Goals 104: New Year’s Resolutions Carl Raghavan, SSC | February 09, 2022 The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that they are the enemy of consistency. They’re not really about self-improvement. They’re just a marketing scam. The reality is, it doesn’t really matter[.] Continue reading Developing Corps Strength – An Appeal to the Service Academies for the Prioritization of Strength Gregory Hess | February 02, 2022 Acknowledging strength as the most important physiological adaptation for human existence and performance is an initial step towards a service member’s physical readiness improvement [1]. This, however, generates the obvious question of “How does one train for strength?” As is usually the case with seemingly complex and fashionable topics, the simplest approach is the best. Continue reading Dave Paul Horn | January 29, 2022 What are you supposed to do when someone dies? I guess I’m lucky in that I haven’t had much experience with such things. I lost grandparents when I was too young to comprehend it. My dog died a few years ago—that was rough. And too recently, we lost Nick Huth, one of our apprentice coaches at the gym. Their passing was sad, but it made sense. There was a logical explanation. The former were old. The latter lost a lifelong battle with addiction. I understood it. Continue reading Blue Falcons Hannah Pralle | January 26, 2022 I talked to a psychic yesterday. Rip asked why – if she’s psychic, oughtn’t we simply commune in silence? I said because I’m not a psychic, that’s why. Anyway, she said “Nobody’s getting away with anything, right now.” Continue reading Summation of Forces About The Knee Equals Zero: Knee Loading In A Properly Performed Low-Bar Squat Tom Bailey | January 12, 2022 Before I found the Starting Strength program, I was a runner and basketball player, with the resulting sore knees consistently limiting what I intended to do. I expected the same knee soreness or worse when I began to low-bar squat in middle age as part of my Novice Linear Progression. I was surprised that my knees felt great as my squats progressed through my NLP. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Developing Corps Strength – An Appeal to the Service Academies for the Prioritization of Strength Gregory Hess | February 02, 2022 Acknowledging strength as the most important physiological adaptation for human existence and performance is an initial step towards a service member’s physical readiness improvement [1]. This, however, generates the obvious question of “How does one train for strength?” As is usually the case with seemingly complex and fashionable topics, the simplest approach is the best. Continue reading Dave Paul Horn | January 29, 2022 What are you supposed to do when someone dies? I guess I’m lucky in that I haven’t had much experience with such things. I lost grandparents when I was too young to comprehend it. My dog died a few years ago—that was rough. And too recently, we lost Nick Huth, one of our apprentice coaches at the gym. Their passing was sad, but it made sense. There was a logical explanation. The former were old. The latter lost a lifelong battle with addiction. I understood it. Continue reading Blue Falcons Hannah Pralle | January 26, 2022 I talked to a psychic yesterday. Rip asked why – if she’s psychic, oughtn’t we simply commune in silence? I said because I’m not a psychic, that’s why. Anyway, she said “Nobody’s getting away with anything, right now.” Continue reading Summation of Forces About The Knee Equals Zero: Knee Loading In A Properly Performed Low-Bar Squat Tom Bailey | January 12, 2022 Before I found the Starting Strength program, I was a runner and basketball player, with the resulting sore knees consistently limiting what I intended to do. I expected the same knee soreness or worse when I began to low-bar squat in middle age as part of my Novice Linear Progression. I was surprised that my knees felt great as my squats progressed through my NLP. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Dave Paul Horn | January 29, 2022 What are you supposed to do when someone dies? I guess I’m lucky in that I haven’t had much experience with such things. I lost grandparents when I was too young to comprehend it. My dog died a few years ago—that was rough. And too recently, we lost Nick Huth, one of our apprentice coaches at the gym. Their passing was sad, but it made sense. There was a logical explanation. The former were old. The latter lost a lifelong battle with addiction. I understood it. Continue reading Blue Falcons Hannah Pralle | January 26, 2022 I talked to a psychic yesterday. Rip asked why – if she’s psychic, oughtn’t we simply commune in silence? I said because I’m not a psychic, that’s why. Anyway, she said “Nobody’s getting away with anything, right now.” Continue reading Summation of Forces About The Knee Equals Zero: Knee Loading In A Properly Performed Low-Bar Squat Tom Bailey | January 12, 2022 Before I found the Starting Strength program, I was a runner and basketball player, with the resulting sore knees consistently limiting what I intended to do. I expected the same knee soreness or worse when I began to low-bar squat in middle age as part of my Novice Linear Progression. I was surprised that my knees felt great as my squats progressed through my NLP. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Blue Falcons Hannah Pralle | January 26, 2022 I talked to a psychic yesterday. Rip asked why – if she’s psychic, oughtn’t we simply commune in silence? I said because I’m not a psychic, that’s why. Anyway, she said “Nobody’s getting away with anything, right now.” Continue reading Summation of Forces About The Knee Equals Zero: Knee Loading In A Properly Performed Low-Bar Squat Tom Bailey | January 12, 2022 Before I found the Starting Strength program, I was a runner and basketball player, with the resulting sore knees consistently limiting what I intended to do. I expected the same knee soreness or worse when I began to low-bar squat in middle age as part of my Novice Linear Progression. I was surprised that my knees felt great as my squats progressed through my NLP. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Summation of Forces About The Knee Equals Zero: Knee Loading In A Properly Performed Low-Bar Squat Tom Bailey | January 12, 2022 Before I found the Starting Strength program, I was a runner and basketball player, with the resulting sore knees consistently limiting what I intended to do. I expected the same knee soreness or worse when I began to low-bar squat in middle age as part of my Novice Linear Progression. I was surprised that my knees felt great as my squats progressed through my NLP. Continue reading
