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I think most people will find Strong Lifts 5x5 to be a better choice than Starting Strength, as it does not require power cleans, which are usually forbidden in most gyms. They are both more or less the same though, and focus on compound lifts.
I believe Rip mentions in his book that you can switch out power cleans for bent over rows if you like.
You'd be better off doing Deadlifts only and perhaps add pullups.
Most schools are filled with very encouraging and friendly people. If you find one where that is not the case, leave and join another.
Eat well, sleep enough and walk plenty. Sleep is something which is seriously overlooked in general. From personal experience, getting enough sleep and eating well are requirements that need to be met first before exercise. There is nothing is worse than exercising whilst you are deprived of sleep and mal-nourished. Speaking about exercise, don't get hung up on dogmas and "this is the only way" personality that is co…
...but I really should also make a better effort to exercise.
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So rather than a basic gripper, you would rather have a 'untrained' person start with deadlift? Deadlifting is one of the most complex weight lifting movements there is.[0] I know its tempting to defend beliefs and I like Rippetoe as well. I have done starting strength. My point is just be open enough to listen to Pavels ideas. For Pavel its not about building muscle and adding weight, for Rippetoe it is. And there i…
Deadlift is not one of the most complex weightlifting movements. As far as weightlifting movements, it's quite simple--the only trick being keeping your spine neutral. A proper squat is harder to execute than a proper deadlift. Also, starting people with deadlifts is fine, as long as you keep the weight low. Not to mention that if you had to choose, deadlifts would do a lot more for you than turkish get ups (which I'…
(I often do them as a general warmup before the `main' lifts.)
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I believe Rip mentions in his book that you can switch out power cleans for bent over rows if you like.
Rip says, "Fuck Rows". Sic! You'd be better off doing Deadlifts only and perhaps add pullups.
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Huh? I don't disagree with your point, but of all the logic-defying chain gyms I've trained in, and I've trained in more than a few, I've never seen Power Cleans forbidden anywhere, ever.
Maybe not expressly forbidden but I've rarely seen bumper plates in these types of gyms, and some do not allow you to drop weights.
If the weight makes a noise loud enough to draw every gym goers attention, you are lifting too much and should deload. Or you just might be that guy ;)
Biking + Water = joy!
Fitness: Ride a bike! See the world! As you are already indoors most of the day staring at your computer screen (as I am) I highly recommend taking up an "out-the-front-door" outdoor physical activity that you can do for the rest of your life.
Biking is low impact on your body and you can get an incredible amount of fitness in a very little amount of time while taking in fresh air and sunshine. I have burned over 1,000 calories in one hour and over 10,000 calories in a day while traveling over 150 miles on a bike. It doesn't get easier, you just get faster.
As a side note: fat leaves the body through CO2 on your outbreath! WOW mind blown!
Fuel: WATER!!! Drink water & eat real whole foods. You should always have clear urine so drink water first thing in the AM and all day long, drink enough to take a piss break every hour to get you up and out of your work chair. This alone will make you feel 10x better.
Healthy fueling happens in the grocery store. Shop the edges of the store (not the aisles) and buy things that contain lots of water and are a single ingredient: vegetables, fruits, bananas, apples, carrots, dates, watermelon, etc. not items that are processed. I have a sweet tooth and after eating fresh bananas and dates I don't even touch/want the ice cream in the freezer. I swear, dates are the most amazing food on earth! Take them on your bike rides instead of processed bars. Eat as much fresh raw food as you want, your body processes it quickly and you won't feel bogged down like when you are digesting meat.
Chemotherapy. :( Before I had cancer, I got heavily involved in weight-lifting. Honestly, the time between ages 27-29 were the best years I've ever had in my life, health-wise. Being in shape is so much better than being out of shape. Your entire life changes for the better.
That is rough. I do hope you're reading up on the research on marijuana. Seen my father go through it and return a changed man, all the best wishes!
Just finished 8.5 months of chemo, in for radiation and a stem cell transplant next.
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Also, moving throughout the day - not just 5000 steps in the morning and 5000 in the evening, but regular movement making up a significant percentage of the total. I use a Jawbone band which buzzes me if I've been sitting still for 30 minutes, and then I try to find some excuse to walk around for a few minutes. I don't think activity bands have really yet been designed around preventing health problems associated wit…
Disclaimer: I work at Fitbit. The Fitbit Surge's default watch display, "flare" shows radial lines for each minute you're active and dots for inactive minutes this hour. It's easy to see when I last got up and walked around. A fun side effect is that when you go out to get lunch and bring it back to the office, just looking at the watch face you can count how far a walk it was in minutes and how long you stood in lin…
This, to me, seems like one of the big challenges that activity monitors are coming up against - now we have all of this data, and more and more can use it to work out what the behaviours are, how do you then boil that information down to limited, simple, intuitive visual or tactile cues that people can use to alter their behaviour in ways that they want to pursue, and improve their health.
And, indeed, what is important to health - is it increasing minutes of active movement, decreasing inactive minutes, increasing aerobic exercise minutes, or is it specifically sitting which is damaging, and so on. Quite tough, but hopefully there's a lot of thought going on to tackle it behind the scenes. It also seems like something academia should be getting involved with - this is probably something which will become fundamental to human health as more and more of us are desk bound.