If I Could Only Pick One Barbell Lift, What Would It Be?

Starting Strength Coach Grant Broggi breaks down the different lifts from Starting Strength and answers the question of if he could only do one, what would it be?
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[@Invictus13666]

I put all my chips on biceps curls, red.
Dammit!

[@nellosnook4454]

Thanks TSC! 💪

[@Ayatollah123]

Thanks 😊

[@carps_gym]

Yep!

[@abnarty6793]

Clean and Press

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Deadlift, clean and press, or snatch for the reasons Grant outlined. If I'm packing for the apocalypse, it's an adjustable KB or gymnastic rings tho.

[@RouletteRog]

Power Clean and Press

[@MT-hy6pr]

I would choose the clean and press.

[@BigBadJohn7]

The old Olympic lift: clean and strict press.

[@fainakleitman6856]

Without even getting to the end of this video me is a deadlift person... 🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️🏋‍♂️

[@LonoNo-ch5nz]

Great

[@davidschlabach4106]

Snatch grip deadlift from platform.

[@robcubed9557]

I’m surprised nobody mentioned Face-pulls as being the most important exercise.

[@rns7426]

Bench and bi’s are 1 movement right?

[@carps_gym]

I would probably say the squat. I am not a good deadlifter

[@gsquared2394]

Rip said the upright row is the most important lift for maximal gains

[@matthewstrauts5427]

Not even a debate. As Rip would say.... "the squat is the sine qua non of barbell training"

[@usmanullah332]

Love the crypto references

[@tzzlite]

Bench press ALL THE WAY!

[@rizwan1983]

I really struggle with the deadlift. It comes up so slow, and I am so winded, that I need to rest about 15 to 30 seconds between each rep. My current weight is 360lbs, but my squat is 335lbs. Only a 25lb delta between the two lifts, when it should be wider. I just can't increase my deadlift by more than 5lbs, and it takes me a week to recover, so I'm deliberately incrementing my squat at a lower 2.5lb rate, at once per week, to raise my deadlift relative to my squat. Just a stupid mess really.

[@xyzct]

I think you're underestimating how well your doing.

[@anthonydonascimento1569]

Deadlift, cause it’s the most complet and the heaviest.

[@edwarddaou9941]

Semper Fi Devil Dog! 💪🏽🤙🏽

[@bmstylee]

C&J or the deadlift.

[@thomasnemecek-br3cz]

SQUAT thanks!!!!!

[@drunknnirish]

I'm cheating by saying the clean and press.
Just going by the basic 5 I would say its the deadlift.

[@emgb1767]

Why not the power clean (if one can)?

[@JordyLong]

Don’t tell Mike Israetel

[@brianmcg321]

One legged bosu ball lunge

[@sambsialia]

Snatch pulls.

[@arymniak1]

A complex - clean, press, back squat, push press, return to floor, deadlift. Rest, repeat.

[@stevesorensen9648]

Just reading that made me tired.

[@tzzlite]

I agree with that but I'm not very good at that so I'd go with bench press ALL THE WAY!

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Limited by your weakest link

[@dafunkmonster]

You won't even be taxing your pressing ability with that, because in order to lower the bar behind your head to set it on your shoulders and squat it, you'd have to significantly cut the weight on the bar.
The press can't leave the narrow groove and still be heavy enough to stimulate a strength adaptation.
If you don't have a squat rack, and only have a barbell and plates, then you should deadlift as heavy as you can, and then clean and press.

[@soundretarded]

Agreed

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

Wrist curls. Train how you play bro.

[@clb121781]

I can resell my strengthco plates for 50% of what I paid 😒

[@raymondjurado9203]

Deadlift bitcoin

[@filipesousa9990]

You work the arms during squats because you hold the bar?... Come on, let's be real for a moment.