J/K
I’m anti starting strength. Sure my powerlifting numbers are horrible…but I’m not a powerlifter. Bodybuilding splits since the beginning about 5 years ago with 3 years of permabulking.
oh there is no point to this thread except, to once again, like I have many times over the years, bash Starting Strength and show off really dumb pictures of myself.
EDIT: haha since this thread turned into a giant shit storm I would just like to point out that I don’t hate Rip I mean there is a reason he makes money off of being a strength coach, I’m just not a fan of SS…
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
You got bigger but you certainly lost your cool. From badass guitar player to gay meathead.[/quote]
lol there is nothing bad ass about the first picture hahahaha. I would say I looked so gay as a 17 year old kid but the second picture 6 years later doesn’t really help my case.
Zach Everett, a so-called GOMAD success story, gained 55 pounds in 11 weeks. Here are his before and after pics. For the avoidance of doubt, the after pic is the one in which he looks very fat.
i more or less always followed BBing type splits, i remember trying ws4sb when i was starting out and also the madcow 5x5- i didnt like either that much really. However i have done the Big Beyond Belief program (still a bbing program) which i think is the most beneficial thing a beginner can do if their goal is to obtain a great physique. The outcome of this is i never really got very strong on the powerlifts, buti did build a decent physique i think…
Ripptoes 5x5 and similar is great if you’re trying to coach a bunch of newbs and bring them up to at least BW x10 squats. But GOMAD is the biggest bullshit ever.
I find it humorous that I was Googling “rippetoe success stories” to find the alleged article where he brags about getting some kid fat, and this is one of the first few links… lol
