Hey guys,
I know that most of you are of the opinion that stronglifts and starting strength are good beginner workout routines, but today, a co-worker of mine (who is also an ex-PT) sort of criticized the **** out of stronglifts when i went to him for pointers on lifting.
It went sort of like this:
Me "Hey what is your toe and bar position like on barbell squats"
CW "Find a new exercise squats just hurt your back and knees and no one does them right, they are working your legs anyway, there's other exercises that do that"
Me "errm...i see, how about deadlifts... (i was going to ask about mixed grip versus double forward grip)
CW "Same thing with deadlifts, these are archaic exercises that people don't do anymore because of the injuries, replace it with somthing else"
Me "But there aren't adequate replacements for deadlifts.."
CW "You can find something"
He then went on to suggest clean and presses and said that i should be doing everything with dumb bells instead because it would distribute the weight evenly.
He also said that after 5 weeks (how long i've been doing stronglifts" that its time to change my routine because i won't see many more gains.
He also said i shouldn't be "putting my head through the window" on overhead presses to work my traps, and suggested i do shoulder shrugs instead.
I'd like to hear your guys thoughts on the various topics discussed between me and him (I'm still looking for the answers for what I asked him) and just your overall thoughts on what he said about replacing them.
I plan on continuing with stronglifts until i squat my body weight regardless but I'm really interested in the thoughts of the experienced community.
Thanks
Swank
I know that most of you are of the opinion that stronglifts and starting strength are good beginner workout routines, but today, a co-worker of mine (who is also an ex-PT) sort of criticized the **** out of stronglifts when i went to him for pointers on lifting.
It went sort of like this:
Me "Hey what is your toe and bar position like on barbell squats"
CW "Find a new exercise squats just hurt your back and knees and no one does them right, they are working your legs anyway, there's other exercises that do that"
Me "errm...i see, how about deadlifts... (i was going to ask about mixed grip versus double forward grip)
CW "Same thing with deadlifts, these are archaic exercises that people don't do anymore because of the injuries, replace it with somthing else"
Me "But there aren't adequate replacements for deadlifts.."
CW "You can find something"
He then went on to suggest clean and presses and said that i should be doing everything with dumb bells instead because it would distribute the weight evenly.
He also said that after 5 weeks (how long i've been doing stronglifts" that its time to change my routine because i won't see many more gains.
He also said i shouldn't be "putting my head through the window" on overhead presses to work my traps, and suggested i do shoulder shrugs instead.
I'd like to hear your guys thoughts on the various topics discussed between me and him (I'm still looking for the answers for what I asked him) and just your overall thoughts on what he said about replacing them.
I plan on continuing with stronglifts until i squat my body weight regardless but I'm really interested in the thoughts of the experienced community.
Thanks
Swank