Life after the Service with Starting Strength Gyms Inna Koppel, SSC and Jacob Pearce, SSC | March 22, 2023 "The military is really high and really low," recounted Starting Strength Coach Jacob Pearce, formerly an infantryman in the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. "You don't get this nine-to-five job where everything is the same every day, right down the middle. You get these great best days of your life, followed by the worst days of your life." Continue reading An Issue of Tightness Chris Olson, SSC | March 15, 2023 This article will attempt to show you that many technique errors have one underlying cause (it’s in the title). Recognizing this cause can give you another lens through which to consider your own lifting. Once you understand this common thread, you can approach correcting any of the various subsequent errors with a clearer picture of what “correct” should look and feel like, and why. Continue reading First Year of an Affiliate Steve Ross, SSC | March 14, 2023 My business partner and I opened Brussels Barbell in the summer of 2021, making it the first ever Starting Strength Affiliate Gym in Europe...Our motivation for opening the gym in Brussels was two-fold. Firstly, we wanted to create a place where people could cut through the bullshit and specifically train for strength. Secondly, we wanted to spread the Starting Strength method as much as possible. Continue reading “Functional” “Training” Mark Rippetoe | February 08, 2023 It's become the dominant fad in Strength and Conditioning. Sports coaches love it because it looks “sporty” to them. Strength and conditioning coaches love it because it's easy to coach (far easier than learning how to correctly coach a squat), and because it looks “sporty” to their bosses, the Head Sports Coaches... Continue reading Knowledge is Power Steven Villarreal | January 18, 2023 In many ways, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition and Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd edition are a dense undertaking to read. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture a brand-new lifter, excited at the prospect of getting bigger and stronger but unsure as to where to begin, getting the Blue Book, opening it, and being hit with the feeling that he is in over his head... Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
An Issue of Tightness Chris Olson, SSC | March 15, 2023 This article will attempt to show you that many technique errors have one underlying cause (it’s in the title). Recognizing this cause can give you another lens through which to consider your own lifting. Once you understand this common thread, you can approach correcting any of the various subsequent errors with a clearer picture of what “correct” should look and feel like, and why. Continue reading First Year of an Affiliate Steve Ross, SSC | March 14, 2023 My business partner and I opened Brussels Barbell in the summer of 2021, making it the first ever Starting Strength Affiliate Gym in Europe...Our motivation for opening the gym in Brussels was two-fold. Firstly, we wanted to create a place where people could cut through the bullshit and specifically train for strength. Secondly, we wanted to spread the Starting Strength method as much as possible. Continue reading “Functional” “Training” Mark Rippetoe | February 08, 2023 It's become the dominant fad in Strength and Conditioning. Sports coaches love it because it looks “sporty” to them. Strength and conditioning coaches love it because it's easy to coach (far easier than learning how to correctly coach a squat), and because it looks “sporty” to their bosses, the Head Sports Coaches... Continue reading Knowledge is Power Steven Villarreal | January 18, 2023 In many ways, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition and Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd edition are a dense undertaking to read. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture a brand-new lifter, excited at the prospect of getting bigger and stronger but unsure as to where to begin, getting the Blue Book, opening it, and being hit with the feeling that he is in over his head... Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
First Year of an Affiliate Steve Ross, SSC | March 14, 2023 My business partner and I opened Brussels Barbell in the summer of 2021, making it the first ever Starting Strength Affiliate Gym in Europe...Our motivation for opening the gym in Brussels was two-fold. Firstly, we wanted to create a place where people could cut through the bullshit and specifically train for strength. Secondly, we wanted to spread the Starting Strength method as much as possible. Continue reading “Functional” “Training” Mark Rippetoe | February 08, 2023 It's become the dominant fad in Strength and Conditioning. Sports coaches love it because it looks “sporty” to them. Strength and conditioning coaches love it because it's easy to coach (far easier than learning how to correctly coach a squat), and because it looks “sporty” to their bosses, the Head Sports Coaches... Continue reading Knowledge is Power Steven Villarreal | January 18, 2023 In many ways, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition and Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd edition are a dense undertaking to read. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture a brand-new lifter, excited at the prospect of getting bigger and stronger but unsure as to where to begin, getting the Blue Book, opening it, and being hit with the feeling that he is in over his head... Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
“Functional” “Training” Mark Rippetoe | February 08, 2023 It's become the dominant fad in Strength and Conditioning. Sports coaches love it because it looks “sporty” to them. Strength and conditioning coaches love it because it's easy to coach (far easier than learning how to correctly coach a squat), and because it looks “sporty” to their bosses, the Head Sports Coaches... Continue reading Knowledge is Power Steven Villarreal | January 18, 2023 In many ways, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition and Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd edition are a dense undertaking to read. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture a brand-new lifter, excited at the prospect of getting bigger and stronger but unsure as to where to begin, getting the Blue Book, opening it, and being hit with the feeling that he is in over his head... Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Knowledge is Power Steven Villarreal | January 18, 2023 In many ways, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition and Practical Programming for Strength Training 3rd edition are a dense undertaking to read. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture a brand-new lifter, excited at the prospect of getting bigger and stronger but unsure as to where to begin, getting the Blue Book, opening it, and being hit with the feeling that he is in over his head... Continue reading
