Starting Strength has poisoned newbie's mind so much that you all think strength equals lifting "heavy" (lol, SS isn't heavy) and eating like a fat fuck. Nobody doing serious powerlifting trains SS, because you get slow, weak and fat.
Sure, mass helps in gaining strength, but strength is ultimately a skill and mostly neuro-muscular in nature. Have you seen top weightlifters and powerlifters in regular weight classes and not the super heavies? They are ripped as hell.
Pictures here: guys not doing Slowing Strength by a fat Texan, ripped as fuck and lifting a ton of weights
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Lu Xiaojun (170lb weight class) with a 260kg / 575lb paused high bar squat
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Josh Hancott (163lb weight class) with a word junior record 271kg / 597lb deadlift
Sure, mass helps in gaining strength, but strength is ultimately a skill and mostly neuro-muscular in nature. Have you seen top weightlifters and powerlifters in regular weight classes and not the super heavies? They are ripped as hell.
Pictures here: guys not doing Slowing Strength by a fat Texan, ripped as fuck and lifting a ton of weights
Lu Xiaojun (170lb weight class) with a 260kg / 575lb paused high bar squat
Josh Hancott (163lb weight class) with a word junior record 271kg / 597lb deadlift