April 11, 2022

Shuffle & Jive Edition

On Starting Strength

• The Two-Factor Model – Rip discusses the The Two-Factor Model of Sports Performance, a very important article about improving performance through training and practice.
• Owner of Two Gyms, JD Shipley – Owner of Starting Strength Houston and Starting Strength Katy, JD Shipley, talks to SS Gyms Co-Founder Ray Gillenwater about why he decided to open two gyms, his progression as a coach, and using the barbell to stave off death.
• Going Beyond Techniques with Craig Douglas of Shivworks – Craig Douglas, owner of Shivworks, and Nick Delgadillo discuss teaching and coaching in the context of Craig's experience teaching extreme close quarters self defense to people of all walks of life.
• Useful Assistance Exercises: The Forgotten Chapter by Scott Acosta – Starting Strength is often accused of lacking variety. This is an inaccurate surface level assessment that has bothered me for some time – it needs to be corrected...
• Conditioning for Novices by Mark Rippetoe – You guys need to get a big misconception out of your heads: you cannot run your belly off. The media has proven to you...
• Weekend Archives: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Strength by Adam Lauritzen – Fundamentals are the basics, the things that we learn in the beginning of training and which apply at all levels for an entire career...
• Weekend Archives: Deep Squats by Mark Rippetoe – One of the best ways to waste your most important training opportunity – the one you have when you’re just starting out, and the one you don’t ever have again – is to make yourself believe that it isn’t going to be hard...

From the Coaches

• Weights & Plates podcast explores the restaurant trapwith Chef Andrea Wild. Drea explains the difference between how chefs in a commercial kitchen approach preparing and seasoning food and how the average person at home prepares meals.
• Ten Years of Shoulder Pain Eliminated with Six Months of Strength Training – After six months of training at Starting Strength Austin, Emily is pain-free after having severe pain for ten years.
• No Excuses: Josh Did the Program Without the Use of His Left Hand – One week into his membership at Starting Strength San Antonio, Josh injured his dominant hand outside of the gym. Rather than making excuses and putting his training on hold, Josh worked with his coach to figure out how to work around the injury and continued to make linear progress on both the squat and the deadlift.
• Want a bigger bench press? Of course you do. Phil Meggers helps you learn how to correctly perform the close grip bench press.
• You want to get stronger, but you don't have all day to spend at the gym. In this Saturday Shorts video, Phil Meggers discusses and demonstrates how to productively train while still saving time at the gym.
• When it comes to getting stronger, you know that technique is important. You know programming is important. Nutrition is important, too. But do you know what is most important? Phil Meggers gives you the low-down.

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In the Trenches

Andy locks out his last deadlift rep at this past weekend's Squat and Deadlift camp at Starting Strength Cincinnati with some motivation provided by coach Adam Martin. [photo courtesy of Luke Schroeder]

Mia Inman watches intently as Lina gets ready to complete her last set of squats at this past weekend's sold out Squat and Deadlift camp held at Starting Strength Cincinnati. [photo courtesy of Luke Schroeder]

Felipe Cruz pulls 315 at Starting Strength Houston. [photo courtesy of Matthew Gemmill]

Emily doing a victory dance at Starting Strength Boston after squatting 255# for a triple. [photo courtesy of Michael Shammas]

Congratulations to Alex Ptacek for passing the Starting Strength Seminar platform evaluation! [photo courtesy of Bre Hillen]

Dena laughing her way through learning the "hip bounce" in the Press under the watchful eye of Boise head coach John Dowdy. [photo courtesy of Rachel Fox]

Josh "Always Hard" Bollinger enjoying his new shirt at Blackmetal Strength Training. [photo courtesy of Adam Oliver]

Strength is persistent. Nathan Cooper coaching Glenn, who is returning from a 3-month layoff. Glenn's DL in his first week back after 3 months of not training was 80% of his peak. [photo courtesy of Jacob Thias]

Asia locks out the final rep of 75x5 at Starting Strength Orlando. She continues to march through her linear progression at eight weeks with no signs of slowing down. [photo courtesy of Pete Troupos]

Brent Carter consulting Travis on his programming at Starting Strength Dallas. [photo courtesy of Nathan Cooper]

Jordan showing Sebastian how to use wrist wraps at Starting Strength San Antonio. [photo courtesy of Matt Hebert]

A female cadet practices getting to squat depth 6 months post-ACL surgery in the West Point Strength Development course. [photo courtesy of Gregory Hess]

Paul Thaden models his new favorite shirt while deadlifting at Starting Strength Cincinnati. [photo courtesy of Luke Schroeder]

Phoebe Hightower from SS OKC visits SS Katy. Head coach Josh Wells (center) and Alexanne Albert (right) join her in the shot. [photo courtesy of Cody Smith]

Meet Results

At the Testify Strengthlifting Challenge, for the women, the Best Lifter Award (Morgard the Manatee) went to Jamie Morrissey, and for the men, the Best Lifter Award went to Benjamin Prewitt. In the master's division, the Best Lifter Award for the women went to Sharon Foster, and the Best Lifter Award for the men went to Aaron Kemp. Full meet results

Sharon Foster squats 96 kg for her third attempt at the Testify Strengthlifting Challenge. With this lift, Sharon finished her meet with PRs in the squat, deadlift, and total, and she also took first place in the women's masters division. [photo courtesy of Becky Meggers]

Jason Clark nails his second press PR of the meet with this 87 kg third attempt at the Testify Strengthlifting Challenge. Jason set multiple PRs in both the squat and the press, and he also set a total PR. [photo courtesy of Becky Meggers]

Jamie Morrissey goes 9-for-9 at the Testify Strengthlifting Challenge this weekend as she wraps up her meet with this 152 kg deadlift. Jamie set PRs in the squat, deadlift, and total, and with this lift, she sealed her victory as the Best Female Lifter of the meet. [photo courtesy of Becky Meggers]

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