Advice EVERY Lifter Needs to Hear

[@BarbellLogic]

What do YOU struggle with as a new lifter? Leave a comment down below! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & hit that THUMBS UP! :)

[@spambuddyboy]

I struggle with which Instagram filter to use to highlight my six pack abs.

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Hi I have a problem with getting stronger than I am I want to get stronger I have all three books I tend to get a little impatient I know that it's stupid on my part I have been doing this for more than half my life thanks again for your time and help 🏋️

[@armedbear529]

If you’re new, and working out at a public gym, try not to care about what others around you are lifting, or their programming. It’s easy to be intimidated if you’re squatting 100lbs, and someone in the next rack is hitting 400 for reps. They started much lower at some point. Don’t be intimidated.

[@Asadc1995]

Who gives a fuck about he squats benches more than your or you do some kind of movements that he isnt strong at. Just train the exercises that your find fun.

[@frankchen4229]

@@Asadc1995 ? that advice can very likely lead to someone to injury and lack of progress. Squats, presses, and deadlifts including their variations are the best exercises for building strength. There is a reason many lifters do these movements for comparison.

[@notsoserious0944]

Get a coach. Get a coach. Get a coach. But if you cannot afford one (I can't), Read as much of the SS books as you can take and try to get a friend interested. Then bag on each other and help each other. If that doesn't work (it doesn't for me), watch as many SS videos as you can stomach and get under the bar and stay under the bar. If you are getting heavy, always pay attention to how you feel--your knees, back, shoulders and especially your feeling of strength. Starting Strength won't do you a damn bit of good if you can't climb into your line truck the next day and get fired. If you have acute pain somewhere, you probably have a technique problem and need to fix it. If you feel weak and wobbly, (weaker than your last workout) you probably have a programming or diet issue. If you can't get help, heal up while lifting light and review EVERYTHING! Stay under the bar. That is all I've got. :-)

[@tdplumer]

Love this video. Paired with the how-to vids. it comprises an all-you-need-to-know approach. Thank you so very much.

[@DannyPimienta]

I’m a noob lifter and my CrossFit coaches have been invaluable. They encourage me when I get frustrated by my lack of technique

[@BarbellLogic]

!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ethanchaney1139]

Doing the lifts I know I should do but I didn’t want to bc they didn’t seem appealing. Squat, OHP, and rows for me. Now I incorporate all 3 into my training and they’re doing wonders for me. Rows were the worst for me, due to form I wasn’t lifting the weight I knew I could and I’d do other things. But like any lift, if you just give it some time to learn the form and ingrain it into your body you’ll eventually get stronger in it/them to see real results. Some lifts are better than others, and if there’s a really good one you know you should be doing just do it…it’ll help so much in the long run.

[@BarbellLogic]

Great comment & good luck!

[@marcelozerbini5411]

My greatest struggle when I started lifting was to unlearn what a had learned and practiced in the gym form many year: isolate the muscles, any movement from the body would be cheating, etc.

[@tr3quart1sta]

She will soon have more titles than the mother of dragons!

[@yessir2562]

@1:36 Im done 😂

[@RandomGuyyy]

I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and have found lifting to be beneficial. But I've ended up doing SS twice a week because 3x a week ruined my energy levels for anything outside of the gym. Twice a week wears me down too but it's manageable. By doing SS just twice a week I know I'm not really doing the program. Should I just shoehorn in the proper three times a week routine, actually do the program and hope that my energy levels eventually adapt to the higher workload?

[@BarbellLogic]

redchant twice per week is excellent for impaired populations. Keep it going man!

[@christopherhammond3664]

If you legitimately have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cutting your potential recovery, I would NOT try to shoehorn in a 3rd day. Recovery is CRUCIAL. If 2 sessions/wk is the most you can adequately recover from, you ARE doing the program FOR YOU. There are clients that train 2x per week on modified versions because that is optimal FOR THEM. That being said, maybe you need to do other things to increase your recovery capacity. More/Better quality sleep, more food, more protein, etc. Maybe you will be able to work up to 3x/wk as you progress & as your capacity increases.

[@pfote65]

Haha, difficult advice :-P There is a bunch of "coaches" in my gym, and each of them gives different advice, from "do crossfit, thats the best (i'm no crossfit coach though)" over "dont use weights, your body is enough" to "let me introduce you to all the nice machines we have here" ... they are only consistent in one thing: nobody suggests barbells (except for benchpress), its too complicated and too dangerous :-) And No, cant use a "Starting Strength" Gym, the drive would be a bit far. Greets from Germany

[@jshealy]

That's why there's online coaching and has been for years. SS Online.

[@pfote65]

jshealy thats why I’m here

[@CEPTime2Entertain]

Brilliant video

[@ThaDoubleU]

How do you deal with loss of strength during lifts that you've done multiple times weeks prior at the same weight in front of the same people? Is that common during the Novice Linear Progression?. It would seem to me not likely considering we're instructed to go up 5 and 10 pounds a week correct?.

[@strongtrucker2693]

Tell em how it is Niki!

[@triplecheeseburgermotovlogs]

I have been lifting for nine weeks now, and I am so glad I have found this channel! Awesome advice on here. I am using a training app called Freeletics Gym, has anyone had any experience with it?

[@BarbellLogic]

triplecheeseburger we do the starting strength method.

[@papaw2937]

Triple cheese,there is a starting strength app. And a podcast interview with Rip talking to the app developer about it. Stay focused buddy

[@Kuliz88]

I've been using it for almost a year. It's great to get you started, but I've added weight slowly. It's consistent, tho. I've enjoyed it! I'm considering switching to the starting strength method /program now

[@wolfpackpete6408]

My biggest problem is that my upper back is slouched forward and I can't keep proper posture for squats or deadlifts

[@BarbellLogic]

Have you had your form evaluated by a coach? Or at least posted a form check on the SS FB page or forum?

[@wolfpackpete6408]

@@BarbellLogic I hire a personal trainer to coach me.

[@BarbellLogic]

huh.

[@TheAudi4041]

I'm doing a lot og cross-country skiing and want to go to the gym additionally to get some ekstra strength and build muscle. So I'm wondering, how would that work together with this?

[@BarbellLogic]

Do you have a coach? It's all about managing your resources and recovery, and requires some changes to programming.

[@knowntodigress]

I struggle with deadlifts (125#). My gym doesn’t have rubber plates so I have to raise the bar somehow. I finally noticed that I can adjust the horizontal support bars in the squat rack pretty low... I’m thinking of trying to deadlift there??? Or am I stuck suffering with cairn weight piles?

[@BarbellLogic]

heather s we call that a “rack pull.” Set the safeties in the rack Low enough to emulate the position of the bar If There were full sized plates in the bar (8.5”). Eventually you’ll pull 135 and you can leave the rack pulls behind!

[@juanhenriquezrosas5125]

I’m struggling with caloric intake! I’m 5’6”, 170 lbs, male. I’ on 2800 cal and just started to miss reps on my squat at 248 lbs, should I go to 3000 cals?

[@BarbellLogic]

Juan Henríquez Rosas eat!

[@kend5698]

I'm 8 weeks in. Started at 164lb with 165x1x5 squat max. Sitting at 182 now and just got 245x3x5 squats today. 4000 calories a day, including the gallon of whole milk, at age 34, 5'10". I'd be further along but the first two weeks I messed around at 3000. As Rip says, "You're not doing the program!"

[@zamanfahimimteaz3412]

Can i add rear delt work at the end of my workout? I'm doing the SSLP strictly atm. Thanks!

[@BarbellLogic]

That's why we deadlift.

[@7flat9]

Barbell Logic you’re absolutely right! I finally started lifting again after four months and my rear delts were sore after deadlifts.

[@yaangreece]

*paralysis by analysis*

[@mattwypijewski4192]

Nikki 😍

[@christopherhammond3664]

Niki

[@rumblewithmrbumble]

Niki is bae

[@toddknode752]

Supplements! Has their ever been a published INDEPENDENT scientific study of the supplements that the average person who is looking to gain muscle and lose fat should take in addition to a normal healthy diet? Every manufacturer claims some study or whatever supports the intake of their product and of course every Bro online hawks them. But none of those claims are reliable, obviously.

[@igorpotocnik13]

you want geewe advice? ok! lets go. so only gym workout? no judo, no sport, nothing only gym. ok?! full body 2x a week. mybe 3. if you can. haw time. bla bla bla. otjer days you go for fast walk 10km. 20 kg back pack. it can be 5 kg. depend. if it cold outside, you better do walk with back pack , than runn on cold air. if you can runn, runn. if you can not, walk. 1h walk at morning. 1 h walk after lunch. adivce is. you can not vurn fat celles. you cna only shrink them. well with surgery you can some. you ca not burn fat celles. waht to eat. if yo uare from usa, than itis prblem. if you are from my country witch is prithy normal at list with food, (slovenija) than is no that dificult. do not drink sugar. do not take no suplements. expept vitmains and minerals, and electrolite. stop watching tv. it is wery help full if you tranfosrm your home in prisson cell. no tv. computer only in one room. use computer only for job and other important staff. stop reading and watcihng news. news, politic, is made, so yo uget distrackted and on purpese they made you forget what you hawe, must do. TRAIN. sleep enought.