Program Basics
There are 3 "Starting Strength" programs presently. The "original novice program", as written in Starting Strength
, is as follows:
Workout A
3x5 Squat 3x5 Bench Press 1x5 Deadlift
Workout B
3x5 Squat 3x5 Standing military press 3x5 Power cleans You train on 3 nonconsecutive days per week. So week 1 might look like: Monday - Workout A Wednesday - Workout B Friday - Workout A Week 2: Monday - Workout B Wednesday - Workout A Friday - Workout B If you choose Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday or Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday as your workout days, the planets won't get knocked out of alignment, so don't sweat this one, as long as you get in 3 workouts on 3
non-consecutive days
each week. NO, YOU CANNOT TRAIN 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, so don't ask. In Practical Programming, due out the 1st or 2nd week of December 2006, Rippetoe recommends that a set/rep scheme of 5x3 (5 sets, 3 reps, instead of 3 sets, 5 reps) can be performed on the power clean, and is possibly advantageous, especially once power clean technique improves.