^^^^Well of course everyone can't progress by 5 pounds a week. Although that was the roundabout progression Starr recommended. Since then there have been improvements by others who borrowed from him just as he borrowed from others. But an ABSOLUTE beginner using intensity cycling? Most likely the AVERAGE natural lifter can add 5 pounds a week and then make new maxes after around week 4.

Keep in mind that Starr himself said progress by 5 pounds if you can and if not hold it over. It's gonna be the same whatever you load the bar with. As far as injuries spending some time learning correct form and movement patterns and getting the joints ready has some value. But when you combine the intensity cycling and the fact that a true novice is not yet able to generate the intensity that he will later, I don't think there is as much a fear of injury as people make out. I've said it before and so have much smarter people than me: heavy has a different definition for a novice.

I am not speaking of this particular permutation of the 5x5 but this kind of thing certainly can be used with success by a beginner with the proper programming. Lot's of people use the so called "Rippletoe 3x5" as absolute beginners, and I got news for you, it's tougher than this with the ramp ups.

There are lots of better writeups than this, though, I agree.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.