Hey guys, I'm planning to follow a program soon and have chosen starting strength. But i'm confused about certain parts. Hopefully you could help me.

1. How to I determine the amount of weight i should start on?

2. Does de-weight between reps for deadlift means the few resting seconds when the barbell is on the floor?

3. Since i've been making progress on the lifts, is it okay to add dips and/or chins or just stick to the standard 3 compounds per workout?

Thanks.

Everytime I go to gym, I pay rm10 because I haven't signed up as a member yet because I don't go gym that often..

I just started 1 month and 2 weeks ago..

Well, I was always fooling around coz i am still a newbie

I always run the treadmill first then proceed to lifting include the lifting machine and dumbbells..

Guys whats a good lifting program if I want to get back into the game after 6 months of not working out?

Rippetoe?

Deadlift is a push or pull exercise?

Any template which gives attention to all muscle groups, TBH. You could do a 5x5 style program, you could do a bodypart split, a legs/push/pull. They're all good.

Wow, really?

Earlier today I saw the runner up of Mr KL train at my gym today. Saw him taking a barbell and load up 30 kg plates on each side. Fair enough. Thought he was gonna do shrugs or something. Holy shit. He was curling it. I stood still staring. That's the first time I ever see people curl above 40kgs with good form.

hahaha come to ultimate gym there's one guy doing upright rows with 2 big plates... each side. that's a 100kg!

Maybe his intention is into "World Strongest Men" contest Sometimes I wonder why it has to be associated with "heavy, heavy and heavy weight". What are we chasing?

Thx, will do 5x5.

The last time I checked, this thread is titled as Bodybuilding Q&A. I've asked a question and I'm sorry if I offended you in any way but I don't think "Wow, really?" is an answer to my question.

What is actually a PUSH exercises? An exercise with a PUSHing motion. Does Deadlift is PUSHing? Or issit PULLing? Even though this is a Q&A thread, there must be a certain level of question that can be asked here. Just saying

Who's setting the level of question? Everyone gotta start somewhere. Anyway, some considered it to be a PUSH exercise because we're doing majority of the lifting by pressing your legs against the floor. On the other hand, some considered it to be a PULL exercise because, well you all know the reason why. All I need is just a clarification from experienced lifters, that's all. Why deter me from getting my answer?

dude, common sense really. when we say pull/push, we use our hands. HANDS.

Look, if I knew then I wouldn't be asking questions here. I thought the push/pull applies to our body's motion. Anyway, thanks for answering. I just hope you, alien9 and -Dan can be a tad more polite. This forum is suppose to be a friendly forum and not bashing people for not knowing.

we are not impolite. we are asking you to use some common sense.

Apparently too much newbie coming here asking fellow forumers to treat them nicely. Come on, a simple common sense is hard for you to gasp?

Remember this, in the IRON GAME, no one gonna be nice with you. You want to be treated nicely, this is not for you.

This post has been edited by alien9: Apr 24 2013, 09:48 PM

Pull.

End of story guys. Be nice.

Chill bro... This is a small community. At times when someone tells you to use bit of common sense, it's not "mean", just wanna you to use bit of logic. I don't think anyone is being impolite Over keyboard, it tends to lose some tones, people might be misinterpreted and causes misunderstanding.

Yo.. be pushing or pulling, it doesn't really matter.. Get your form right, and start doing it. Muscles tell it all

Tnation is a forum. Bb.com is a forum.

Im 100% sure you would get more shit there when u post these kind of questions.

Yes we are friendly, its a small community here but who are you to decide what level of friendliness that we are supposed to be at?

Hell, im surprised no one asked you to google.

Guys I always feel my muscle is empty after doing some lifting(dumbbell 10 kg) and using the machines

is this normal? I am newbie, I just started gym 1 month ago.

and the second day my body feels so sore! and it lasted for 2-3 days everytime is like this, no pain no gain i guess..

then after the soreness gone, i go gym again and repeat the routine...