Concurrent training works for me. Mostly swimming for conditioning and strength training. At almost 70yrs I am oldest OG under the barbell at local YMCA 🏋♂️🏋🏻🦊
Really glad I’ve found starting strength. Love Rips podcast and I’m really enjoying these as well. I’m 54, 5’8” 166 and been doing SS for 9 months. Deadlift up to 290 and first goal is double body weight. From there? Why not 405! And I’m so glad to see this particular video because I do Bikram yoga 2-3 times per week and have had the nagging thought in the back of my mind that I need a “harder cardio” like tabata sprints on the fan bike or something. But honestly, I don’t have the energy or recovery for it. Strength is my number one priority and the hot yoga just feels good, I like doing it and my HR definitely gets up. I’m thinking I’m doing enough. Thanks gentlemen!
Ive just started 'starting strength' as a novice because i want to get stronger for karate, which is my chosen sport. It seems logical to me to train specifically for strength when in the gym, and karate when in the dojo, but that they can compliment one another.
I would be interested in hearing a discussion of conditioning and flexibility for post-novice people who are doing the SS program on a regular basis with increasingly heavy weights. These would be people who have no intention of dropping heavy weights in favor of conditioning. What is the best way to add conditioning so it compliments SS rather than encroaches on SS.
Is the conditioning for general fitness and health? Or is it for a particular activity? The short answer is: go do physical things that bring you joy and it's probably a good idea to get a sweat in most days you're not training.
Honest question, thoughts on GPP? Can't conditioning stuff like the prowler aid in the production of muscle mass and recovery? Progressing the main movements has to be the driver of success, but if you've got someone ready and willing to add in some bodybuilding stuff, wouldn't that aid in adding lean mass? Not talking about the 40+ trainee, but some early 20's bottle of test looking young man will surely benefit? especially if we consider how little volume the program has for the upper body?
Strength training = GPP. Maybe, but probably not And more for some people than others. But more weight on the bar for sure aids in the production of muscle mass for everyone, all the time. Recovery is nutrition and sleep first. No point in worrying about conditioning for recovery purposes until the more important stuff is taken care of. "Bodybuilding stuff" is meaningless. Muscles and people get bigger as a result of being exposed to a force production stimulus. For people not on drugs, the best way to do that is to load as many joints as possible with the heaviest weight possible. Isolation exercises and higher reps are done to manage stress once someone is strong enough that the frequency and loads required to continue getting bigger would be too difficult to manage using the big barbell lifts. Strength training = bodybuilding. It really is that simple.
@@startingstrength I guess you're saying it's a spectrum, if you had some maniac who was willing to eat, inject and sleep all day like a professional strongman, weightlifter or powerlifter, you'd throw as much at them as they could handle, but for gen pop it's more of an as an when required prescription if and when the big 5 slow down, and it's usually a case of looking at the method first. Playing with frequency, volume, intensity and then supplemental exercises before adding accessories. Is that pretty much right?
Just run a NLP 1st, then do whatever bodybuilding program. Your bodybuilding is going to go a lot better if you can squat 315 for 3 sets of 12 and bench 225 for sets of 12 than if you just start bodybuilding and you are squating 185 for sets of 12 and benching 135 for sets of 12. You won't find any weak bodybuilders and the light weight high rep scheme is a myth. When they say "light weight" they are quite literally talking about working sets of big lifts in the 200 to 400 lb range.
How does the 5x5 or 3x5 affect mitochondrial density? I understand were adding strength with SS but there's typically a purpose behind higher rep sets in other programs. Mitochondrial density is clearly advantageous.
Yes. I work out alone for years now, never had an issue. That said, you've got to be a bit careful withthe bench press. Bench gone shit can kill you, so either you have someone spotting you, or you have some physical safety measures, like benching in a power rack with the safety bars adjusted to just the right height, so the weight coming down can't crush you, if you understand what i mean. Sorry, english isn't my first language.
Another very fascinating and enjoyable podcast! I have a slightly unrelated question: Back in the day, I weighed 15 pounds less than my current weight, but I could lift a total of 150 pounds more when it came to the Squat, Bench, and Deadlift. I've been doing LP for five weeks now and I'm uncertain whether to maintain, gain, or lose weight, my ultimate goal is to be as strong as I can, I have no desire for abs, I just don't want to be unnecessarily heavy if it doesn't aid in performance. Any advice you can provide would be highly valued!
@@vhalaroxgaming2251 careful not to let past performance influence future decisions. I recommend gaining at least 1lb per week of bodyweight assuming you don't miss training sessions, to get as much out of your novice gains as possible. You'll very likely gain a desirable ratio of fat/muscle.
Hi guys, I've developed a new strength training routine. I've been binging on junk food for the last 6 months and getting heavier by the day. Now every time I have to lift myself up out of bed to get to the living room couch to watch TV, I have to exert a little more force. It's just like the novice linear progression. That's because I only get out of bed three days a week - Mondee Wednesdee and Fridee. Each time I'm heavier by 5 pounds. So far the results have been great. Thanks Rip.
Good session, but you should be more aware of the echo chamber effect. There was arguments used in this session, that only in some corner cases, are correct. That was not clearly expressed. There might be information from earlier talks I am missing, or you have said this so many times that you don't feel the need to express the details, or something else. I know its difficult, but I want these talks to be bulletproof. Loving the program, by the way. If only the lifting was as hard as eating enough.
Home gyms are the future of strength training. CrossFit was responsible for more people picking up a barbell than anything in modern times. As long as you do something in the weight room is better than doing nothing. Any program that gets you motivated is the best program p
