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Originally Posted by Melkerson
If it makes you feel better, that's not just you. It's everyone who has ever lifted.
haha, everyone on this forum. People are probably sick of me ranting about Rip, but when you look at the broader context of introductory fitness you really can't go all that wrong with SS for the first few months. Definitely going to need to start increasing volume on this type of training though.
Besides one ex-girlfriend, I really haven't gotten my hands on any day 1 lifters and been able to stick with them for multiple years as a coach. But our strategy with her was 5x5 until stalling and then sets of ten on close variants (paused squats, conventional DLs since she pulls sumo, and incline bench) until that stalls out, then back to 5s on comp variations. And of course a lot more accessory lifts like delts/pushdowns/leg press/hamstring curls/RDL etc. Basically the approach outlined from the Chad Wesley Smith books... This approach worked super well and it's what I would have done on myself if I was starting over learning barbell lifting. Probably a similar approach with adjusted rep ranges for olytard... She moved to the UK and dropped pl to start olytarding at age 27 with some of the worst lower body mobility I've ever seen for an asian person so I'm curious to see how it goes. She was able to squat 115kg@56ish at her peak and they have an oly club at her university where she's getting coaching.
So basically wish I woulda listened to CWS and Max Aita after the first ~12 months on SS, but back then they weren't publishing as much info.