Yusuf
About 10 miles away there is a powerlifting/strongman/Olympic weightlifting gym that is about 3 stories. It has a floor dedicated to Olympic lifts that is just for the professional athletes that train there (Rugby, football, tennis players as well as some olympic weightlifters) and those they take into the weightlifting club who show promise.
They give people looking for a general strength plan a few options but one of them is essentially your program modified to their own which has you squatting only twice a week using a high bar and pulling one a week for 3 sets. Their last set has an AMRAP and they also encourage at least once accessory movement after the main movements are finished. Or an accessory day once a week.
But here is what I mainly wanted your thoughts on. When you join you pay a joining fee etc after a week trial to see if you rack your weights, stick to the program they give you and then they offer you membership. Once you've joined they give you some tests. They have a vertical jump test, they have some reaction tests using a colour board and based on that they allow you to try the Olympic lifts and then try for the weightlifting club.
They have 17 year old rugby players coming in and doing 32 inch verticals and these guys are given a totally different program and essentially get to go in everyday and train with a class coach who has them squat, clean, pull etc.
I came in last week on my second week of SS. I started at 55kg on my squat. I did the tests yesterday and he was like, “Bro you aint fast. Just get strong on linear progression and forget the power cleans and do the program until you can squat 450, bench 300 and pull 500. Then you will look good and be strong and that's the most you can hope for.”
Also what do you make of them doing high bar and increasing the pull volume? Seems a bit odd but the reason given to me was most people struggle to master a low bar squat and if left unsupervised will revert to lifting their chest, bombing the hole and other things, so simply making them high bar and increasing pulling volume does the job just as well.
Also what’s your thought about their novice program?
Mark Rippetoe
What is the point of this shit? My thoughts on training are here:
Believe it or not, I am aware of the fact that people do things incorrectly.
Robin UK
Follow-up question to your barbell maintenance video during lockdown: What is the best kind of brush to use for a bare steel barbell - steel bristles or brass bristles? Some folks say steel bristles are too severe but I don’t really listen to some folks, only Rip on all matters barbell!
You're thinking too hard about this.
I know - it’s a curse!
Steven Z
I have a stainless steel Ohio Bar and I use a nylon brush and warm water with dish soap. Then just dry it really well. Makes the bar look brand new every time I clean it.
Eleiko sent me a brass wire brush when I bought their bare steel IPF competition bar but their care guide literature recommends steel wire brush for the bar. Rogue recommends a steel wire brush to clean a bare steel bar. That’s why I asked Rip for his thoughts. I’ll stick to the steel brush.
It doesn't matter. You're brushing the chalk, not the steel.
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