I think you guys are taking the message of the video a lot further than it is actually meant to go. If I understand correctly, He is talking about how to set up for the initial position. And arguing...

Hahaha. I'd like to see how one goes about double blinding and randomizing caloric excess and heavy barbell training. :D

http://dolan.naurunappula.com/screen/4c/27/4c27d0dfceddf4ce/0/390142.jpg

Although I do strongly doubt that Marine was 'normal' to begin with.

That is one goddamn useful video. Everything said in the video can be applied to any other area of life.

On the other hand, they are still not squatting.

Unless I've gotten Rip all wrong, he said "Physical strength is the most important thing in life", not "Using optimal methods to get strong is...

These are absolutely the most valuable words you can ever remember in a gym.

The point of these questions is related to very elementary characteristics of heavy deadlifting:

You can't lift the weight, your hands can't hold. If the impulse is sent from your hands to your...

Two elementary questions: 1) Do you use chalk? 2) Have you tried squeezing the bar like your life depended on it?

How close to truth would I be, if I claimed

1) He seems to lose tightness at the bottom and 'drops in' the hole (especially in the last rep)
2) The relaxation in the bottom changes back angle...

Now that we happen to be "on-the topic":

I found out that DOMS, general tightness and aches in my lower body was significantly reduced when I added two more squat days (Light and Medium, with...

I will bet my left testicle that if one had time and was able to adapt and recover from doing equal amount of volume with heavy singles as he does with high rep sets, one would get a lot stronger...

I have to assume that "the rippetoe guide" is not any edition of Starting Strength. This is because, you are (among other things) 1) squatting and deadlifting in running shoes 2) Squatting high bar...

You haven't read the book, have you?

Have you tried adding squat days, instead?

For example like this:

http://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/showthread.php?t=31827&p=538873#post538873

Personally I've found that the less...

It's obvious only if it's obvious by looking at the video / you lift.



That's fine if you plan to do HB Squats, but doing that with LB squats will eventually fuck up your wrists and/or arms.

To see whether you are doing Push Press instead of Press. Some of the reps seem like you might be. Duh.

What you are saying here is that when you modify the shitty programming into Medium-Light-Heavy scheme, you are actually inventing something new? And you don't need to consider whether someone else...

Well, then his PP has to have some additional text that my copy does not have.



Tell me which part I'm wrong at:

a) There no any clear correlation between Medium-Light-Heavy -scheme and...

I wish I could Press that much with that over arched back and bent wrists. Ouch.
Move under the bar, not away from it when it gets heavy.
Also, we can't see your knees on the Press

Your Squat...

You are probably a troll, but what the heck:

I've never seen Rip state that he originally created Texas Method or that it was developed "using scientific principles as a basis".
I've always...