Rips program?

[Chris H Laing]

Hey Rip,
Whats you current workout schedule look like?

[Mark Rippetoe]

It varies a lot with travel, but I try to train 3-4 times a week, with a mix of metcon and strength. No pattern at all, just trying to stave off death.

[zephed56]

Are you progressing in either strength or metcon? What are your latest RM's?

[stronger]

Make sure you train your biceps a lot. Most important bodypart, you know.

[MAD9692]

And while we are on the subject on how you train- what does your diet consist off?
I'm not looking for actuals or anything- I am just wondering what an already in shape/ strong person in their 50's thats not skinny or fat and is not looking to break any lifting/metcon records eats to stave off death.

[Ian Kovtunovich]

...just trying to stave off death.

Ha ha ha haaaa...now that's something I'd like to see on a T-shirt.

[AidenBloodaxe]

So tell us what you have written down on paper from your last workout. Do you squat every time you train like you make us(not that we don't love it)?;) We are nosey fuckers aren't we?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I eat basically Paleo, because starchy carbs make me fat and I like meat. Steak, venison, beef, ham, pork, bacon, cabbage, greens, salad stuff. Good wine, a little good beer, good whisky and whiskey. No bread, potatoes, rice, sugar in the house, but maybe a little when traveling for certs. I do metcon, squats, deadlifts, lots of chins, pull the sled, presses, clean & press, snatches occasionally. I deadlift in the low 300s for reps, squat in the high 200s for reps, press about 185, chin my bodyweight x 16-17. Now, run along.

[The Sun]

When I grow up I want to be able to chin my bodyweight 16 times.

[papabear16]

When I grow up I want to be able to chin my bodyweight 16 times.

Amen.

[Goat]

When I grow up I want to be able to chin my bodyweight 16 times.


I can chin mine ten times, but I'm never going to grow up.

[TomF]

When I grow up I want to be able to chin my bodyweight 16 times.Have you seen Rip's arms? They're incredible.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Thank you, Tom.

[OITW]

You know, first thing the wife said when she saw the DVD is that you could stand to lose some weight.

Tells me that all the time, too.

I bite my tongue a lot in the house. Domestic tranquility and all that.

[Zach]

You should see Rip eat a sausage... Now, THAT'S incredible...

Sucks out the grease like a sailor on leave.

[Mark Rippetoe]

The wife may be right, but I really, really like sausage, as Zach has observed.

[Kostas]

My wife likes my new belly, but considering that I used to look like a famine victim, this is not suprising.

[BreezerD]

OITW, perhaps your wife could help Rip prepare for his upcoming bodybuilding competition(s)? If she has any thongs, I'm sure Rip would love to borrow them.