Rip,

I hope you would have made an exception for Ken Kesey.

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Steve,

Last year one of the Atlanta squat camps was held in Asheville, NC. Are there any plans for this in 2013?

First thing that comes to mind: flammable.

Are any of the little people competing in the NC Championship this weekend? I have a 7 yo who I'd like to have see other kids lift.

Here is one for you Rip: Suppose, hypothetically, that your humerus snapped like a twig for no good reason doing a non-loading barbell exercise. Say, low-bar squats for sake of argument. Would you...

Mr. Rippetoe,

Yesterday Jim Steel posted an article in his blog regarding his views on training more often (http://basbarbell.blogspot.com/2011/12/train-more-often.html).

I understand that he...

To add to Mr. Best's praises: I mailed him a (ridiculously low) check November 19th and received a belt yesterday, November 30th. The belt is incredible. It is a shame I'm going to get chalk all over...

I think the messages here are (1) man-up and (2) do it right.



Earlier I was death gripping the bar, even with the thumb on top, and concluded this attributed to the elbow pain. I'll return to...

Spar and MikeC1, thanks again for your advice. I was able to proceed successfully, putting up 230 with some good and some marginal reps.

However, at 235 I have missed all three attempts (last 3...

Actually, all joy in this thread was killed by 5 5 4 on bench and inability to even lift my deadlift set off the floor. But, I degress.

Thank you to everyone for your input. I think we can agree...

First, this video is taken from the side. Since I have sometimes paid for real-life coaching, I appreciate anyone's offer of free coaching advice, even over the internet. Thus, if you think video...