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<blockquote data-quote="Stitch" data-source="post: 38772" data-attributes="member: 1693">Raliv--SS is a book&nbsp; (and program), and exactly what you wrote: it is designed for beginners, focused around compound lifts and barbells, and is simple.One reason the book (and thus the program) is popular and recommended is exactly BECAUSE it is designed for beginners--too many aspiring &quot;weightlifters&quot; just looking to &quot;get jacked and have a six-pack&quot; quickly wind up doing silly isolation exercises or trying to jump into advanced progressions without ever getting the basics down... so a book which devotes 60 pages to squatting correctly and explaining it in a straightforward and clear manner is a Very Good Thing.Experienced lifters may indeed find much of it pretty basic (on the other hand they may find some good &quot;back to basics&quot; knowledge).&nbsp; But Rip is very unapologetic about it being a beginner's program--that's what it's meant to be, and he even says the equivalent of &quot;when the easy gains stop coming, you'll want to move to something else&quot; in terms of progressions, reps, weights, etc.But for most people who've never bothered doing basic compound lifts and think doing 30-rep beach-boy curls with 10lb weights is the way to look good with their shirts off... it's good information to get out there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stitch, post: 38772, member: 1693"] Raliv-- SS is a book (and program), and exactly what you wrote: it is designed for beginners, focused around compound lifts and barbells, and is simple. One reason the book (and thus the program) is popular and recommended is exactly BECAUSE it is designed for beginners--too many aspiring "weightlifters" just looking to "get jacked and have a six-pack" quickly wind up doing silly isolation exercises or trying to jump into advanced progressions without ever getting the basics down... so a book which devotes 60 pages to squatting correctly and explaining it in a straightforward and clear manner is a Very Good Thing. Experienced lifters may indeed find much of it pretty basic (on the other hand they may find some good "back to basics" knowledge). But Rip is very unapologetic about it being a beginner's program--that's what it's meant to be, and he even says the equivalent of "when the easy gains stop coming, you'll want to move to something else" in terms of progressions, reps, weights, etc. But for most people who've never bothered doing basic compound lifts and think doing 30-rep beach-boy curls with 10lb weights is the way to look good with their shirts off... it's good information to get out there. [/QUOTE]

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