Benching more than I squat/DL. Need advice beffor starting SS.
Hey everyone. I'm going to start the SS routine in a few days but I have some questions before I do. I've read the SS FAQ but I have not yet read the book. I will be getting the book shortly but for now I'm still kind of a newb.
For a few years I was one of those typical teenagers who wanted to have a ripped upper body and didn't really care about legs at all. I went to the gym off and on and slowly made progress with my upper body. Then late last year, I decided to finally start training seriously and incorporating squats and deadlifts into my routine because my legs started to look tiny compared to my upper body. I was going to start doing SS about 6 months ago, but around the same time, I started taking accutane for acne. The accutane gave me severe back and knee pain, preventing me from doing squats, deadlifts, power cleans, and most leg exercises. So for the past 6 months I've continued to make progress with only my upper body(and calves). I'm going to start Rippetoe's SS next week starting with these numbers:
bench: 210 X 3 X 5
squat: 155 X 3 X 5
deadlift: 175 X 1 X 5
press: 125 X 3 X 5
PC: no idea X 5 X 3
I will be starting off squats, deadlifts, and power cleans extra light to get the form down perfectly. I have a few questions before I start though because I'm obviously not a complete novice when it comes to weightlifting, which is what the program is designed for.
1) I expect to stall much much quicker on bench press and press than on the other 3 lifts. What should I do once I stall on bench press and press? I would like to stay on SS until I stall on all the exercises, but will I be wasting my time with bench press and press alone after stalling? Should I start using dumbbells? Should I start doing incline bench?
2) If I'm only doing these 5 exercises, won't my muscle groups that aren't getting any direct work (biceps, calves) get weaker? Should I add calve raises and chin-ups into the program? I know this isn't a concern for a complete novice, but I'm not sure if it will be for me.
Oh and here are my stats:
age: 20
height: 5'10''
weight: 182 lbs
bf: 16%
endomorph
Any help would be appreciated.