I think it's better than some others sure. Especially for a beginner/intermediate. But in my opinion, you're much better served to focus more on bringing your strength up on the big three than hitting up two weeks of 15's and two weeks of 10's like HST has.

Judging by your experience level, I would say the starting strength is equal to HST for muscle gain since you're new. Personally, you're MUCH better served doing the Starting Strength and build your strength base.

I think once you've developed yourself, doing HST could become an option. Remember that with HST, you're putting your 15, 10, and 5 RM's in the final workout of each mesocycle like they have. So do you think it's a good idea doing HST and only working up to your rep max that you started with for every 2 weeks without working on surpassing them?? Or would you like to build on your strength NOW so a long time down the line you'll be using A LOT higher rep maxes for HST?

I think beginners will see much greater overall improvements just focusing on the simplest of routines, with the bare essential compound exercises, and increasing the weight on the bar each and every workout. It's not complicated.

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