I remember in the early 2000s everyone on bb.com was sucking off Rippetoe. Any newbie would be told to do starting strength and GOMAD. Theyll post progress pictures where they would legit look like they ate an ice cream truck and they'll get hundreds of posts congratulating them. Inspired a generation of fatcels and dreamerbulkers.

Then Zyzz came along and said fukk everything, gain aesthetics. All of a sudden you got this legit Greek god with tendon insertions of peace. It eventually paved the way for young people reluctantly realizing that starting strength and GOMAD is not the way to gaining aesthetics and girls.

Ive dramatized a bit but is this consistent with what happened generally speaking?

breaking news, if you take tren you don't need to squat or deadlift

if you are scared to juice and want to stay natty, you should be aiming to be LEAN and STRONG. Misc is full of *******s who refuse to do compound lifts with explosive intensity which is why you are all DYEL bloatlords or twinks

Thanks to rippetoe and misc I fuked my knee, shoulder, and back within 6 months of first lifting, dedfknsrs

No beginner should deadlift without someone to coach their form

He killed himself after this guy was his best client.

Whose this? I'm not aware

I would say no. Srs. Instagram

Zach Evetts.

Bulked up from like 5’11 160 to 235 or some chit following SS+GOMAD. Got fat as fuk, but Rippetoe justified it by saying he could squat 315x5 now.

SS works if youonlycare about strength. Prescribing those protocols to someone who wants to look good naked is a terrible idea.