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Originally Posted by Yeti
everyone in this forum seems to do starting strength, or did when they were beginners. SS seems to consist of only a handful of different things. why are stuff like curls, tricep pulldowns, upright rows, inclines bench press, stuff involving dumbbells, etc, not included? are they generally useless? thanks.
1) Inferior and useless sans for l337 trainees
2) Inferior, though may have a place
3) Dangerous
4) Pointless
5) Unilateral training is an issue that isn't a pertinent issue for beginners
6) etc consists of lol Mike Boyle
Basically each program consists of certain sacrifices, unilateral training will not create the same bilateral strength gains as bilateral training, etc etc. SS has an issue with horizontal pulling movements that can be addressed in a pulling movement progression, but these issues are small and rather irrelevant compared to the broader goal of developing an adequate level of strength before worrying about other silly bull****.