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Originally Posted by chaddukes
Concerns:
Squats three times per week? Yeesh!
Only three sets of Deadlifts over a two week period?
Bench Press, Military Press.....where's the upper body pulling?
No unilateral work?
Power Cleans: I've never done them, and I hear that its not ideal to try to learn without a coach (which I can't afford).
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I did a version of Starting Strength and put it on my training log. I also had no idea how to do power cleans and felt that i really wouldn't master them without a coach. So instead I did substituted chins and pull-ups, which was taken from Practical Programing (another Rippetoe book).
For me, I made great progress on the program, but the three times a week squats were too much on my knees. I don't have the greatest knees (lots of crepitus) and before long, it caused one of my knees to swell. It was probably entirely from overuse (again my knees aren't great and there have been plenty of people who have done this program without a problem). So it depends on you really.
As for the deadlift once a week, that's all you need as long as you do a low bar squat.
As for the pulling, you get a back workout with cleans (or chins if you decide to switch) and deadlifts.