Reply With QuoteDo what everyone else does. Get the book, read it, do the program.
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Teenager Wanting help
Hey I am 14 yrs old, I want to get a stronger and faster will SS help me?
Here are my stats
Height-5'9
Weight-130
Bench-90
squat-145
Dead lift-150
clean-75
Am I too young? my coach ad us doing these thing in the summer, but less weight
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Do what everyone else does. Get the book, read it, do the program.
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You aren't too young. Buy the book. It will be the best investment you ever make.
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Squat deep. Eat a lot. Don't worry about abzz.
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stronger - yesOriginally Posted by Young Gun
faster - yes
buy the book, do the program, eat
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As if you needed another answer...
Yes. I wished I picked up weight training in high school...would have really changed my life, I probably wouldn't have some of the medical problems I do now, etc. I would buy the book and the DVD.
Just a word of caution: Make sure that you look at the materials completely so you know what's correct, and then always make an honest attempt to do all the exercises properly. Kids your age often worry about being bad-asses in the short term and get impatient. I see YouTube videos all the time of "Billy squats 315," which it turns out is just a pathetic knee bend with a load that Billy can barely support on his back. Being impatient hurts your progress in the long-term.
If you stay consistent and do the program as written, you'll be a bad-ass in time. Like most things, you're only as strong as the work you put into it.
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My parents have the "You cant lift more then 30 pounds" attitude about weight lifting, and they are not willing to buy me the book. I have a gym membership, and I am going to workout out before school, I have the SS Routine, Do i need to buy the book?
I have practiced the form for all the exercises needed.
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You need the book and a video camera to help ensure you don't break yourself with lifting heavy. It's all fun and games and you think you're superhuman with a fifty inch dick until you injure your lower back and can't deadlift the bar. You *probably* can't rely on a coach or training partner helping you with this because they're also ignorant of correct form. If you overlook this now, you will fuck yourself for later, and instead of being Mr. Olympia at age 19 you will be a buff cripple.
So your to-do list: Buy starting strength and practical programming. Lift. Eat. Don't die. Have sex as early as possible with as many chicks as possible, and boast about it.
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You may have practiced, but I bet you still suck. Buy the book and practice more.
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Use their own logic against them.
They think weightlifting is so unsafe yet they prohibit you from reading a book that will teach you exactly how to do it safely.
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