The opening paragraph of this book posits that strength is more important than any form of intellectual or spiritual enlightenment:
>Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not. ... Our strength, more than any other thing we possess, still determines the quality and the quantity of our time here in these bodies. Whereas previously our physical strength determined how much food we ate and how warm and dry we stayed, it now merely determines how well we function in these new surroundings we have crafted for ourselves as our culture has accumulated. But we are still animals – our physical existence is, in the final analysis, the only one that actually matters. A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence.
First thought, the entire first chapter reeks of arrogance
>This is true whether we want it to be or not >This reality is offensive >Like it or not
This continues throughout the chapter. Make your point with reasons, rather than just saying "I am right no matter what you think".
Tyler Perez
Soyboy detected!
Eli Sullivan
brainlet meathead detected
Isaiah Stewart
Agreed 100%. Completely shit book. Needs to be removed from the sticky.
Anthony Johnson
Agreed.
Colton Reed
>samefagging
William Ramirez
posted the same fucking thread on Veeky Forums kill yourself >
Thomas Hill
Sounds like you’re a maladjusted teen with issues with authority.
>boo hoo he sounds confident in his own opinions, I don’t feel safe
Fuck off you lil puss.
Jason Nguyen
I agree with Rip.
Ryder Scott
Read more Mark Rippetoe and you'll realize he's just another meathead upset that he didn't have the wit or skill to do anything but mindlessly lift heavy objects all day.
Christian Harris
Biggest meme book has to be one of jewboy jim wendlerstein's ripoffs of the program he was given to do in high school.
I'd probably go with the first one in 2009 as the biggest, but the whole series should go down in history as meme bullshit crap.
You think Rip is "arrogant?" Read wendlershekels.
>The program was originally written for selfish reasons as I wanted a simple and easy program to follow, a program that held true to the principles in which I believed and one that I wanted to actually use. I question whether the many programs and training ideas written by “authorities” have even been used, either by themselves or anyone else, programs that exist simply to waste paper, space and time. When you have your own training, body and strength on the line, you tend to give a lot more effort, time and care into designing a program. I’m sure that at some point I will be forced to use test subjects for my research but until then, I will burn this body until I cannot stand.
All of this written about a program that he ripped off from his high school lifting days.
Mason Gomez
Rippetoe is the most pretentious fag ever with a grossly inflated sense of self-importance. Mediocre juiced powerlifter turned glorified high school football strength coach.
Nathan Butler
Yeah, real men do something intelligent, like write an international bestselling book.
Caleb Rodriguez
Kek this.
No idea why he's taken seriously, he's not an accomplished academic in the field. He's literally just a memester who managed to write a book. Might as well be a YouTuber for all Veeky Forums cares.
Daniel Cox
Anyone got a link to the PDF for this book?
Lincoln James
SS is a stand in for the concept of linear progression. It's not rocket science, you can do whatever reasonable linear progression program you want as beginner
Jaxson Rogers
Check volafile dot org /r/fit
Christopher Moore
>Mediocre juiced powerlifter turned glorified high school football strength coach Sounds a lot like jew jim wendlershekels, except that Ripp gives credit to Bill Starr and actually wrote a good program, whereas wendlerstein gave no credit to BFS when he ripped it off, and made the BFS program worse.
Daniel Garcia
>Trying to argue against strong humans being more useful than weak humans, regardless of intellectual capacity or background
Chase Brown
Well... I'd say he's right that it would be worse to have nil physical strength than intellectual or spiritual strength. Feel free to visit a nursing home and tell me otherwise.
Lucas Ross
Starting Strength is good if you are needing something to get you started lifting. It's probably better than getting a random trainer but probably not as good as training with a good friend who is an experienced powerlifter. Oh wait you don't have that type of friend because you are a weak pussy and not an athlete that had experience in the weigh room in high school or college. Then starting strength is the book for you. That being said Rip is a marketing genius and definitely not the end all and be all for lifting. But since you don't know any better just follow him and it will get you to a decent spot.
Isaiah Baker
Yeah bro those magazine bro splits are so much better, do those instead
Sebastian James
Confident in their wrong opinions makes you a Brainlet my dude