Your First Weightlifting Routine

[Iron Gladiator]

Let me start off by welcoming you to weightlifting, and congratulating you on making the change. I remember those days well, and I hope you will revel in it, because I wish I had. And I wish that I had a well designed routine to propel my gains in my first year or so. Remember, [...]

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[BendtheBar]

This article is by Grim83....

Thanks Grim!

[kman025]

great article!

theres a typo at the end "Don’t add weight if you can complete all the reps in good form."

should be "... if you cant..."

[jwood]

Great article, this looks like very solid program. Reminds me of starting strength with some variations and additions.

Good stuff.

[glwanabe]

Nice Grim.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by kman025

great article!

theres a typo at the end "Don’t add weight if you can complete all the reps in good form."

should be "... if you cant..."

Thanks. My Goals Against Average is weak against Canadian Teams.

[Grim83]

Thanks guys

@Jwood, i know it looks like Rip's routine its supposed to. I just took his and critiqued it to my liking, in my thread where i pulled that little gem from i actually mentioned that, you may like to go look over there
Another beginner routine - Bodybuilding.com Forums

[big valsalva]

Beginning weight training in a nutshell.

Very good article. Here's to your reputation!

[jwood]

Originally Posted by Grim83

Thanks guys

@Jwood, i know it looks like Rip's routine its supposed to. I just took his and critiqued it to my liking, in my thread where i pulled that little gem from i actually mentioned that, you may like to go look over there
Another beginner routine - Bodybuilding.com Forums

I definitely like your additions, I did a similar program to this when I first used rippetoes program, just added things as I went. And learned from myself, and customized it to my likes. Because I was like the beginners you mentioned in your other post, my uneducated thoughts, were how do I get big bis without bicep curls, so I added them. Now I can not remember the last time I did bicep curls, probably been 2 months. O how we learn.

Similar to what you did, and I think this looks like a great program, I may try it when I need to switch things up for a while, good work.

[Grim83]

Originally Posted by big valsalva

Beginning weight training in a nutshell.

Very good article. Here's to your reputation!

thanks bro, i will be sure to write some more, currently working on 2 more for the site

Originally Posted by jwood

I definitely like your additions, I did a similar program to this when I first used rippetoes program, just added things as I went. And learned from myself, and customized it to my likes. Because I was like the beginners you mentioned in your other post, my uneducated thoughts, were how do I get big bis without bicep curls, so I added them. Now I can not remember the last time I did bicep curls, probably been 2 months. O how we learn.

Similar to what you did, and I think this looks like a great program, I may try it when I need to switch things up for a while, good work.

thanks, the funny thing is that my original intention for it was to put together a strength cycle for myself, but by the time i got done i knew it would do well for a beginner also. also check the big thread on bb.com, i have a few more in their like the one Kmano is currently on, and he can attest to the benefits of both routines