I am a 30yr old male 6'2 225 I am a beginner in the gym and recently lost 70 lbs so now I want to lose about 10 to 20 more and get cut up and add some size. I know almost nothing aside from what Ive read in the last 3 months I lift very light twice a week via machines because of lack of someone to lift with. If someone could point me in the right direction as to a workout plan and nutrition plain I have take myoplex and followed the body for life to get down to where I am now but I feel like that is outdated and there have been so many advancements and there is just so much I dont know which one to chose....any advice would be helpful I am completely dedicated and am ready to through myself into this
In the Starting Strength routine, there are two workout schedules to
follow. You will pretty much alternate
workouts every other day. Take a look at the schedule below to get an
understanding of what to do when:
The following week, your schedule will look like this:
As you can see, we are alternating workouts every other training day.
Now, you don’t have to train only on Monday/Wednesday/Friday; you can,
for example, train Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday instead. The key thing to
remember here is that you should train 3 times a week non-consecutively
as to let your body recover for a full day after your training day.
After one week of training is over, you take two days off and then start
the next week of training.
Since you seem like you are just getting back into things, stick to this workout routine and
don’t change anything until you get comfortable with this set-up.
Here’s a list of the exercises associated for every workout along
with their appropriate Sets and Repetitions. These exercises are placed
in order, so always follow them accordingly and never do one before the
other just because you feel like it or else you will be ruining the
whole point of this routine. The numbers next to the exercises are Sets X
Reps. If you don’t know any of these exercises or how to execute them
properly, look into buying the book or just look up some videos for proper execution.
These are key exercises
to increasing strength in any individual in the shortest amount of
time. Adding more exercises to this list should not be done at this point. Removing any of these exercises just because you don’t
like them means you have already handicapped yourself for gaining the
most amount of strength. Please do not mess with this routine or else
you are seriously wasting your time following this program. This program is tried and true and will lead to increased strength and muscular development if followed properly.
As you can see, there is no “bicep curls” or any direct arm work
involved because your arms will be indirectly trained over time. Why?
Sometimes indirect work to a muscle is the best way to train it as
opposed to targeting it directly. A lot of people don’t seem to
understand that these days and they choose to ignore it. Just give this
program a month of work and you will see your arms get sore without you
doing a bicep curl.
Lastly, the weighted sit-ups and hyper-extensions are optional. If it
gets in the way of progressing on the five core lifts (squats, deads,
power cleans, shoulder presses, bench presses) then stop doing them.
Proper warm-ups are always required for proper strength training. You should do a
minimum of 3 warm-up sets before you start your heavy sets.
Never increase (or “ramp”) your working/heavy sets. If you start
doing 150 lbs of squats, then you do it 3 times for the remainder of
your exercise workout (this is called “sets across”). Do not increase in
weight once you have started your heavy set. Leave the increase for the
next time you do squats. This goes for any exercise: proper technique
is always more important than the amount of weight on the bar.
Ideally, you should stick to the above exercises, but you can
substitute a few of the exercises with the following options. You should
know that you’re much better off doing power cleans than barbell rows.
As coach Rippetoe has said many times, “My opinion about barbell rows is
as follows: f*** barbell rows. Really. F*** them. Stop wasting time
worrying about barbell rows and get your deadlift up to 500. By then
you’ll have your own opinion and you won’t have to worry about mine.”
Should the need arise, you can add the following
exercises to your weekly routine on Fridays only (or the last training
day of the week). If you are just starting out new on this program, do
not do these until 3 weeks into the routine.