The Two-Factor Model of Sports Performance Mark Rippetoe | January 17, 2018 The role of strength in athletics has been discussed quite a bit by us, and never enough by anybody else...But strength is not the only component of athletic performance. This essay will explore the essence of preparation for an athletic performance, and will propose a new paradigm for the process. Continue reading What is “Starting Strength”? CJ Gotcher | January 03, 2018 When most people talk about Starting Strength, I feel like Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. “You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Starting Strength is not the low bar back squat or the “high-hips” clean. Starting Strength is not the novice linear progression spreadsheet you found on the internet. Starting Strength is not the “chest down” cue or the coach’s lean. Continue reading Can You Put Your Kids on a Strength Training Program? Mark Rippetoe | September 29, 2017 We do seminars all over the country, every month...Every time, without fail, someone asks the question: Can my kids train for strength? Can they do the squat, press, and deadlift with me when I go to the gym? Continue reading Volume and the Masters Lifter Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC and Andy Baker | August 30, 2017 With the younger, stronger, gifted athlete, we can use higher volume, observe, and if necessary, titrate volume down. With the older, more delicate, more complex Masters Athlete, we use moderate or low volume, observe, and titrate volume up. Continue reading How to Squat 405 in 12 Weeks Niki Sims | August 16, 2017 The Novice Linear Progression (NLP) is very basic. As SSC Brent Carter, who does the programming lecture at our seminars puts it, it’s pumpkin spice lattes and Uggz. As a Novice, you don’t need complexity to get stronger than you are right now. All of you is weak, so you’ll focus on the big lifts to make all of you less weak. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
What is “Starting Strength”? CJ Gotcher | January 03, 2018 When most people talk about Starting Strength, I feel like Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. “You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Starting Strength is not the low bar back squat or the “high-hips” clean. Starting Strength is not the novice linear progression spreadsheet you found on the internet. Starting Strength is not the “chest down” cue or the coach’s lean. Continue reading Can You Put Your Kids on a Strength Training Program? Mark Rippetoe | September 29, 2017 We do seminars all over the country, every month...Every time, without fail, someone asks the question: Can my kids train for strength? Can they do the squat, press, and deadlift with me when I go to the gym? Continue reading Volume and the Masters Lifter Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC and Andy Baker | August 30, 2017 With the younger, stronger, gifted athlete, we can use higher volume, observe, and if necessary, titrate volume down. With the older, more delicate, more complex Masters Athlete, we use moderate or low volume, observe, and titrate volume up. Continue reading How to Squat 405 in 12 Weeks Niki Sims | August 16, 2017 The Novice Linear Progression (NLP) is very basic. As SSC Brent Carter, who does the programming lecture at our seminars puts it, it’s pumpkin spice lattes and Uggz. As a Novice, you don’t need complexity to get stronger than you are right now. All of you is weak, so you’ll focus on the big lifts to make all of you less weak. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Can You Put Your Kids on a Strength Training Program? Mark Rippetoe | September 29, 2017 We do seminars all over the country, every month...Every time, without fail, someone asks the question: Can my kids train for strength? Can they do the squat, press, and deadlift with me when I go to the gym? Continue reading Volume and the Masters Lifter Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC and Andy Baker | August 30, 2017 With the younger, stronger, gifted athlete, we can use higher volume, observe, and if necessary, titrate volume down. With the older, more delicate, more complex Masters Athlete, we use moderate or low volume, observe, and titrate volume up. Continue reading How to Squat 405 in 12 Weeks Niki Sims | August 16, 2017 The Novice Linear Progression (NLP) is very basic. As SSC Brent Carter, who does the programming lecture at our seminars puts it, it’s pumpkin spice lattes and Uggz. As a Novice, you don’t need complexity to get stronger than you are right now. All of you is weak, so you’ll focus on the big lifts to make all of you less weak. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Volume and the Masters Lifter Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC and Andy Baker | August 30, 2017 With the younger, stronger, gifted athlete, we can use higher volume, observe, and if necessary, titrate volume down. With the older, more delicate, more complex Masters Athlete, we use moderate or low volume, observe, and titrate volume up. Continue reading How to Squat 405 in 12 Weeks Niki Sims | August 16, 2017 The Novice Linear Progression (NLP) is very basic. As SSC Brent Carter, who does the programming lecture at our seminars puts it, it’s pumpkin spice lattes and Uggz. As a Novice, you don’t need complexity to get stronger than you are right now. All of you is weak, so you’ll focus on the big lifts to make all of you less weak. Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
How to Squat 405 in 12 Weeks Niki Sims | August 16, 2017 The Novice Linear Progression (NLP) is very basic. As SSC Brent Carter, who does the programming lecture at our seminars puts it, it’s pumpkin spice lattes and Uggz. As a Novice, you don’t need complexity to get stronger than you are right now. All of you is weak, so you’ll focus on the big lifts to make all of you less weak. Continue reading
