Has anyone done Starting Strength

I think it's worth learning. There are so many videos that show you proper form.

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Also, I'm 36 and at times my job can get pretty physical. I work in construction and some days work can leave me gassed. Another thing can be working 7 days a week for long periods of time, which makes me question about recovery issues. 

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You can sub barbell rows for power cleans.

It may feel silly starting with 135 that first week while you are still trying to get comfortable squatting. However just remember that you are going to add five pounds to that every workout. If you squat 3 days a week for six weeks your 3x5 will be at 225.

No shame in that. Especially if you are working out at home. There isn't anyone to impress.

Just keep making slow progress and don't try to ramp up the weight.

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No shame in that. Especially if you are working out at home. There isn't anyone to impress.

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Amen. I'm not trying to win a contest in looks or powerlifting. I just want to be generally strong, look decent, and feel good. Lifting makes me feel tough and manly and more confident overall.

Great program for beginners. Power cleans are tough if your lats and arms are tight so loosen then up.

Especially if you lift alone a lot, I'd recommend having someone familiar with lifting technique come over to critique your lifts. Last thing you want to do is hurt your back from bad form.

I actually might start this program like you did because I haven't worked out that seriously in a few months. Start the weight light since I'm doing an extreme diet at the moment.

I might start a starting strength log thread.

Yeah, I looked back over it and decided something like greyskull or ph3 might be better.

everyone benifits from powercleans especially as we get older due to us losing our explosiveness, but without somebody to teach you, yea I woud not recommend them.

If you like the linear progression style of starting strength I would suggest you do one of two things. Start with the stronglifts program and run it until you can't progress anymore, it is 5x5 instead of 3x5. Or run starting strength instead with pendlay rows subbed for power cleans.

run both programs until you can not progress anymore. From there I would look at moving to one of four programs in order of preference for you

1) Greyskull(if you feel like you can squeeze more out of a linear progression program with slower progressions). I wrote a primer on here and it shows how to run the program and how flexible it is.

2) Madcow 5x5- weekyl progressions, run for 5 cycles minimum. The old thread on elite fitness can be found through google and is an amazing resource in general.

3) 5/3/1- this is the program you move to for life. After a while this should be the main program you run. No problems drifting away, but it should be the one you come back to. Your wife so to speak. I highly highly highly recommend the 531 forever book and its one of the best programming books ever written imo. 531 like greyskull is extremely flexible and can be used for any number of goals.

4) texas method- this is the traditional program mark rippetoe has his lifters move to after SS. I am not that high on it for non athletes or for those concerned in any way with aesthics.

yea you know how I feel about DC training and Fortitude training, but 531 is the one you marry. The principles are amazing and their are tons and tons of templates to choose from that you never get bored.

Now that the forever 531 book came out and he further explains the leaders and anchor templates along with the 7th week protocol, it has become perfect. He even has a new beginners program he has been using with the local HS athletes that train in his garage and I would say its a good or better than starting strength and greyskull, just a tad moe complicated.

I am a member of his private forum and he puts out tons of info on there thats awesome and never released or not realeased for years later.