>>5013784(1/2, my autism can't be contained)
>by the time the intensity is building up enough that you can't do the routine without stalling constantly due to fatigue, you should have moved onto a program that has built in deload periods alreadyThat's what it means to move past a novice program; SS itself says that you should stall at most 3 times, but generally 2 indicates you've moved past the novice stage
>I think I'd rather hammer nails down my fingersSame honestly, haven't been on /fit/ in ages but I left because what you mentioned is the best the board has to offer; the rest is lookism retardation or coomerposting
>I think including cleans is pretty stupid for the program honestly, but they're not a deadlift replacementIf you're doing a proper clean, you're right, but they way Rippletits has you doing cleans specifically makes them fast deadlifts; the pull is *exactly* the same up until the second pull
>Chins are not prescribed in the start of SS, they're added in a later phaseThe "later" phase comes literally one month into the program; stage 1 is deadlifts 3x a week for 2 weeks, stage 2 is alternating deadlifts and cleans for 2 weeks, and stage 3 is stage 2 + chins
>Until you add them, there is zero back workTrue, but it's just for a month, which isn't enough to fuck over anybody's physique in the grand scheme of things
>If I recall right at that point you're doing even less deadlifts tooIf you're a crotchety old boomer doing SS (which is a surprisingly large population of people doing the program), Rip recommends something like the following:
Alternate A and (Alternate B and B'):
A: Squat 3x5, Press 3x5, Alternate Deadlift 1x5 and Power Clean 5x3
B: Squat 3x5, Bench 3x5, Back Extensions OR GHRs (see above for reps), Chin-Ups 3xMax
B': Squat 3x5, Bench 3x5, Back Extensions OR GHRs, Chin-Ups 3xMax / Weighted Chins 3x5
Less pulling volume, but when you're nearly geriatric and pulls might legitimately break your spine you might need it