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Originally Posted by Ark2
Anyone else used this workout program before? I've been going to the gym pretty steadily for a little over a year now but I have always mostly focused on doing isolation exercises (bench press being the main exception). Lately, however, I have been doing some research and I have come to the conclusion that this isn't the way that I should be going considering I want to put on mass.
Anyway, I started the Starting Strength program today, beginning with Workout A, and I have to say, I'm a bit underwhelmed considering that it is only 3 exercises and I was out of the gym in no time. For those that have had experience with it, should I add anything to it or should I just stay the course?
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I don't have much time to post, so I generally lurk, but I have done this program exactly as stated. Don't change a thing. Eat as clean as possible and add whole milk to your post wo meal - try to get a 1/2 gallon a day of milk on top of whatever else you eat. You WILL put on size and gain tremendous strength - stong like bull! I went from 164 to 197 lbs in less than 6 weeks (I am 5' 8-1/2") - waist size went up a little (I still wore my same pants, but they were a little snug), but most of my size was gained in the legs, butt, arms, chest and shoulders. I was squatting 320 for a 3 x 5 set in week six. Recovery is just as imporatant as the workout. I was eating ~4500 cals a day. The eating was just as hard as the workout!
Read the book and do the excercies exactly as he describes them in the book.
Have fun and go hard - workouts should be done in 45 min to an hour...