Rippetoe's starting strength.

SS+accessories is a solid workout plan

>>41448776
what accesories?

>>41448788
Buy the book and read it. Or convince a local library to get it. It's seriously worth it, solid info. None of the meme BS you get on /fit/.

>>41448746
These were my numbers after 1 month as a skellington doing SS by the book as best I could:

>OHP before: the bar
>OHP after: 105lbs
>Bench before: 65lbs
>Bench after: 125lbs
>Squat before: 65lbs
>Squat after: 165lbs
>Deadlift before: 105lbs
>Deadlift after: 225lbs

SS was garbage for me. Strict diet and consistantly following the plan made me go from 90 lb bench to like 145 in 6 months. After I switched from a plan with real substance I went from 145 to 225 in another 6 months. No idea what I bench now it's been years.

>>41448746
I find SL to be better, the app is sweeeeet

I got my squat from a very shakey 200 lbs to 325 with SS+almost GOMAD in a bit under 2 semesters. Could have done more but I injured myself around january.

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>>41448746
>How well does it work?
if you wanna look like him then go for it

>>41448945
Reading SS is still a necessity though
Don't learn the lifts from Mehdi, he is a shitty lifter

>>41449077
post the epub then

>>41449077
I tried to follow Rip's squat method and snapped my L5

>>41449122

Gonna assume your serious anon, did you get it fixed? How?

I fucked up my back like 3 years ago trying out dead lifts, I miss not hurting all the time.

>>41449130
Shit man, mine was just a muscle strain

It hurt like a kick in the nuts for 2 weeks and it healed. Most injuries heal in 6 weeks at most unless it's some serious shit (like an actual fracture that wouldn't even let you walk).

Have you been in therapy? Considered surgery?

>>41448945
The app is literally the only good thing about the program. 5x5 is too much volume for linear progression and rows are the pussy version of power cleans.

>t. used to do SL but switched to SS

>>41449232
>power cleans
SL eventually goes into 5x3 and 5x1

>>41449199

Negative on the last 2. Well, I could also be wrong about the source. I'm barrel chested as fuck, and while it's cool and all that my OHP is pretty good for a noob (was at like 185 after ~6 months lifting), I think it had a really negative effect on my spine and posture growing up. I most certainly have kyphosis.

I certainly snapped something on that deadlift though. They were always uncomfortable, but I think I was lifting too much (280). Felt the snap, crippled me for a few days, but got over it. But that was, like I said, a few years ago. Idk if that's the big problem, but I can't bend forward anymore without my back flaring up on me. Really sharp sort of pain, feels like it goes away if I stretch.

Want to go get it looked at, but I'm a poorfag and I wouldn't even know where to start.