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10/3/2008 8:51:04 AM EDT
I am getting to the end of rippetoes effectiveness. I have been stalled on all my lifts for over a month, and am starting to get injuries, I think from doing the same excersises over and over.

a lot of people have suggested Iron addicts simple power based routine

www.ironaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8050

but it requires you to do several excersises that require the gym. I dont have the time or motivation to get to the gym 3 days a week. I have a bench, power rack, dip and pull up bar. any other good routines that jsut require these things, and yet can mix it up a little from rippetoes?

any good alternatives to these excersises that I can do at home?
Chin or lat pull-down
tricep push down

10/3/2008 12:15:29 PM EDT
[#1]
Have you looked at the Texas Method?  Many guys switch to that after finishing Starting Strength.  
10/3/2008 12:47:12 PM EDT
[#2]
Or one of the intermediate Bill Starr routines.
10/4/2008 4:29:08 AM EDT
[#3]
After SS, I moved to the Starr/Madcow 5x5.   Did this found about 5 months.   This coming week is recovery week, after which I'm doing a Texas-based routine.     The 5x5 in the Starr/Madcow are ramping sets where there warmup is basically built in, so isn't as long of a workout as it sounds.   Texas calls for 5x5 straight across on the volume day - I'm feeling sore already!  Anyway, a consideration if time is a factor - Texas' Monday will likely require a decent chuck  more time than even the Starr/Madcow Friday.   When I was looking for Texas routines, the Texas vs. Starr as progression came up quite a bit, and several people (even perhaps Rippetoe) said SS->Texas->Starr is the better route, but it probably doesn't matter too much.