Hi Rip I'd be grateful if you could look at my squats. Started SS about 4 weeks ago. I've moved squats up from 47.5kg in 2.5 kg jumps since...

Hi Rip, I just got home from a workout that was a bit frustrating... I squatted for the first time in my new WL shoes (Adidas Ironwork II) and...

Hi, I've been doing this self-designed wod once a week in addition to the basic program in SS:BBT. Let's call her "Heidi", for example :) max...

Mark, In SS you write that the knees should be slightly over the toes. During yesterday's workout I did exactly that, however after doing so I felt...

Any plans to do this in the near future?

Hi Mark, I just wanted to say that I am so happy that I discovered your book and I am very excited to continue on with the Barbell Training...

everytime i bench, or do any excercises that require my wrist to be pushed back, i feel a bruising pain on the back side of my right wrist. im...

I've recently switched to using front squats in the novice routine, as outlined in PP. I'm just wondering if I did so at the appropriate time. I'm...

I had questions about two squat assistance exercises that aren't mentioned at all in either SS:BBT or Practical Programming: the overhead squat and...

Mark, I hope that you can help me. My son turned 13 in March. He's a small kid (ectomorph). He's 5'1", and roughly 85lbs. He wants to lift...

Hello Mark, I would be grateful if you could take a look at my deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804_OAqueKQ From your deadlift...

Long story made relatively short: I really want to get strong, so, naturally, I want to squat. At first, I squatted shallow, and then had to cut back...

Hi Mark, I was wondering if you have any home-remedies for the wear and tear that occurs to the thumbs with heavy power-cleans? When I do my 8x3...

Rip, OK, here's yet another challenge to the conventional wisdom I've been brought up with. Following is a short list of items that I took as...

A couple of months back, in the midst of trying to get my low-bar squat form perfected, my low back started to hurt on both sides and only got worse...

Hi Mark, today I stalled on my 5x5 squats at 115kg. I was taking 10 minutes between sets but still couldn't get them all out. In PP you...

Mark- I have read a lot of your advice about how starting position for the dealift will be different depending on anthropometry. However, the...

Hey Coach, I'm currently running an SS version that looks like A: Squat/bench/dead/abs B: Squat/press/chins/abs. I've been on the program for 2.5...

Hi Mark. I hate to bother you with yet another question about shoulders..BUT...my left shoulder just does not seem to want to do the OH press. ...

Doing GHRs (esp floor ones) seem to be easier when you bend at the hips. I can do GHRs keeping keeping by body perfectly straight (except for the...