMAD.

[@Cube_Ernator1077]

You sound like a Real Twit

[@caseyonthree8403]

LOL the "only one's who trained" and nobody on this show looks big. These are strength guys, they're not concerned with muscle size like most of the population. Any hypertrophy workout with periodization outperform their 3x5 garbage. RIP joints, tendon's and cartilage.

[@ck-rd2ce]

I'm sorry but this is just not the case. You can take this route, but let's not pretend you absolutely need to do bone one bone 5rms to get stronger

[@brois841]

no you don't, but it's a good skill to learn. I also think their point is just about getting out of your comfort zone as a beginner lifter. I agree intermediate/advanced lifters should absolutely NOT be doing RPE 10 on their main lifts.

[@nickzema4683]

"Leave a rep" - Kirk Karwoski ???

[@VegetoStevieD]

"I want to hold it!"

[@TheHaiku2]

lol

[@geo525252]

PR's don't matter at all unless you're a competitive lifter. What matters is being physically fit.

[@moeazam6358]

How do you get physically fit without PRs?

[@trickmuffinful]

You must be new here. You have alot of studying to do.

[@trickmuffinful]

​@@moeazam6358He obviously doesn't understand the difference between exercising and training. I bet he loves his cardio.

[@moeazam6358]

@@trickmuffinful That's very presumptuous of you to say. He should provide his own responses based on his training paradime. (Assuming he isn't a shill)

[@trickmuffinful]

@moeazam6358 I'm not presuming anything. If he says PR's don't matter then he obviously is not talking about training. Training involves incrementally improving. Which is what this youtube channel is all about. You also must be new here.

[@eastsidebarbell209]

#mikementzer

[@marcustulliuscicero1464]

training with higher reps close to failure is way more painful than your last rep of 5 will ever be.

[@leninfernandez9279]

It’s great if you are trying to optimize pain during training, is that your goal? I could suggest more efficient stuff like standing barefoot on gravel floor instead of shoes on a rubber floor

[@marcustulliuscicero1464]

@@leninfernandez9279 ahahahah you completely miss my point. In the video they keep talking about people not doing heavy reps because it's too hard. I'm arguing that training with lower weights but doing reps is harder and more people are doing this so it seems that it's not about the difficulty of the workout at all.

[@sunnyjim28]

​@@marcustulliuscicero1464Training with light weight for high reps is a waste of time for a novice, if the goal is to get stronger.

[@VegetoStevieD]

@@marcustulliuscicero1464 Hard and Painful aren't exactly the same word.

[@brois841]

@@marcustulliuscicero1464 what's your goal? I mean do 50 or a 100 pushups, or whatever will tire you out. You won't get strong that way though; you need intensity. Pain isn't the goal, strength is the goal.