Performance Shooting and Strength Justin Nazaroff | January 01, 2020 If you haven’t put in the training time, you will not magically turn into John Wick in the event you are placed in a life-or-death scenario... When confronted with a situation that warrants the use of deadly force, the decision to fire a weapon must be made with the awareness that being too slow, or missing the target, can have disastrous results for shooter (and, potentially, for innocent bystanders). Continue reading Going to a Meet: What You Can Learn from My Mistakes Carl Raghavan, SSC | December 11, 2019 [E]ven with the most thorough preparation, things won’t always go your way. I’ve learned this from experience...Let me walk you through my mistakes – maybe you can learn from them, even if I don’t! Continue reading Starting Strength in College AthleticsA Roundtable Discussion Jared Nessland, SSC | November 27, 2019 Rip has been notoriously critical of Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches. Probably, to some extent, for good reason. We can be our own worst enemy. Just pull up some of the outrageous YouTube videos of the circus acts performed in the weight room or the clown shows prior to football games. However, there are also a lot of good, hard working, knowledgeable people in the profession, working their asses off, staying behind the scenes, putting their athletes first, doing some great work. Continue reading How to Fix Powerlifting? Mark Rippetoe | September 25, 2019 You ask. Because it's broken, you know. Has been for a while. When world records can be established by moving a bar approximately one inch, when a guy can drop 30 pounds to make weight 24 hours before a meet, gain it all back, and then compete in the lighter weight class when he actually weighs 2 classes up, when a squat that is clearly 7 inches above parallel gets applauded for “Beautiful depth!”, your sport is broken. It has become a Circus. Continue reading The White Noise of Heavy Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 29, 2019 People ask me what it’s like to lift a heavy weight, and this is the best I can do to describe it: a heavy weight is like a loud white noise blaring full blast into your ears. A heavy weight tries to distract you from your technique; it tries to disrupt your focus and composure. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Going to a Meet: What You Can Learn from My Mistakes Carl Raghavan, SSC | December 11, 2019 [E]ven with the most thorough preparation, things won’t always go your way. I’ve learned this from experience...Let me walk you through my mistakes – maybe you can learn from them, even if I don’t! Continue reading Starting Strength in College AthleticsA Roundtable Discussion Jared Nessland, SSC | November 27, 2019 Rip has been notoriously critical of Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches. Probably, to some extent, for good reason. We can be our own worst enemy. Just pull up some of the outrageous YouTube videos of the circus acts performed in the weight room or the clown shows prior to football games. However, there are also a lot of good, hard working, knowledgeable people in the profession, working their asses off, staying behind the scenes, putting their athletes first, doing some great work. Continue reading How to Fix Powerlifting? Mark Rippetoe | September 25, 2019 You ask. Because it's broken, you know. Has been for a while. When world records can be established by moving a bar approximately one inch, when a guy can drop 30 pounds to make weight 24 hours before a meet, gain it all back, and then compete in the lighter weight class when he actually weighs 2 classes up, when a squat that is clearly 7 inches above parallel gets applauded for “Beautiful depth!”, your sport is broken. It has become a Circus. Continue reading The White Noise of Heavy Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 29, 2019 People ask me what it’s like to lift a heavy weight, and this is the best I can do to describe it: a heavy weight is like a loud white noise blaring full blast into your ears. A heavy weight tries to distract you from your technique; it tries to disrupt your focus and composure. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Starting Strength in College AthleticsA Roundtable Discussion Jared Nessland, SSC | November 27, 2019 Rip has been notoriously critical of Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches. Probably, to some extent, for good reason. We can be our own worst enemy. Just pull up some of the outrageous YouTube videos of the circus acts performed in the weight room or the clown shows prior to football games. However, there are also a lot of good, hard working, knowledgeable people in the profession, working their asses off, staying behind the scenes, putting their athletes first, doing some great work. Continue reading How to Fix Powerlifting? Mark Rippetoe | September 25, 2019 You ask. Because it's broken, you know. Has been for a while. When world records can be established by moving a bar approximately one inch, when a guy can drop 30 pounds to make weight 24 hours before a meet, gain it all back, and then compete in the lighter weight class when he actually weighs 2 classes up, when a squat that is clearly 7 inches above parallel gets applauded for “Beautiful depth!”, your sport is broken. It has become a Circus. Continue reading The White Noise of Heavy Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 29, 2019 People ask me what it’s like to lift a heavy weight, and this is the best I can do to describe it: a heavy weight is like a loud white noise blaring full blast into your ears. A heavy weight tries to distract you from your technique; it tries to disrupt your focus and composure. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
How to Fix Powerlifting? Mark Rippetoe | September 25, 2019 You ask. Because it's broken, you know. Has been for a while. When world records can be established by moving a bar approximately one inch, when a guy can drop 30 pounds to make weight 24 hours before a meet, gain it all back, and then compete in the lighter weight class when he actually weighs 2 classes up, when a squat that is clearly 7 inches above parallel gets applauded for “Beautiful depth!”, your sport is broken. It has become a Circus. Continue reading The White Noise of Heavy Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 29, 2019 People ask me what it’s like to lift a heavy weight, and this is the best I can do to describe it: a heavy weight is like a loud white noise blaring full blast into your ears. A heavy weight tries to distract you from your technique; it tries to disrupt your focus and composure. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
The White Noise of Heavy Carl Raghavan, SSC | May 29, 2019 People ask me what it’s like to lift a heavy weight, and this is the best I can do to describe it: a heavy weight is like a loud white noise blaring full blast into your ears. A heavy weight tries to distract you from your technique; it tries to disrupt your focus and composure. Continue reading
