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
Gerald Boggs
Looks like the US Army is back to admitting female soldiers are weaker and have less endurance than male soldiers, but in spite of that, will still be able to serve in occupations that require a high level of S&E. Which means that it stays the same as it ever was, with leaders having to ensure that female soldiers are always paired with male soldiers for any task that requires S&E.
Army Combat Fitness Test launches April 1 with scoring based on a soldier’s age, gender
Mark Rippetoe
Nothing in this article will make the Russians nervous.
David A. Rowe
How to admit you've made a terrible policy mistake without mitigating risk. And they've been allowing age waivers for special operations for a while because the younger generation wasn't even filling combat arms billets.
This is what happens when you allow a government to run your military services. We should be using mercenaries.
AcaLukas
I posted here a couple months ago because I had some misunderstandings about the protocol for femoral LLD. I have a difference that's a mix of both femoral and tibial, so I shim and take a staggered stance. However, I'm not certain about what exactly to do when deadlifting. With a staggered stance, when you bring your shins to the bar (step 3), obviously one shin (the longer leg) will touch the bar before the other, and the other (the shorter leg) will remain away from the bar the distance which is dictated by the staggered stance. Am I supposed to pull from such a position (so, the shin of the longer leg touching the bar while the shin of the shorter leg staying behind a bit), or am I supposed to actually bring the shin of the shorter leg to the bar too, so both shins are touching the bar when the pull starts? I tried the first option and the bar simply rotated backwards when the pull starts in order to touch the shin which was staying back.
Mark Ripptoe
Which works best for you?
So far I've only tried actually lifting with the first option. When I bring the shin that's away from the bar towards the bar, naturally the hip on that side significantly drops and I'm worried that this is screwing up the lateral symmetry of the hips we're trying to achieve.
Remember that the ROM of the hips during a pull is much shorter than that of a squat, so the symmetry at lockout is your biggest concern.
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