Starting Strength

Post is late by a bit but I was dis­tracted by laundry.

I’m look­ing to start weight lift­ing for strength and gen­eral fit­ness, so I spent the week­end read­ing through sug­ges­tions from Fitoc­racy. That led me to Lean­gains, which is more diet-​centric, but it in turn led me to Mark Rippletoe’s Start­ing Strength.

It was crazy detailed, which is good for some­one like me who knows basi­cally noth­ing. Last time I touched a bar­bell was over ten years ago, when I was on the high school wrestling team, and even then, I just mim­ic­k­ing the other teammate’s rou­tines with­out any sort of under­stand­ing or planning.

Even though I do not have a coach or even a work­out buddy at the moment, I feel com­fort­able enough to get started. Let’s see how this goes…

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