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Ray Gillenwater | January 07, 2020

2019 was about proving that there is an unmet need for in-person Starting Strength coaching in major cities across the country. 2020 is going to be about growth: for trainees that lift with us, for gym owners that have invested in us, and in new markets that we are expanding in and to.

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Noah Milstein | December 25, 2019

You’ve finished your linear progression, now what? Texas Method, 5/3/1, Heavy Light Medium, Conjugate, Juggernaut, The Cube? There’s quite an array of options, each with their own battery of justifications. How do you decide?

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Michael Jones, SSC | November 06, 2019

“Has it really come to this?”  I asked myself as I looked in the mirror before stepping out of the house in my newly acquired polyester football coach’s polo-shirt.  Professor Rippetoe’s musings about high school football coaches, rang in my ears: “They oughta be taken out back and shot,” but I was, and am, determined to prove him wrong, at least in a single instance. 

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Ray Gillenwater | October 02, 2019

What we care about is helping you achieve your own physical potential, however vast or limited that may be, and we realize that the way to achieve it is not to accumulate box jumps, it’s to accumulate muscle mass. Yes, even for women. Yes, even if you’re past middle age – scratch that, especially if you're past middle age.

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Mark Rippetoe | May 17, 2019

I have known Scott Davison for about 20 years. A former columnist at our local newspaper, I used to read his opinions before he got fired for being on the wrong side of a local election. Prior to that, he had worked for the Strategic Air Command as a B-52 pilot, a job that provides interesting stories to this day. A more interesting story is the tale of his journey from heart patient to lifter...

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