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Old 09-26-2013, 07:59 PM   #1936
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Default Re: The Fitness Thread

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Originally Posted by Vendetta21 View Post
Reach a0 has convinced that Starting Strength is bad based on advice from you. What is a program I should consider as a beginner to get good gains quickly?

Currently doing this exercise routine: http://newbie-fitness.blogspot.com/2...d-5x5.html?m=1 and using SS to try to teach myself form based off the beginners guide from SA.
Goals?

SS is a fine program for strength gains as a beginner. It's also good for learning compounds.

As a bodybuilding program it's awful and squatting twice a week overdevelops your legs and leaves you with chicken arms since there's pretty much no arm work in it.
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