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*imagines Jones jumping off the cliff *

Am I the only one here who loves reading scientific explanation behind theories? I cant have a good session @ the loo without holding a good book. Waiting for the excretion process to happen is time too good to be wasted on day-dreaming

Erm.. I consider programs as recipes. People with almost zero cookery skill can cook up a great meal just by following instructions. But you still need to know the difference between poaching, boiling and steaming no? You may fiddle around recipes, add/remove ingredients and additional stuff if you know what you're doing.

Rippetoe Starting Strength programs are for beginners who... *ahem* being beginners usually dont know what they're doing. So just follow the program and reap the benefits. When you have deeper knowledge on what workout develops what muscles and which part of your body lacks behind compared to other bodyparts, then you can fiddle around with it.

In my personal opinion, most people screw up a program cause they dont have the base of fitness (basic strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and stamina etc) to do it. For example, the underdevelopment of hamstrings cause you cant go deep enough while squatting. Or underdevelopment of the lats muscles cause you keep on half-benching just because your chest can take the load but your back cant and blame it on 'flexibility' issue. If you can reduce the load and go full ROMs, you're just suffering from an imbalanced-compound workout.

Dont even get me start about balance. You can have the strongest quad in the world but if you cant do a simple one-legged squat, you dont have the balance. You need endurance and stamina too since these programs are intense and you'll need very long rest periods as you progress further.

edit : grammar stuff

This post has been edited by Syd G: Aug 23 2007, 10:38 AM

Ermmmm for starters, get ON whey. Tastes good, does the job & pretty cheap. I'll explain about the rest when we meet.

Yea. I think it will help you with recovery a bit...

FF plates are all in KG. Only the pre-loaded barbells and dumbbells are in pounds.