The Ultimate Strength Exercise
by Bill Starr
In the early sixties, a new form of strength training burst on the scene and swept across the country like wildfire…Fast forward six years. Isometrics and also the combination of isotonics and isometrics had all but disappeared from strength training in sports…[but it is] information that every serious strength athlete and coach needs to have at his disposal, because there are only a handful of people still alive who know how to do the concept correctly.
Abs
by Mark Rippetoe
Since the basic nature of correct ab function is isometric, the exercises in which the abs perform this function will provide exercises for the abs as well. This may seem childishly apparent, yet virtually every strength coach adds extra concentric/eccentric ab work to the program anyway. The thinking must be that just squatting, deadlifting, pressing, cleaning, snatching, chins, and barbell curls – all of which involve trunk stabilization as a critical performance component – do not provide sufficient ab work by themselves. I disagree.
EVENTS
Starting Strength Training Camp
Holmes, PA
July 31
Coaches’ Roundtable Weekend
Wichita Falls, TX
August 7-8
Starting Strength Training Camp
Wichita Falls, TX
August 21
Starting Strength Seminar
Redmond, WA
September 24-26
Starting Strength Seminar
Atlanta, GA
October 15-17
Starting Strength Seminar
Montclair, NJ
November 5-7
Starting Strength Seminar
Wichita Falls, TX
December 3-5