[Mark Joseph Limbaga]

Originally Posted by R. Alan Hester

In a quest to regain lost strength in my post-endurance era, I have started using “Starting Strength,” which leads to my question: would it be wise to replace the bench press with weighted dips. I hate bench pressing and don’t see the real-world utility of it.

Also, for those of you familiar with the program, where should I insert weighted pull-ups?

Thanks

Alan

I think doing dips in place of bench is fine. many of the guys in our gym have been doing it and are getting great results.