Understanding the Master Cue Mark Rippetoe | December 26, 2018 On page 58 of the Blue Book, I make an argument for the use of the mid-foot position as a cue for the correction of form problems. While this approach is useful with heavy weights, it can be misused with light weights and when teaching the movement at first, because the mechanical argument is often misunderstood, and it can be misapplied by an inexperienced coach. Continue reading Your First Two Weeks of Strength Training: What to Expect Mark Rippetoe | August 10, 2018 So you've finally decided to Be Somebody and start a strength training program. Not a machine-based health spa/corporate gym exercise plan with leg extensions, treadmills, and three-pound dumbbells, but real strength training involving barbells, basic full range of motion movements, and regular incremental increases in load that drive an actual increase in strength. Continue reading The Phenomenology of Barbell Training Mark Rippetoe | July 11, 2018 The phenomenology related to a theory is an important step in the analysis of that theory. Another way to think about the phenomenology is as the accumulated empirical evidence of what has actually occurred. Continue reading The Four Criteria Michael Wolf, SSC | April 18, 2018 Using The Four Criteria as a logical starting point with solid presumptive status, while paying close attention to both how post-Novice lifters in general respond to training as well as how any one specific post-Novice lifter responds to training, gives us with a very useful framework and set of tools to program effectively for continued increases in strength, demonstrated by PRs, over the long lifetime of a lifter. Continue reading Form Creep Mark Rippetoe | March 21, 2018 It is an absolute certainty that technical execution in both training and performance will change slowly over time, slowly enough that the athlete’s perception of his own technique remains unchanged during the process. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Your First Two Weeks of Strength Training: What to Expect Mark Rippetoe | August 10, 2018 So you've finally decided to Be Somebody and start a strength training program. Not a machine-based health spa/corporate gym exercise plan with leg extensions, treadmills, and three-pound dumbbells, but real strength training involving barbells, basic full range of motion movements, and regular incremental increases in load that drive an actual increase in strength. Continue reading The Phenomenology of Barbell Training Mark Rippetoe | July 11, 2018 The phenomenology related to a theory is an important step in the analysis of that theory. Another way to think about the phenomenology is as the accumulated empirical evidence of what has actually occurred. Continue reading The Four Criteria Michael Wolf, SSC | April 18, 2018 Using The Four Criteria as a logical starting point with solid presumptive status, while paying close attention to both how post-Novice lifters in general respond to training as well as how any one specific post-Novice lifter responds to training, gives us with a very useful framework and set of tools to program effectively for continued increases in strength, demonstrated by PRs, over the long lifetime of a lifter. Continue reading Form Creep Mark Rippetoe | March 21, 2018 It is an absolute certainty that technical execution in both training and performance will change slowly over time, slowly enough that the athlete’s perception of his own technique remains unchanged during the process. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
The Phenomenology of Barbell Training Mark Rippetoe | July 11, 2018 The phenomenology related to a theory is an important step in the analysis of that theory. Another way to think about the phenomenology is as the accumulated empirical evidence of what has actually occurred. Continue reading The Four Criteria Michael Wolf, SSC | April 18, 2018 Using The Four Criteria as a logical starting point with solid presumptive status, while paying close attention to both how post-Novice lifters in general respond to training as well as how any one specific post-Novice lifter responds to training, gives us with a very useful framework and set of tools to program effectively for continued increases in strength, demonstrated by PRs, over the long lifetime of a lifter. Continue reading Form Creep Mark Rippetoe | March 21, 2018 It is an absolute certainty that technical execution in both training and performance will change slowly over time, slowly enough that the athlete’s perception of his own technique remains unchanged during the process. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
The Four Criteria Michael Wolf, SSC | April 18, 2018 Using The Four Criteria as a logical starting point with solid presumptive status, while paying close attention to both how post-Novice lifters in general respond to training as well as how any one specific post-Novice lifter responds to training, gives us with a very useful framework and set of tools to program effectively for continued increases in strength, demonstrated by PRs, over the long lifetime of a lifter. Continue reading Form Creep Mark Rippetoe | March 21, 2018 It is an absolute certainty that technical execution in both training and performance will change slowly over time, slowly enough that the athlete’s perception of his own technique remains unchanged during the process. Continue reading First Page Next Page Last Page
Form Creep Mark Rippetoe | March 21, 2018 It is an absolute certainty that technical execution in both training and performance will change slowly over time, slowly enough that the athlete’s perception of his own technique remains unchanged during the process. Continue reading