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Rippetoe's Practical Programming?

timg760
timg760 Posts: 115 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Does anyone use this book?

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  • andylllI
    andylllI Posts: 379 Member
    I have it on my nightstand and a PDF on my phone but I haven't read it yet....
  • timg760
    timg760 Posts: 115 Member
    i just got it for Kindle... i didn't wait for responses :o
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    It's a very good book.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    I read it - after Starting Strength - and followed one of the templates (or maybe the template?) when I first started lifting. I found it very helpful. Unfortunately, it's been a while since I've read it, so I don't exactly remember it very well.


    FTR, the template I followed was, instead of 2 alternating workouts: squat/bench/dead with squat/ohp/clean, it was squat/bench or ohp (you simply alternated upper body presses for each workout)/pull-up, squat/bench or ohp/dead, squat/bench or ohp/chin-up for each week. If I were to go back and do it again, I'd swap out either the pull-ups or chin-ups with a Pendlay row - so there'd be one deadlift, one lat/upper-back, and one mid-back per week. As a beginner, I wasn't going to mess with the program.
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