I'm not much bigger than swole, I just lift differently. I need heavy weight to grow. Some guys are lucky and don't. I would love to be the latter guy. My joints pay heavy prices. I've had 6 cortizone shots in the knees over the last 2 years. Not fun. I always have some issue with my elbows or going to a chiro for my neck. Jack if your serious about starting up, keep this shit in mind. The work your looking to do is seriously taxing on your joints. I've used s.a.m.e., shark cartiladge, glucosamine in injection form and pills, and chrondrit or what ever the fuck it is.