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[OriginalContentGuy]

The best resource I have ever seen for beginners in my fifteen years of training is the book Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark Rippetoe (they made a DVD too at some point) and sold on the Asgaard Company store. The thesis is that strength is the only attribute an untrained person in the general population should care about because virtually every other attribute of fitness will improve with resistance training for a rank beginner, and barbell training is the best modality available to train strength. Different rep ranges produce different adaptations and the Starting Strength program is built around linear progression with sets of fahve five for reasons explained in the book.

The Program™ prescribes the big compound lifts of Squat, Deadlift, Bench and Overhead Press, and Power Cleans. It covers how to do them 'correctly' (which is defined in the book as moving the most weight using the most muscle mass for the longest range of motion) and why those exercises and not others. And it includes all the details you need to train including a training log, equipment, some nutrition, and is truly a complete work.

Rip and Andy Baker's other book Practical Programming for Strength Training is a standalone work on its own, but is page for page the best book on strength periodization and includes example programs for post-novices and intermediate through advanced and elite athletes. Also included in the latest edition are programming strength for elderly populations and women (not a special population; women are half the population).

If your goal is getting faster at running and have never trained I recommend doing the Starting Strength program (correctly, which could take as long as 9 months to a year) and from there I highly recommend training hex bar deadlift regularly and getting that strong without knowing anything else about your sport. If you are a competitive runner already I will still bet if you aren't training hex bar deadlift heavy you are leaving seconds on your splits.

"Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general."
-Mark Rippetoe in Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd Edition.

Enjoy your lifting!

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by OriginalContentGuy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The best resource I have ever seen for beginners in my fifteen years of training is the book Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training by Mark Rippetoe (they made a DVD too at some point) and sold on the Asgaard Company store. The thesis is that strength is the only attribute an untrained person in the general population should care about because virtually every other attribute of fitness will improve with resistance training for a rank beginner, and barbell training is the best modality available to train strength. Different rep ranges produce different adaptations and the Starting Strength program is built around linear progression with sets of fahve five for reasons explained in the book.

The Program™ prescribes the big compound lifts of Squat, Deadlift, Bench and Overhead Press, and Power Cleans. It covers how to do them 'correctly' (which is defined in the book as moving the most weight using the most muscle mass for the longest range of motion) and why those exercises and not others. And it includes all the details you need to train including a training log, equipment, some nutrition, and is truly a complete work.

Rip and Andy Baker's other book Practical Programming for Strength Training is a standalone work on its own, but is page for page the best book on strength periodization and includes example programs for post-novices and intermediate through advanced and elite athletes. Also included in the latest edition are programming strength for elderly populations and women (not a special population; women are half the population).

If your goal is getting faster at running and have never trained I recommend doing the Starting Strength program (correctly, which could take as long as 9 months to a year) and from there I highly recommend training hex bar deadlift regularly and getting that strong without knowing anything else about your sport. If you are a competitive runner already I will still bet if you aren't training hex bar deadlift heavy you are leaving seconds on your splits.



Enjoy your lifting!

I like your evangelism, sailor.

[OriginalContentGuy]

You can't afford me move along.

[kjs86z2]

Sugarloaf kicked so much ass.

35k+ ft of vert every day. My legs are shot.

10/10 would rent a ski-in / ski-out condo there again.

[OriginalContentGuy]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sugarloaf kicked so much ass.

35k+ ft of vert every day. My legs are shot.

10/10 would rent a ski-in / ski-out condo there again.

what kind of shoes did you bring? strong stuff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[kjs86z2]

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what kind of shoes did you bring? strong stuff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

huh?

that was downhill, i was in ski boots all week

[OriginalContentGuy]

Very cool dude. It's flat terrain here, so excitement equals climbing for me limited to indoors mostly. Tried lead for the first time the other day and I'm in love with it. But the other, other day I got there and realize I forgot my climbing shoes because I had cleaned my gym bag.

Like all good movement you gotta be flexible. And so once I laughed, I decided to do some campus training, which was awesome, and then lifted weights in the weightlifting section, wherein I maxed out the trap bar and horse cocked some weight in the climbing gym and chatted up the two friends who decided the route 5 ft away from my platform was worth climbing while I was lifting.

Did you decide on the red skin tight suit? Inquiring minds want to know more.

[OriginalContentGuy]

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[OriginalContentGuy]

Load an EZ bar for floor pressing. Bang out sets of ten with different variations of grip and width. When you finish a set you can curl your knees up and rack the bar on your shin while staying tight against the floor with a weight that should feel light and quick but after 5-6 sets will make you really focus to finish the last reps. As much variety as you are creative. When your pressing is gassed while resting the bar racked on your shins, take a grip and pull the bar with your lats like you are packing a deadlift while keeping your back flat. In other words isometrically flex your lats for 10 seconds or however feels awesome. Mix your grip and pull. EZ bar may be better for this. Alternate and pull with different grips and widths until your lats and external rotators/resr delts/rhomboids say enough. Now you can get up. How is up to you. You got yourself into this so enjoy your lifting!

[OriginalContentGuy]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

huh?

that was downhill, i was in ski boots all week

Yeah I know nothing about them I guess my lack of downhill ski experience is revealed. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]