Be a man and run , don’t spin

Grant, I appreciate your non-dogmatic approach to things. Full disclosure: I have been highly critical of Rippetoe's dogmatic stance on certain issues, and don't get me started on his overly-simplistic views on Olympic weightlifting. However, I don't "hate" the Starting Strength, I recognize that the program has done a lot of good for many people, and I give credit where it is due. Your views on conditioning and kettlebells are spot on. My cardio exercise of choice is rucking along hiking trails.

when you're sitting in front of a pc in front of a desk and your only traning is lifting weights then you have to do cardio

Just started lifting (using Starting Strength guidance), and I swim on days off. For me, it’s an awesome recovery activity.

I was once in the strength/power camp almost exclusively, doing little or no cardio. But I soon realized how deconditioned I had become while playing a little pickup soccer with friends. I was winded after about 5 minutes, and was dragging my ass up and down the field for most of the game. I have remedied this by working my way up to 25 minutes of running, 4x per week at a 6-7 mph pace. I'm leaner, and have no problems keeping up with friends on the squash court, playing soccer, etc. I should have started this much sooner!

Low intensity cardio is the key to recovering faster! It also balances out extension-based strength work and improves breathing function!

Spot freaking on. Like you are my younger brother from another mother. 😎

Good video! I think a lot of people in the Starting Strength world are super anti-cardio or any kind of conditioning because Rippatoe is like allergic to anything but barbell training but you're def right. You can get "conditioned" pretty fast, so if you wanna be ready for your rec soccer league in the spring, you can just row/eliptical/whatever for a few weeks before and you'll be plenty ready for the season :)

Cardio is so important. Nobody is saying run a mile. If ur putting on size. Then cardio is a must. Keeping ur heart healthy while putting on size is something we all need to do. I don’t run. But I walk on the treadmill with an incline. I check my blood pressure often. If ur blood pressure is healthy then more then likely ur ok

I really love to do a 3 - 4 mile ruck with a 35 lb weight vest that includes some hills.

This is reasonable, no nonsense advice.

cardio really gets in the way of the NLP. For example, if I swim rigorously, I cant deadlift the next day. Lumbar is too tired.

First! You read my mind! What I was thinking of doing after the first of the year to lean out a bit.

1)of course you can do cardio on SS! We all lose track every once in a while and do 6 reps - there’s your cardio for the week. And, 2) That ‘disappointed Ripp’ photo in the thumbnail should definitely be a meme!

Honestly I think that should be really based on the person's needs or they do cardio or not

Next you need to make the trap bar video

I’m 68 years and have been lifting steady for just about 11 months now. I lift minimum 5 and usually 6 days a week. I lift fairly heavy for 5 to 8 reps and 1 or 2 RIR. Anything over 10 reps I consider a warmup set. Cardio…I do cardio 4 times a week. 2 times each interval run (20 minutes) and a 3.2k (2mile, medium pace, about 35 minutes but trying to keep my breathing working somewhat and heart rate up.) I Never cardio on leg days. I started my exercise regime with walking, then walk/run and lost about 30 pounds. Sense then I’ve put 10 to 12 pounds of muscle back on. I don’t want to be huge, I want lean and muscular with shape. I’m 5’9” 180ish and I feel VERY healthy and happy at this weight. I look at it this way…the heart is a muscle…so, why would you work every muscle in your body…and skip your heart…the most important muscle of all!!?? 30 minutes cardio at least 4 sessions a week, 5 is better, or every day if you want! DO YOUR CARDIO BUT DON’T DO STRESSFUL CARDIO LIKE JUMPING ROPE OR MARATHONS!

Great job on the video thanks 🏋️

Nick Bare on YT. His whole thing is combining lifting and running. Not sure how long that is sustainable.

I swim, walk and do elliptical cardio but not excessive.

Mark Rippetoe throws a temper tantrum right now....

Jacob's Ladder!🙏👹🏋

It’s great hearing a SSC not condemning the evils of “cardio”. Rippetoe would probably have a heart attack just thinking about it.

What about if you do manual labour? At 45 with 30 years of manual labour under my belt and around 15 years of lifting under my belt squatting and deadlifting smoke's my lower back and make's work tiresome

Starting Strength is a novice program, and novices get a V02 max increase just from strength training.

How do you mix strength training with rucking and runs?

10 reps on squat or DL; 25 feet carrying a BW sandbag; lots of strength training can be cardio too.

What’s your advice here? I like to hit the assault bike or throw some hands on the heavy bag for Tabata style cardio at the end of my lifts. I used to like to run and do sprint drills. But I’m old, busted and broke. Those things hurt. I do love the sled but most my workouts are at home and I don’t have the space to run a sled. Thank you P.S. you’re not doing the program! Eat more!

Bravo 👌👏

3:45 terrible flash backs to Da Nang Hill at OCS.

Appropriate subject for us in the line of duty (military /1st resp) that actually has to be able to run. Or to be honest it's actually not really that often I have to run in my job in the military, rather do we walk a bit with our equipment but runnig? Naaa. Not really. However - a fair level of cardiovascular capacity is needed in order not to die from being out of breath doing that 'walking'. Try walking up a hill that takes a few minutes to finish with 40 kg on your back + gun, amo and other gear, and you'll see that both muscles And lungs will be needed for you to do that and still function when reaching the top (the enemy won't be that nice that he let's you have a 10 min breather to catch up before he starts shooting at you...) I was just recently myself away with my job in the military doing winter-training and we ended up doing an infil of 28 hours (minus 6 hrs of rest/sleep) with skies, heavy ruck, weapon and a sled to pull filled with group-material. That was tough as hell. However it wasn't as cardiovascular demanding as one would think. It was however very muscular demandning, a weird combo of strength and strenght-endurance. But since the weight carried and pulled was sub-maximal (thankfully) to my lifts - I believe my maximal strength helped my endurance - compared to if I'd be weaker. Than the ruck would have Felt heavier than it did now. 40 kilos would've Felt heavier if my deadlift was let's say 150 kilos instead of 200+ kilos. That being said, I think one should be as strong as possible and have 'enough' endurance. First of all for health reasons. To keep your heart in shape. And after that - enough in order to do your eventual job if you have one that requires you to have a more specific cardiovascular level. Now, in the military they do things poorly still to this day - which is both unfortunately And unneccesary with all the knowledge avaible. We do our running (wouldn't go a week without it...) that's more or less always prio ONE. And if we do another session that week it's usually something "crossfit-isch" aka circle-training. Which is also cardio in another form. Most often poorly executed and therefore useless. And if there would be a third session that week - running again. However thay won't and can't teach you how to traing for strength. They think they do by having you doing these "WODs" but we all know that's BS calling that strength.

I hate cardio training and I refuse to do it.

Depends, do you like being alive? Maybe a good idea to keep your heart healthy then right

SS is a good program, but I would recommend against adding 5 lbs per workout for older folks.

What about my gAiNeZzZz???

Wait … what? … a nuanced perspective… impossible!

I honestly can't believe you missed swimming. Swimming is the best shit

Coral

If you gain enough weight simply being out of breath walking to the fridge can count as cardio. 😉

No! Strenght training only

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Strength training is cardio . On your off days you do strength training