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    Default How to balance Starting Strength with this schedule?

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    I have a weights class on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Should I do cardio on one of the days, and if not how should I balance it?

    Lifts:

    Bench: 110 3x5
    Squat: 120 3x5
    Deadlift: 190 3x5
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    if you have a choice of programming, i'd do a split routine where you split up your SS A workout between mon and tues. and your b workout between thurs and fri. Like squats +pull ups monday rest of A tuesday. squats and pull ups thurs. rest of B fri.

    How do you fit a full SS workout into one hour anyway?

    Do some "cardio" Sat.

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    What is a 'weights class'?

    If you mean thats when you go to the gym yeah, I'd do SS x3 a week and one day of 'cardio'.

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    bump, any other 4 day SS programs?

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    Sounds like a course I took in high school, you got to work out 4 days of the week and wednesday was in-class.

    I'd just do a regular intermediate split rather than SS. Or something like:

    Mon: Squat 3x5, Bench 3x5
    Tue: Powerclean/Deadlift, Chins, assistance if you want
    Wed: rest
    Thurs: Squat 3x5, Press 3x5
    Fri: Deadlift, Chins, assistance if you want

    It's a little slower than traditional SS, but it'll work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skipbeat View Post
    Sounds like a course I took in high school, you got to work out 4 days of the week and wednesday was in-class.

    I'd just do a regular intermediate split rather than SS. Or something like:

    Mon: Squat 3x5, Bench 3x5
    Tue: Powerclean/Deadlift, Chins, assistance if you want
    Wed: rest
    Thurs: Squat 3x5, Press 3x5
    Fri: Deadlift, Chins, assistance if you want

    It's a little slower than traditional SS, but it'll work.
    Some days I have the class longer, so would this be good?

    Monday: Bench 3x5, Squat 3x5
    Tuesday: Overhead Press 3x5, Deadlifts 1x5, Pullups 3x8 (assistance)
    Wednesday: Off
    Thursday: Bench 3x5, Squat 3x5, BB Rows 3x5, Dips 3x5-8 (assistance)
    Friday: Cleans 3x5, Deadlifts 1x5, DB Curls 3x8 (assistance)

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    the bench will probably interfere with the tuesday's pressing. At your numbers I'd try to stick as close to the SS program as possible, just broken up. BB rows are shit compared to weighted chins & DB rows - my opinion.

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