Mark Rippetoe Discontent Thread

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I went through a three year period where I followed a lot of Mark Rippetoe's training philosophies. The usual shit: don't worry about your abs, eat big, lift big, and focus on getting progressively stronger over the long term. I did that and it was kinda cool. I got a little chubby, strong as fuck, and felt good about myself and my progress. And just like he said, you really don't end up being that fat in the end. You're just thicc

BUT, I recently decided that I want to lose some weight and take a shot at being a cute little musclefag, so I hopped on some roids and returned to my brosplit in the gym.

And let me tell you, i can not even do a fifth of the work capacity that I used to be able to do back in my beginner/bro-split days. I ohp 225x5 but I am having difficulty seated db shoulder pressing the 70s for sets of 10. I squat 500 but am having difficulty just doing leg press work with 4 plates. I can barely do 3 sets of 10 on the curls without being fatigued.

I don't know what it is man. I am just conditioned for a hard ass 5x5 workout followed by some light accessories. That is what I recover best from and how I am adjusted. This high rep shit is literally impossible for me. The reason I want to point this out because even though on paper Rippetoe's theory of endurance exercises becoming easier (because the stronger you get, the more sub-maximal those endurance reps are) makes sense, it just doesn't work out in practice. I dunno man. There is an element here that is not being accounted for and I don't know what it is, but Rippetoe is missing the memo on something here. I feel pathetic not being able to complete one of my old school hypertrophy workouts despite being strong as fuck.