Here is a Mark Rippetoe quote on squats from Starting Strength 3rd Edition. “There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that provides the level of central nervous activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and […]
Reminder: Mark Rippetoe AMA Today
Reminder: Today (in fact now), Mark Rippetoe will be doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) in reddit’s r/fitness. Where: Here is the thread. Post your questions and vote up your favorites. When: Mark Rippetoe will log in to answer your questions at 1pm-1am CST. His official account: Rippetoe (confirmed account).
Mark Rippetoe AMA on /r/fitness
Mark your Calenders. Another reddit AMA is comming up. On Monday, December 5th, 2011, Mark Rippetoe will be doing an AMA on /r/fitness for an AMA. (via) Meanwhile he answers questions daily over at the Starting Strength Forums. undefined
Mark Rippetoe on the Squat Bar Position
Mark Rippetoe on Squat Bar Positions. This is another valuable lesson. He covers everything you probably ever want to know about proper grip for low-bar squat. Grip all of the weight of the bar is on the body, not the arms. lowest point where the bar can stabily be carried wrists and elbows not under […]
Strength Standards Tables
Mark Rippetoe’s Strength Standards Table for squat, bench ,press, deadlift Besides that, slayerofspartans on reddit made an awesome kg strength standard spreadsheet based on the information here, that lets you enter your current stats and then tells you where you stand. Download it here Update: Overhauled Strength Standards PDF (non-metric)
Mark Rippetoe and the Overhead Press
Some clips of Mark Rippetoe talking about the Press. Press Review Weighted Press, Part I Weighted Press, Part II Weighted Press, Part III Press Instruction, Part 1 Press Instruction, Part 2 Press Instruction, Part 3 Press Posture Question Basic Positions Hand Positions
Rep Ranges Table for Strength and Mass
Over at reddit RyanArr posted the Rep Range Chart from Mark Rippetoe’s and Lon Kilgore’s Practical Programming for Strength Training. Number of Repetitions Result of Training 1 2 3 5 8 10 12 20 Silliness Strength Myofibrillar Hypertrophy Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy Power ATP/PC Storage/Efficiency Neural Adaption Capillarity Lactate Generation Pain Torlerance Bone Density 100% 1RM 70% 25% 1RM […]
Naim Suleymanoglu 190kg Clean and Jerk
Naim Suleymanoglu 190kg Clean and Jerk in the 60kg weight class. Mark Rippetoe: What you’ll see is that he takes about two or three pulses of pull in order to get his weight from his toes back onto the middle of his foot before the bar leaves the ground. In other words, he’s using those […]
Activating your Lower Back
Lots of people don’t know how to contract the lower back muscles. In his article “Proper Back Position for Power” Mark Rippetoe shares the cues on how to teach athletes to activate their lower backs. “A lifter who can’t control his lumbar spine isn’t as good a lifter as he can be.” For some subtle […]