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Back to the Basics – Lying Triceps Extension

July 14, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Mark Rippetoe goes through the details of the Lying Triceps Extension, which he calls the fourth powerlift. An important exercise that will help you improve your bench press. The long head of the triceps muscle crosses multiple joints. Muscles that do that have a distal and a proximal function. Distal function: elbow extension Proximal function: shoulder extension Therefore […]

Filed Under: arms, basics, exercises, how to, Mark Rippetoe, triceps, tutorial, videos

Mark Rippetoe on Fallacies about Adaption

July 10, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Read this article : The Biggest Training Fallacy of All by Mark Rippetoe He puts forward a fitting analogy for why people don’t make any progress. That is, comparing training with sun tanning, with regards to the stimuli needed to get adaption. The skin doesn’t adapt to total accumulated exposure, but to the longest exposure – the […]

Filed Under: articles, lifting, Mark Rippetoe, starting strength, strength, training

Five Valuable Strength Lessons From Mark Rippetoe

July 8, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Charles Poliquin’s Blog – Five Valuable Strength Lessons From Mark Rippetoe: “Lesson #3: Think of the Power Clean As a Jump Rippetoe says it’s best to think of the power clean as a jump. He teaches the power clean from the top down. He will start by having the athlete rest the barbell on their […]

Filed Under: articles, exercises, lifting, Mark Rippetoe, starting strength, strength, weightlifting

Bill Starr on the Split Snatch

July 6, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Stan Stanczyk Split Snatching Bill Starr wrote a nice article on the Split Snatch. Even though you rarely see it performed nowadays, the split snatch will help you to develop “an extremely high degree of foot speed, timing, coordination, agility, balance and a large dose of courage”. He goes into the history of the lift, why it […]

Filed Under: articles, exercises, lifting, Mark Rippetoe, snatch, starting strength, videos, weightlifting, worth a read

Mark Rippetoe explains the Romanian Deadlift (RDL)

June 18, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Over at Starting Strength, Mark Rippetoe put up an excellent video explaining the details of the Romanian deadlift. I really learned a lot from this. Here are my notes from the video. Why is the Romanian deadlift an important exercise? The RDL is a great exercise for your lower back. It is especially useful to […]

Filed Under: deadlift, exercises, Mark Rippetoe, rdl, videos

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