My workout – Starting Strength
I’m currently doing “Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength“, which I do when I’ve been on a gym layoff for a while. It’s an excellent “get your butt back in the gym” routine, which has few exercises, and really gets your major muscle groups engaged quickly.
It’s just 5 exercises, but you do a lot of reps with varying weights.
The Exercises:
- Workout A:
- Barbell Squat
- Barbell Bench Press
- Dead Lift
- Workout B:
- Barbell Squat
- Barbell Military Press
- Power Clean
That’s it. I don’t “blast my biceps” or “push my glutes”, or anything else crazy. I am not looking to kill myself or kick my ass, I’m just looking to get the muscles working, and get a bit of growth going on for 4 weeks so that I can get into something serious without doing myself injury.
My weights are pretty light right now (130lbs on Squat, 125lbs on Bench, 110lbs on Deadlift, 80lbs on Military Press, and 120lbs on Power Clean), but I go up 10lbs every workout, so in 4 weeks that 130lb squat will be 210, and my 125lb bench will be 185). Even still I’m feeling it during the workout, and especially the day after.
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