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This article really struck a chord in me. At the end of May, I started suffering from Achilles tendonitis in one of my feet. Because I was exercising too vigorously too early in the morning while my body was not properly warmed up. Never a problem when I was younger. It has been a long, slow recovery. With a few relapses into tightness because I tried to walk too fast or carry too much weight. Even now, almost 3 mont…
Wrong. You could die suddenly in peak condition without ever having a disability.
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Starting Strength is fine for a beginner. It's not an optimal program, but it's simple, easy to understand, and built on good foundational principles. As an on-ramp into resistance training, it's better than a complex program that'll scare beginners off or burn them out.
This is directly addressed on that page too: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528135350/https://thefitnes... As well as in the section above it.
> I injured my knee. Now imagine if your job wasn't sitting at a desk all day! Actually let's be honest, a sedentary lifestyle makes injuries like this more likely.
And it's amazing how long these things can take to recover once you're in your 30s. I got patella tendinitis in both my knees, after a decade of sedentary indolence, followed by an extreme reentry into exercise. It took nearly a whole year to get my knees right.
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Starting Strength is not recommended anymore: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528135350/https://thefitnes...
Still better than starting Netflix and burger+fries 5x5
One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…
My knee pain gets worse when i squat. How old are you?
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This is directly addressed on that page too: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528135350/https://thefitnes... As well as in the section above it.
It still doesn't change the fact that a suboptimal program which keeps beginners engaged and moving forward is infinitely superior to a more complex one that they fall off of.
Other recommended programs like 5/3/1 are not "more complex," that's a false dichotomy. They're just as simple but with different sets of exercises.
>100% of people will have some form of disability in their lifetime. Wrong. You could die suddenly in peak condition without ever having a disability.
I once sat on a zoom call with a vision impaired user to do some accessibility testing on our site. First, it was enlightening for me to see how she navigated through our site using her screen reader. Second when she landed on our booking page we got so embarrassed because she couldn’t use our date picker. A basic HTML version would have done the job. But a few weeks back we had debated over which fancy jquery date p…