If you guys remember Dave76 from the original Starting Strength thread (he was the main contributor and lifted in Rip's gym), he got the same injury from doing high bar squats. It's not a muscle...
Yeah it's better for your joints too. Years of running will just wear you out. Ancestors outsmarted prey, they didn't outrun them... we're not built to run.
This is actually my routine. Plus shrugs, pec deck & random tricep isolation (finish with situps, sometimes weighted). Combine the day's compound with an isolation, do high number of work sets...
No they won't always grow back bigger. You have 2 constant ongoing processes - protein synthesis (anabolism) and protein desynthesis (catabolism). They can each run at different rates at any point...
Whey - probably safe. Check that you have healthy kidneys first. Lots of protein can be hard on kidneys if you don't drink plenty of water.
Creatine - can have similar effects to stims. Check...
Well I guess I should have said I was on track to hit macros - had high % protein for cals I had eaten. Ended up just going 100 cals over to hit macros.
You can squat more weight with normal descent speed due to the stretch reflex. More weight = more tension = more stimulus. If you want more volume = total time under tension, then do more sets.
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Training specificity. Basically to train for army/navy requirements, you want to do exactly what you will be tested on because anything else has diminished carryover. Runners train for marathons by...
And he's right. There is a distinct speed with which the stretch reflex is activated. A too slow descent and you will lose power due to no stretch reflex. Go Wikipedia since I know you have no...
I'd run SS until 2/3/4 plates (BP/SQ/DL). Then switch to 5x5 and afterwards to 2 or 3 day split. That should cover you for a ~year to ~18 months (bout 2 bulk cycles).