[quote]jdad910 wrote:
A couple years ago I put on about 15 lbs. of muscle in a 3-4 month period …
For a few weeks now I’ve been doing SS and I like the big lifts.[/quote]
Have you been training for the last few years?
This is certainly true, but you’re trying to use the same training you once used, rather than experiment with something different (something with a track record of results).
If you want to get stronger, and also want to get bigger, you’ll be happy doing Starting Strength exactly as it’s laid out without adding your own tweaks yet. Just be sure to drink your milk.
[i]"The primary effect of our program is muscular bodyweight gain. That’s where our famous gallon of milk a day program comes in. A gallon of whole milk, each day, is our standard recommendation for people who need to gain weight.
And nothing works better than a linear progression on simple barbell exercises, that has you go up in weight every workout, while you’re gaining weight because you’re drinking a gallon of milk a day. I have seen people put on 50 pounds of muscular bodyweight. We do it all the time, and it works beautifully."[/i]